10 rOLTANDKIA. MON0GYJ«^IA. 



Speci2s. 1. S. canadensis- The only species of the 

 genus. 



S65. PODOPHYLLUM. L. (May-apple.) 



Calix 3-Ieavc(l. Petals 9. Stigma crcnate,. 

 sessile. Capsule superior, I -celled, many-seed- 

 ed, becoming an ovate berry. lleceptacle uni- 

 laterKl, large and pulpy. 



Roots creeping', horizontal; stems low, and 2-Ieaved; 

 leaves peltate and lobed; flowers solitary, dichotomal, 

 and pedunculate, white; petals connivent; fruit lemon yel- 

 low, at first nauseous, the internal pulp when mature 

 agreeably subacid and edible, more or less cathartic in 

 common' with the whole plant, but more particularly 

 the root. Sap hmpid, not lactescent, but probably in 

 part resinous or gummiferous, after the manner of the 

 Papaveracecc^ to which it unquestionably belongs, toge- 

 ther wiih Jeffersonia and Sanguinaria. 



Species. 1. P. peliatum. The only species of the ge- 

 nus. 



366. ACT^A. L. (Bane-berries. Herb Chris- 

 topher, &c.) 



Calix 4-leaved, deciduous. Petals 4, often 

 wanting. Style none; stigma capitate. Berry 

 superior, 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds ^semi- 

 orbicular. Receptacle unilateral. 



Herbaceous perennials, with twice or thrice ternately 

 divided leaves, deeply sei rated; flowers white in short 

 terminal spikes; berries white, brawn, and black; general- 

 ly considered poisonous. . * 



Species. 1. A. americana. Ecrries white, another va- 

 riety produces red fruit. — Of this small genus there is I 

 species indigenous to Europe and another to Japan. 



367. SARRACENIA. L. (Side-saddle-flower.) 

 Calix double, exterior smaller 3-leaved, inte- 

 rior, 5-leaved both persistent. Petals 5, deci- 

 duous, erect, spreading tVom about the middle. 

 Stigma very large and persistent, clypeate, co- 

 hering the &tan\iHa, margiji pentangular. Cop- 



