110 DIOECIA. HEXANDRIA. 



§2. Stem herbaceous, unarmed. 

 g. HERBACEA. Ell. Stem angular, erect, simple; leaves cordate-ovate; umbelson long pedunciea 

 FM'g-o— Carrion flower Stinking Bind-weed. 



Fl. Middle of May, and after. Fr. mat. Middle of September. 



Hab. Borders of woods; fence-rows, &c. frequent. 2 to 4 feet high: berries black. 



Obs This plant is noted for the abominable foetor of its flowers,— resembling that of carrion so strongly 

 as to attract the flies. The oflfensive odor, however, is completely dissipated as the flower dries in an Her- 

 barium. 



348. DIOSCOREA. Mdt. Gen. 794. 

 [Dedicated to the ancient Greek Naturalist, Dioscorides.^ 



Male, Cal. 6 parted, segments lanceolate, spreading. Cor. 0. 



Fem Car 6 parted. Cor. 0. StylesS. Caj>s 3 celled, 3 angled, compressed- SeetZs marginate. 



D. VILLOSA. Ell. Leavescordate, acuminate, pubescent beneath; male flowers paniculate, female racemose. 



Suno7i. D. paniculata Mx- Fti/g:o-Wild Yam. 



Fl. Middle of June, and after. Fr. mat. Beginning of October. 



Hab. Feace-rows; thickets. &c. frequent. Climbing, 6 to 10, or 12 feet: capsules winged. 



OnBEH, 0€JTA2?3JRIA. 



349. POPULUS. Niitt. Gen. 79G. 



[Lat. Populus, the people-Tree of the people; the public walks, in Rome, being shaded by it. De Theis-l 

 Male ^w-enicylindric. Ca/. a lacerate scale. Cor. turbinate, oblique, entire. 

 Fem. Vower as in the male. Stigma 4 or 6 lobed. Caps. 2 celled. Seeds beset with long woo!- 

 p. TREMULOiDEs. Mx. Arb. Leaves suborbicukr, abruptly acuminate, dentate-serfulate, glabrous. 

 Synon. P. trepida. iVilld. Ph. Fu/^o-Quaking Asp. American Aspen. 



F/. Middle of April. Fr. mat. ^^r »vi 



Hab. Low grounds: Ed Darlington's; Jas. Gibbons's: not common. 20 to 40 feet high. 



Obs. A handsome tree. The bark is a popular and pretty valuable tonic. 

 P GR 4.1VDIDENTATA. Mx. Arb. Leaves round-ovate, acute, coarsely and sinuately dentate. 

 Synon. P. trepida, grandidentata. Muhl. F«/g:o-Large Aspen. Black Poplar. 



Fl Beginning of April. Fr. mat. 



Hab Woodlands: roadside. North of Wm. Hawley's: rare. 30 to 40 feet high 



Hawley's. 



P. HETEROPHYLLA.' Ph. Leaves ovate, slightly cordatc, rather obtuse, uncinate-dentate. 

 Fl. Latter end of April. ^'•- '»°'- ,„ ^ _ . . ... 



Hab. Woods, west of Brandy wine, near the Red Lion Tavern: rare. 30 to 50 feet high. 



Obs 1 have the anthoritv of Dr Baldwin for this species; but it does not exactly agree with any plate.. 



These are all tiie native poplars that I have met with. 



ORBEB., POLYAN3SS12A. 



350. MENISPERMUM. Nutt. Gen. 804. 

 [Gr Mene, the moon, and Sperma, seed; from the lunate, or crescent form of Us seeds.] 



- - ■ Stam. 12 to 24 



Male C«; sub-bibracteate, about 6 leaved, caducous. Cor. petals 6 to 9, minute. Stam- V. 

 Fem Flower as in the male. Germs and Styles 3 to 6. Drupes like berries, lunate,! seeded . 

 M. CANADENSE. EH. Scaudcut; leaves subcordate,anglfed, peltate, petiole inserted near the base 

 Vulgo— Moon seed. 



Fl. Beginning of June. F'- »'«*' ^ ■ i. ii ^ 



Hab. Rich woodland.; and thickets: fr^iueut. 8 to 15 feet long: flowers gretn«hye!lo^^. 



