PirsuAi n 



SA1 Ivl R \i li. 





Obdbb CXCVIII. SA1 RURAi 



s * 1 ' SaurvreU, (1827)- Martiut 



ii. o.ii. U 



1 Piperall , an end 



in ritellus,and ali 



Herbaceous r rowing in marshy placea Leaves all 



Flowers growing in spikes, naked, seated upon a scale, 

 hypogynoos, persistent : filaments 

 ■lender; anthers continuous with • 

 filament, cuneate, «itli a thick connec- 

 tive and 2 lateral lobes bursting lon- 

 ritadinally. < 'varies 3 or -I. m 

 fens distinct, with one ascendii 

 tfaotropal tn uli- and a a nrved 



stigma, or connate into :i .'- <>r 4-celled 

 pistil, with a few orthotropal ovules 

 tacending from tl; I the |>r..- 



jecting Bemi-d ioocp iments. Fruit either 

 eonsisting of i fleshy indehiseent nuts, 

 or ;i 3- or (-celled capsule, opening at 

 tli<- apex and containing ■ fen as 



I- Seeds «itli a membranous 

 integument ; embryo minute, lying in 

 a flesh} lenticular sac, which it Bested 

 mi the outside "t' hard mealj albumen 

 at the apex of the seed. 



These plants are verj n< ar i 

 perworts, with which they agree in 

 t. but from which they differ in 

 fee compound nature of their ovary, and their alternate ntly stipul It 



has been supposed thai the} destroyed the distinction between Bxogens i 



'"" uusopi nwas formed upon in.-.. met views, and especially upon the 



■opposition that the genus Aponogeton, now known t.. belong to Art 

 a |:ut pi the Order oi Sanrurads. It' M. Decaisne is right in referri 



hither, which is verj doubtful, we shall have the angular coml i the 



Order of <listim-t one-seeded carpels, and an inferior ovan ail 

 tal placenta 5 Loasads 



The Bpecies are nath 1 North America, China, and the north of Ind 



marshes or i 1- of water. 



Saururus cernuus has been found to be somewhat acrid ; it- i 

 poultice, is employed in North America in pleurisy. The leaves ol H 

 led as emmenagogues bj th< Cochin Qui 



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Saururus. Linn. 



tfathud ■ 

 Ilouttuyni.i. '/'', • 



Polppara, Loui • 



.In. 



no. 



\i KBBRS. ' il \ ! Sp. 7. 



Sacbi iua » l 



CCCLVI.— 1. Houttuynia cordata; 2. flower of Saororui earnan; 



divided perpendicularly. 





