28 OKDEK 7. NYMPtLEACE^E. 



sepals, 3-bracted at base. Cor. of 6 short, gland-like thickened petals, 

 opposite the sepals. Stani. 6. Ov. 2-ovuled, becoming a thin pericarp, which 

 soon breaks away after flowering, and the 2 round drupe-like seeds riper 

 naked, if Glabrous and glaucous, arising from a knotted rhizome. Lvs 

 2 only, 2 and 3-ternate. 



C. tbalictroides MX. Pappoose Root.Ctaa. to Car and Ky. 1 2$f. l.fts. lobed 

 2 V. Fl8. greenish, in a simple terminal panicle. Seeds on thick st'pes, blue, at 

 large as peas. May. 



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3, DIPHYLLBIA, MX. UMBRELLA-LEAP. (Sis, twice, <pvAXor t 



leaf.) Calyx of 5 sepals, caducous. Cor. of 6 oval petals larger than the 

 sepals. Stam. 6. Ov. eccentric. Stigma subsessile. Berry few-seeded, 

 seeds attached laterally below the middle, if Glabrous, arising from a 

 thick, horizontal root-stock. Lvs. simple, peltate, 1 or 2 only. 



D. <*y mesa Mz. Mts. Va. to Ga. and Tenn. 1 2f. Leaf centrally peltate, or if 2, 

 alternately reniform-peltate. ample, lobed. Fls. white. June. Berries blue. 



4, JEFFERSONIA, Bart. TWIN-LEAP. (In honor of President Jef- 

 ferson, a patron of science.) Sep. 4. Pet. 8, spreading. Anth. 8, linear. 

 Stig. peltate. Caps, obliquely obovate, stiped, circumscissile, opening by a 

 lid. U Rhizome and matted fibres blackish. Scape bearing a single flower, 

 as tall as the 2-parted or binate leaves. Figs. 49, 189, 364, 426. 



J. riipliy lla Bart. N. Y., W. and 8. If. Fl. handsome, white. April. A singular 

 plant, called Rlteunwtism Root. The pod has a persistent lid. 



5, FODOFHYLLUM, L. MAY APPLE. (ZZcw?, nodds, foot, cpvXXov, 

 leaf.) Sep. 3, concave, caducous. Pet. (5 9, obovate, concave. Anth. 

 9 18, linear. Berry large, ovoid, 1-celled, crowned with the solitary 

 stigma. U Barren stems with 1 centrally peltate leaf, flowering stems 

 with 2 equal, opposite broad cordate-peltate leaves, and a large white 

 flower between. 



P. peltatum L. In rich shady eoils. If. Fl. nodding, 2'. May. Fruit the size of 

 plum, with flavor of strawberry. July. Lvs. and roots poisonous. 



ORDER VII. NYMPH^EACE^E. NYMPHIADS. 



Herbs perennial, aquatic (in deep water), with rhizomes submersed, 

 scapes one-flowered (rarely a leafy stem), and leaves peltate or deep-cor- 

 date. Flowers regular, showy, hypogynous (rarely epigynous), with im- 

 bricated petals and sepals. Carpels 3 oo, distinct or united. Ovules 

 parietal, never on the ventral suture. Seeds with the embryo enclosed in 

 a sac at the end of copious albumen, or (in Nelumbium) exalbuminous. 

 Illust. 202, 407-414, 505, &c. 



$ CABOMBEvE. Sepals 3. Petals 3. Carpels distinct, few -orulcd. Flowers small, (a) 



a Stam. 6. Carpels 3. Submersed leaves dissected CABOMBA. ) 



a Stam. & 18. Carpels 6 Oo. Leaves all peltate BIUSKMIA. 1 



j NELUMBONE^E. Sep. 4 or 5. Pet. and stam. 00 . Crp. immersed in the torus, dia 



tinot. exaltmminous. Us very Urge ^^luuBtuil. 1 



