12 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



2. PODOPHYI/LVM, L. MAY APPLE. MANDRAKE. 



P. pelta' turn, L. Stem about 1 foot high. Flowerless stems 

 with one large 7-9-lobed umbrella-like leaf, peltate in the 

 centre ; the flowering ones with two leaves, peltate near the 

 edge, the flower nodding from the fork. Sepals 6, caducous. 

 Petals 6-9, large and white. Stamens 12-18. Fruit large, 

 oval, yellowish, not poisonous. Found in patches in rich 

 woods. The leaves and roots are poisonous. 



5. JEFPERSO'NIA, Barton. TWIN-LEAF. 



J. diphyl'la, Pers. A low plant, flowering in early spring ; 

 the solitary white flowers on naked scapes. Sepals 4, fuga- 

 cious. Petals 8. Stamens 8. Ovary pointed. Stigma 

 2-lobed. Pod pear-shaped, the top forming a lid. Leaves 

 radical, long-petioled ; the blades divided into two leaflets 

 with the outer margins lobed. Woods, chiefly in the western 

 peninsula of Ontario. 



OBDEB VI. NYMPH^EA'CE^. (WATER-LILY FAMILY.) 



Aquatic herbs with cordate or peltate, usually floating, 

 leaves. Floating flowers on long immersed peduncles. 

 Petals and stamens generally numerous. 



Synopsis of th- Genera. 



1. Brase'nla. Sepals and petals each 3 (occasionally 4). Stamens 



12-24. Leaves oval, peltate. 



2. Nymphse'a. Sepals 4-6. Petals numerous, white, Imbricated in 



many rows, gradually passing- into stamens, hypogynous, or epi- 

 gynous. Stamens epigynous. Stigmas radiating as in a Poppy- 

 head. 



3. Nu'phar. Sepals 5-6, yellow. Petals many, small and stamen- 



like. Stamens under the ovary. 



l. BK ASF/ XI A, Schreber. WATER-SHIELD. 



B. pelta'ta, Pursh. Stems and under surface of the 

 leaves coated with jelly. Leaves oval, two inches across, 

 peltate. Flowers small, purplish. Ponds and slow-flowing 

 streams. 



