224 CLASS XIII. ORDER I. 



five to eight, with a pore or scale bearing honey at 

 the base of each, inside; seeds naked. 



251. Magnolia. Calyx three leaved; petals from 

 six to nine ; capsnles two valved, clnstered ; seeds 

 pendulous. 



252. LiRiODENDRON. Calyx three leaved ; petals 

 six ; seeds ending in a scale, imbricated into a cone. 



POLYANDRIA. 



MONOGYNIA. 



228. CHELIDONIUM. 

 Chelidonium majus. L. Celandine. 



Peduncles umbelled. L. 



Found among rubbish, under fences, &c. attaining the height 

 of one or two feet. Leaves pinnate, spreading; leafets lobed, 

 pale green, smooth, their stalks winged where they join the 

 main petiole. Flowers yellow, in a remote umbel, proceeding 

 from the axils of the leaves. The calyx, petals, and stamens 

 are extremely deciduous, which occasions perplexity in exam- 

 ining the plant. Every part of this vegetable abounds with a 

 bright yellow, or saffron colored juice. — May, June. — Perennial. 



229. ACTjEA. 

 AcT.cA RUBRA. Willd. Red Actcea. Cohush. 



Raceme hemispherical ; petals shorter than the 

 stamens, acute; pedicels of the fruit smaller than the 

 peduncles. 

 Syn. AcT^A spicata. Mx. 



A.CTMK BRACHYPETALA. De Cand. 

 AcTiEA Americana, /?, rubra. Pursh. 

 Stem roundish, glabrous, covered ■with a slight glaucous bloom. 

 Leaves several times ternate, on long smooth petioles, with 

 swelling bases partly sheathing the stem. The extreme divis- 



