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Plate 32. 

 LEONTICE, L. 



Calyx 6-sepalus, petaloideus, interdum bracteolis calycula- 

 tus. Petala 6, nectariformia, dilatato-cucullata, sepalis multo 

 minora. Stamina 6. Ovarium e basi 2 — 4-ovulatum. Pe- 

 ricarpium tenui-membranaceum inflatum, indebiscens, vel, — 



Subgen. Caulophyllum, grossificatione seminum longe 

 ante matnritatem ruptum, evanescens. Semina itaque nuda, 

 drupacea. — Folium triternatum. 



Leontices Sp., Linn. R. Br. in Linn. Trans. 12. p. 143. t. 7. DC. Syst. 

 2. p. 23. Decaisne in Nouv. Ann. Sci. Nat. 2. t. 12. Torr. & 

 Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1. p. 52. Endl. Gen. 4810. 



Caulophyllum, Michx. Fl. 1. p. 204. t. 21. Nutt. Gen. 1. p. 210. 



Blue Cohosh. Pappoosc-root. 



Calyx calyculate with 3 close-pressed bractlets : sepals 6, 

 consimilar, imbricated in aestivation in two separate series, 

 petaloid, ovate-oblong, flat, widely spreading or revolute, 

 early deciduous. Petals 6, hypogynous, one at the base 

 of each sepal and very much shorter than it, fleshy and 

 gland-like, viscid, unguiculate, cuneiform-dilated, the very 

 broad and rounded summit involute, deciduous. Stamens 

 6, hypogynous, opposite the petals and rather shorter than 

 they: anthers rather shorter than the filaments: the two 

 oblong cells somewhat extrorsely adnate to the thickish con- 

 nective ; the greater part of the face separating in dehiscence 

 as an uplifted valve. Ovary ovoid-oblong, one-celled, taper- 

 ing into a subulate oblique style, which is minutely stigma- 

 tose from the apex down the inner side. Ovules 2. collat- 

 eral, erect from the base of the cell, raised and as if articu- 

 lated on short fleshy funiculi, anatropous. 



Pericarp very thin, raptured soon after the floral envel- 

 opes fall by the pressure of the growing seeds, and then 



