POLYANDRIA, DI-PENTAGYNIA. 18 
racemes virgately paniculate, elongated ; flow- 
ers sub-monogynous, capsules ovate.—Pursh. 
Cimicifuga serpentaria, Pursh. 
Acta racemosa, Willd. 
A. monogyna, Walt. 
Icon. Pluk. almath, t. 3838. f. 5. 
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Black Snake-root. Rich-weed, &c. 
A very fine looking plant, from three to five feet high, 
bearing a profusion of white flowers, on numerous long spikes 
or racemes. The root is medicinal. In rich woods, very com- 
mon. Perennial. July. 
249. ASCYRUM. Gen. pl. 1225. (Hyperica.) 
Calix 4-leaved; the 2 interior cordate and 
larger. Petals 4. Filaments disposed in + 
parcels. Capsule oblong, 1-celled, 2-valv- 
ed, included in the calix. (Styles 2 or 3.) 
—Vutt. 
1. A. many-stemmed, diffuse; leaves lanceolate- muticaule. 
oblong, obtuse; corymb terminal, flowers sub- 
sessile, digynous; stem subterete.—Willd. 
A. multicaule, Mich. 
A. Crux Andree, Pursh. 
Many-stemmed St. Peter’s-wort. 
Under twelve inches high; stems very numerous; flowers 
opine with narrow petals. In the woods of Jersey, very 
requent; also on the woody banks of the Wissahickon. Pe- 
rennial. July. 
2. A. erect, branched; branches ancipital, leaves hypericoides. 
oblong, biglandulous at base; flowers terminal, 
solitary, shortly pedicellate, trigynous.— Willd. 
and Pursh. 
A. stans, Mich. 
About twelve or fourteen inches high; flowers large. The 
whole plant has the aspect of Hypericum. In the woods of 
Jersey with No. 1, frequent. hk. July, August. 

