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DIOECIA, MONADELPHIA. 199 
. Am aquatic plant, with very small deep-green leaves, and 
deal white flowers. Abundant in ditches, on the low over- 
flowed banks of the Delaware, Schuylkill, and Wissahickon. 
Perennial. July. 
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ORDER XI. POLYANDRIA. 
383. MENISPERMUM. Gen. pl. 1544. (.Menisperma.) 
Masc. Galix subbibracteate, about 6-leaved, 
caducous. Petals 6 to 9, glandular, mi- 
nute and retuse. Stamina 16, or 18 to 24. 
Inthers adnate to the filaments, 4-lobed, 
2-celled. Fem. Flower as the male. Germs 
and styles 3 to 6. Drupes mostly solita- 
ry, 1-seeded. Nut lunate, compressed.— 
Nutt. 
1. M. leaves peltate, cordate, subrotund-angular ; Canadense. 
racemes compound.— Willd. and Pursh. 
Moonseed. 
Aclimbing plant, with ordinary greenish-yellow flowers,'and 
black berries. Possesses medicinal virtues. On the bank walk 
from Kaighn’s point to the next ferry below, in thickets. On 
the banks of the Schuylkill near Breck’s island; rare. Peren- 
nial. July. 
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» ORDER XII MONADELPHIA. 
384, JUNIPERUS. Gen. pl. 1552. (Conifere.) 
Masc. Ament ovate. Calix consisting of 
scales. Stamina 3. Fem. Calix 3-part- 
ed. Petals 3? Styles 3. Berry 1 or 2- 
seeded, tubercular. Seeds nuciform.— 
Nutt. 

