14 DICTOLYLEDONOUS. 



scale within. Carpel stipitate, 2-4 seeded; seeds erect, glo- 

 bose. 



1, L. Thalictroides Stem simple, glabrous. Leaves 3-ternate, leaflets 

 ovate, oblique at the base, terminal one broadest, petiolate, radical ones with 

 long petioles, cauline ones sessile, lower 3-ternale, upper smaller and 2-ter- 

 nate. Laajlets incisely lobed. Flowers small, in panicles. Seeds oval, dark 

 blue, stiped. Pappoof**' Root. 



Greenish yellow. T7. April. Upper districts of Car. &, Geo. 12-14 in. 



Genus III. DIPHYLLEIA. 



Sepals 3, deciduous. Petals 6, without glands. Stamens 

 6; anthers oblong, 2-celled. Ovary ovate excentric ; stigma 

 subsessile, peltate. Fruit baccate, 1-celled, 2-3-seeded, seeds 

 reddish. 



1. D. Cymosa. Hoot perennial, thick. Stem herbaceous, erect. leaves 

 alternate usually 2 on each stem, peltate, deeply 2-lobed lobes angled, each 

 division 7-9-lobed, serrate. P/ou-ers in a terminal cyme. Petals oval. Style 

 short. 



White. %. June. Mountains. 1-2 feet. 



Gents IV. JEFFERSONIA. 



Sepals 4-5, Colored, caducous. Petals 8-9, oh] on g. Sta- 

 mensS', anthers linear. Orar?/ obovate ; stigma peltate. Cap- 

 sule 1-cellcd, opening by a slit near the summit. Seeds arran- 

 ged on a broad lateral placenta, in several rows. Rhizoma hor- 

 izontal, throwing up a 1-flowered scape. 



1. J. DiPHYLLA. Leaves in pairs glaucous beneath. Stigma with an un- 

 dulate margin. Pericarp coriaceous. Twin Leaf . 

 White. %. May. JMountains. 



Remarks.— There are two varieties of this species ; a, leaves obscurely sinuate or 

 nearly entire, ft, leaflets incisely 5-7 lobed. 



Genus VL PODOPHYLLUM. 



SepaZ5 3, caducous. Petals obovate 6-9. Stamens 12-lS ; 

 anthers linear. Stigma large, sissile, crenate. Capsule indehis. 

 cent, fleshy. Seeds numerous on a lateral placenta. 



1. P. Peltatum. Rhizoma horizontal; stem simple, terminated by 2- 

 leaves and 1-tlovver. Leaves peltate, 5-7 parted ; lobes toothed or cleft at the 

 apex. Flowers arising from between the leaves, large, nodding. 



Mandrake, May Apple. 

 White. '2|.. May. Common. 12-15 inches. 



Remarks. — The root of the Podophyllum is an important medicine. It is among lh« 

 most powerful cathartics, and is said to resemble Jalap in its operations, and ha* 

 been used as a substitute for that article in connexion with calomel. In billions com- 

 plaints it is said to act very favorably. In minute doses it produces relief from du- 

 tressiug coughs in consumptions and catarrh. Full dose 20 grains of powdered root. 



