BEXANDR] v. MONOGYNIA. 161 



Co-hosh. 



Abort two feet high. Berries blue. Said to possess medi- 

 .; virtues \ i ry rare. I have only found it it the foot 

 a hilly fertile wood, on the west ndetf the Schuylkill, jusj 

 the falls, and there it is acaroe. Perennial. May, 



PRBfOG Gen. pL S94. (Mamm.) 



Coftop small, deleft. Cora/In monopetaloas, 

 sabrotate, 6- parted. Berry 6-seeded : *ee<l* 

 unciform. — *\'utt. 



l. P. Leaves deciduous, oval, serrate-acuminate, mtkaiaoM. 

 pubescent underneath ; fascilesof male lowers 

 axillary, in the form of umbels; female crowd- 

 id. all 6-parted. — li illd. 



P, Gronoi ii. Mich. 



1*. padifolius, » illd. enum. 394. 



[com, Bart I eg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol. 1. t. 17. 



iniittT-bcmj. Black-alder. 



\ throb about fire or eight feet high. Flowers small, green- - 



iah-white. berriea tine carmine-red, and shining-. In wet 



thicketa on rich soil, and in swamps, \<n common. The bark 

 cdicinal. (See Veg. Mat Ilea I. s.) v> • June, July. 



P, leaves oral) acuminate at each end,- male amicus. 

 pedicelfl one-flowered, crowded at the lower 

 branches ; female solitary. — Mich, 



hies the preceding. It is questionable whether this 



He plant intended by Pursh, under the name ofambl- 



i, with which he has made th Cai ' obniana of Walt., 



nymous; hut it fits Michaux's description well It is alio 



theambigu FM . cording- to specimens in bis 



■ in, v\ hich I hu\e latelj examined. In ■ swamp near 



Point, Jersey. I lowers white. ^ • Jul}- 



160. AI.I.1I M Cen.pl 557. (.hphodvli.) 



Corolla ft-parted, spreading. Spatha many- 

 flowered. Umbel crowded. Capsule snpe- 



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