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Three-leaved 8tont-crop, 



\ m ill succulent plant, with white fh^ers, appearing to 

 a uiki in the woods, back of Gray's ferr} gardens. Peren- 

 nial. Mai , June. 



ORDER VI. DECAGYNIA. 

 PHYTOLACCA. Gen pL 800. (Polygene*.) 



Calix 0-leavedj petaloid. Bern/ superior, 

 10-celled, 10-seeded. 



1. P. leaves ovate, acute vA each end; flowers de- *st*»disi 

 i androua decaerynous, — It illd. 

 Icon. 1'iuk. aim. t. 225. 1'. 3. 



Poke. Poke-weed. 



A well-know n, large, rank herbaceous plant, with white 

 flowers. Berries deep blackish-purple. Possesses medicinal 

 Mrtues. The young shoots are eaten us asparagus, but when 

 too old are apt to Affect the stomach seriously. On the bor- 

 ders of fields, and in wastes. Perennial. June, July. 



