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placed at the ends of the branches in a circular man- 

 ner, fomewhat refenibling an umbrella ; from whence 

 it obtained its name. The flowers are compofed of. 

 ten, or eleven, large, oblong, white petals, the 

 exterior ones hanging down; and are fucceeded by 

 oblong, conical feed-veflels, between three and four 

 inches in length, and about one and a half in diame- 

 ter, erowing reddilh anfl difclofmg their feeds, when 

 ripe, after the fame manner of the others. There 

 are faid to be two other fpecies in the fouthern ftates. 



M E N 1 S P E R M U M. 



MOONSEED. 



Clafs 22. Order lo. Dioecia Decandria. 



'T^HE Flowers are Male and Female upon feparate plants. 

 ^ The Male. 



The Einpalement is two leaved : the leaves are linear and fliort. 



The Corolla has four exterior petals, which are ovate, fpreading 

 and equal. And eight interior leffer ones, ovate and concave. 



The Filaments are fixteen (or more) cylindrical and rather long- 

 er than the corolla. The Antlierce are terminal, very lliort^ 

 and obtufe four lobed. 



* The Female, on a different plant. 



The Einpalement as in the Male. 



The Corolla as the Male. ' 



The Filaynents eight, like the male. The Antherce are pellucid 

 and barren. 



The Gcrmen are two, ovate, incurved, winking and pedicelPd. 



The Styles are folitary, very iliort and recurved. The Stig* 



raas are bifid and obtufe. 

 The Seed-vejjels are two berries, roundilli-kidney form and one 



ccU'd. 



The Seeds are folitary, large, and kidney form, or fomewhat 



orbicular and comprelTed. 

 OhJ. The Canadian has an Empalement and Corolla of fix leaves, 



alfo f!X (lamina and three ftyles. 



The 



