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ACTAEA. 
Our only sp. left in it has even probably been 
mistaken for another. 
1. A. maritimum Raf. A . aureum Mx. Pursh 
Pinnate, smooth, pinnules stipitate oblong entire 
obtuse or acute.— Sea shore of Florida, large 
fern, unfigured as yet, compare with next again. 
2. A. aureum L. (Bogs of Antilles , often fig- 
ured) gigantic fern 5 to 10 feet high, pinnate, 
pinnules sessile cuneiform oblong oblique obtuse, 
veins reticulated. The Ongpi of Sumatra uni- 
ted to this, is a third sp. 
ACTAEA Linneus united thereto sp. with 
^capsule instead of berry, other botanists have 
united Cimicifuga with it, having many cap- 
sules ! a double blunder. The real Actaeas 
have a real berry, not opening. We have two 
sp. distinguished by me since 1802 ; but Muh- 
lenberg prevented me to publish them, because 
both deemed then var. of Actea spicata : while 
Bigelow has published them since as peculiar. 
The blue berry species is the Caulophylum . 
1. A. rubra Raf. Big. hrachypetala & am - 
ericana of others. Petals acute shorter than 
stamens, last leaf trilobe, berries red. Deep 
woods from Canada to Kentucky, and Carolina. 
2. A. alba Raf, Big. Beck pachypoda Ellir 
ot. Petals truncate longer than stamens, last 
leaf ovate, berries white, 5 seeded on thick pe- 
duncles often white also.— Canada to Carolina. 
Leaves in both bi-triternate, flowers white ver- 
nal, see med. fl. Seen alive. Autikon. 
Actea racemosa see Botrophis serpentaria. 
ACTINEA Jussieu or Actinella of Per soon, 
adopted by pur botanists, being identic with Ac- 
tinia a genus of animals, was changed by me to 
Ptilepida 1817, which see. 
ACTIMERIS Raf. mispelt Actinomeris by 
JVuttal, who proposed it. Well distinct from all 
