rOLYANDRIA DI— FENTAGYNIA. 
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1. Pachypoda. E. 
A. foliis decompo- 
ses, foliolis ovatis, 
acuminatis,inciso ser- 
ratis; baccis parvulis, 
pedicellis incrassatis 
suffultis. 
Big. Flor. Bos. page 129 • 
A. brachypetala, var. microcarpa. De Candolle Reg. Yeg. 1. p. 385* 
Root perennial. Leaves compound, acutely serrate, notched, slightly 
pubescent along the veins, the terminal leaflets frequently three lobed and 
Somewhat cordate at base. Flowers crowded in terminal racemes. Ber- 
ry small sitting on singularly thickened pedicells, which seem at base 
partly to embrace the stem and nearly equal in diameter the berry itself. — 
The Flowers I have not seen. Gathered by Dr. Macbride on the Saluda 
Mountains. 
However nearly this plant may be allied to Cimicifuga ; its berried 
fruit I think should preserve its as a distinct genus. Macrotys may be 
properly connected with Cimicifuga as they differ in no respect but in the 
number of their germs. 
.Leaves decompound* 
leaflets ovate, acumi- 
nate, deeply serrate; 
berries small, suppor- 
ted on thick footstalks. 
DI—PENTA G YNIA . 
CIMICIFUGA^ 
Calyx 4 — 5 phyl- 
lus. Petala 4. Cap- 
sulce 1 — 5 seu plures, 
oblongae, sutura late- 
rali dehiscentes, pol- 
yspermae. 
* Flores monogyni. 
Macrotys , Raf: 
Gen. Pl. 993. 
Calyx 4 — 5 leaved. 
Petals 4. Capsules 1 
— 5 dr more, oblong, 
opening along a late- 
ral suture, many seed- 
ed. 
* Flowers monogy- 
nous. 
