14 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
inches long. Leaves reniform lobed, distinctly veined, glaucous, very 
glabrous. Flowers rising in front of the leaf by which it appears to be 
enfolded when young. Peduncle 2 — 6 inches long, smooth. Leaves of 
the calyx ovate, obtuse. Petals variable 8 — 10 — 12 op more, appearing 
sometimes like a double flower, white. Stamens numerous, shorter than 
the corolla. Style 0. Stigma thick, slightly furrowed. Capsule oblong 
lanceolate. Seeds numerous, coinpressed„ 
Grows in rich dry soils, meriting culture as an ornamental plant both on 
account of its leaf and flower. 
Flowers February, March. 
PODOPHYLLUM. Gen. Pl, 
Calyx 3-leaved, 
Petals 9. Stigma 
plaited, crenate. Per- 
icarp a berry, 1-cel- 
led, many seeded. 
Walt. p. 153. 
Calyx 3-phyllus. 
Petala 9. Stigma pli- 
catum, crenatum. 
Per. bacca, 1-locula- 
ris, polysperma. 
1. Peltatum. 
Sp. pl. 2. p. 1141. Gron. Virg. p. 
Mich. 1. p. 309- Pursh. 2. p. 366. 
Root perennial, creeping, tuberous. Stem herbaceous, erect, 4—8 in- 
ehes high, glabrous, generally streaked, dividing near the middle into 2 
equal branches, each bearing a terminal peltated leaf, clothed at base with 
a membranaceous persistent sheath. Leaves peltate, deeply 5 lobed, lobe 
dissected and toothed, glabrous on the upper surface, slightly pubescent 
underneath along the veins and margin. Flower solitary in the division of 
the stem. Peduncle 1 1-2 inches long, slightly incurved. Petals 6 — 9 
connivent, caducous, white. Filaments 12 to 16 much shorter than the 
corolla, flat. Anthers oblong attached to the sides of the filaments. 
Germ superior. Style short thick. Seeds attached to a pulpy receptacle* 
Grows in patches in close soils. 
Flowers February, March. 
ACTjEA. 
Calyx 4*phyllus de- 
ciduus. Petala 4. 
Filamenta plurima, 
antheris introrsis. Sty- 
lus 0. Stigma capi- 
tatum. Bacca supe- 
rior, 1-locularis, poly- 
sperma. 
Gen. Pl. 
Calyx 4-Ieaved, de- 
ciduous. Petals 4. Fi- 
laments . numerous 
with the anthers turn- 
ed inwards. Style 0. 
Stigma capitate. 
Berry superior, 1 -cel- 
led, many seeded. 
