POLYANDRIA, DI-PENTAGYNIA. 
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racemes virgately paniculate, elongated ; flow- 
ers sub-monogynoiis, capsules ovate. — Fursh. 
Cimicifuga serpentaria, Pursh. 
Actsea raceinosa, Willd. 
A. monogyna, Walt. 
Icon. Pink, almath, t. 383. f. 3. 
Black Snake-root. Rich-weed^ <^*c. 
A very fine looking- plant, from three to five feet high, 
bearing^ profusion of white flowers, on numerous long spikes 
or racemes. The root is medicinal. In rich woods, very com- 
mon. Perennial. July. 
249. ASCYRUM. Gen. pi. 1225. {Hyperica.) 
Calix 4-leaved ; the 2 interior cordate and 
larger. Petals 4. Filaments disposed in 4 
parcels. Capsule oblong, 1 -celled, 2-valv- 
ed, included in the calix. [Styles 2 or 3.) 
—JSTutt. 
1. A. many-stemmed, diffuse; leaves lanceolate- 
oblong, obtuse ; corymb terminal, flowers sub- 
sessile, digynous; stem subterete. — Willd. 
A. multicaule, Mich. 
A. Crux Andrese, Pursh. 
Mamj-stenimed SL Pcter’s-xvort. 
Under twelve inches high ; stems very numerous ; flowers 
pale-yellow, with narrow petals. In the woods of Jersey, very 
frequent; also on the woody banks of the Wissahickon. Pe- 
rennial. July. 
£. A. erect, branclied ; branches ancipital, leaves hyperieoide*. 
oblong, biglandulous at base j flowers terminal, 
solitary, shortly pedicellate, trigynous. — Willd. 
and Fursh. 
A. stans, Mich. 
About twelve or fourteen inches high; flowers large. The 
whole plant has the aspect of Hypericum. In the woods of 
Jersey with No. 1, frequent. \i . July, August. 
