POLYANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
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The root is powerfully medicinal. (See Veg. Mat. Med. U. S.) 
On the edges of rich woods, everywhere common west of the 
Dela\yare. Perennial. April, May. 
242. PODOPHYLLUM. Gen. pi. 879. {Banuncidacecs ,') 
Calix 3-leaved. Petals 9. Stigma crenate, 
sessile. Capsule superiorj 1 -celled, many- 
seeded, becoming an ovate berry. Recep- 
tacle unilateral, large and pulpy. — JVutt. 
1 . P. stem one-flowered ; leaves peltate, palmate, pcitatum. 
lobes cuneate, incised. 
Icon. Catesb. Car. 1. 1. £4. 
May Apple. Mandrake. Wild Leman. 
A very important medicinal plant, extensively diffused 
throughout the U. States. Fruit yellow, esculent and palata- 
ble ; leaves deleterious. About a foot or fourteen inches high ; 
stem supporting a single white spreading flower, and two 
large leaves. The leaves are frequently maculated with 
brown discolourations. The root properly prepared, is equal 
to jalap. (See Veg. Mat. Med. U. S.) In moist shady situa- 
tions, growing in great quantities together, every where com- 
mon, west of the Delaware. Perennial. May. 
243. ACT..S]A. Gen. pi. 877. {Rosace<s.) 
Calix 4-leaved^ diciduous. Petals 4^ often 
wanting. Style none ; stigma capitate. 
Berry superior^ 1 -celled^ many- seeded. 
Seeds semi-orbicular. Meceptacle unila- 
teral. — JVutt. 
1. A. leaves decompound ; folioles oblong, gradu- Americana, 
ally acute, cut-serrate ; raceme ovate, petals 
shorter than the stamens.— PwsA. 
A. spicata, Mich. 
A. rubra, Willd. enum. 
Herl Christopher, Cohosh. 
About two feet high. On the high banks of the Wissahick- 
on, not far from Germantown. Rare. Perennial. April, May. 
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