146 GYNANDRIA, DODECANDRIA. 
sevpemaria. 1. A. leaves coFclate, oblong, acuminate; stem 
flexiious, adscendent ; peduncles radical ; lip of 
the corolla lanceolate.. — WillcL 
Icon. Woodville^s Med. Bot. vol. 2. t. 106. 
and Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol. 2. 
Virginian Snake-root 
A well-known plant, by the above name. About six or ten 
inches high. Flowers at the root, dingy-purple. Possesses 
medicinal properties. (See Woodville and Barton.) On the 
banks of the Wissahickon, in the woods near Povvelton, the 
woods of Jersey, a mile or two east of Kaighn’s point; and in 
those above the falls of Schuylkill, west side; rather rare. Pe- 
rennial. May, June. 
ORDER IV. DODECANDRIA. 
343. ASARUM. Gen. pi. 801. (Jtristolochice.) 
subcampaniilate^ 3 or 4-cleft. Corolla 
none. Anthers adnate to the middle of 
the filaments. Capsule inferior^ 6-celled; 
crowned with the calix. — utt. 
canadense. 1. A. a pair of leaves, broad-reniform ; calix 
woolly, deeply three-parted ; segments sub-lan- 
ceolate, reflexed.*^ — Mich,, Willd., and Vursh, 
A. Carolinianum, Walt. 
A. latifolium, Salisb. Prodr. 
Icon. Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. U. S. vol. 2. 
American Jlsarabacca, Wild Ginger. 
A very aromatic plant, possessing the properties of Eu- 
ropean Asarabacca. Flowers at the root, dingy-purple. Leaves 
large and broad. On the hills bordering the Schuylkill, above 
the falls, west side. Not common. Perennial. April. 
