DIOECIA, MONADELPHIA. 
An aquatic plant, with very small deep-green leaves, and 
small white flowers. Abundant in ditches, on the low over- 
flowed banks of the Delaware, Schuylkill, and Wissahickon. 
Perennial. July. 
ORDER XL POLYANDRIA. 
383. MENISPERMUM. Gen. pi. 1544. (Menisperma.) 
Masc. Calix subbibracteate, about 6-leavecl, 
caducous. Petals 6 to 9, glandular, mi- 
nute and retuse. Stamina 16, or 18 to 24. 
Anthers adnate to the filaments, 4-lobed, 
2-celled. Fem. Flower as the male. Germs 
and styles 3 to 6. Drupes mostly solita- 
ry, 1 -seeded. ATut lunate, compressed. — 
Mt. 
1. M. leaves peltate, cordate, subrotund-angular j 
racemes compound. — WiUd. and Pursh. 
Moonseed. 
A climbing plant, with ordinary greenish-yellow flowers, 'and 
black berries. Possesses medicinal virtues. On the bank walk 
from Kaighn’s point to the next ferry below, in thickets. On 
the banks of the Schuylkill near Breck’s island; rare. Peren- 
nial. July. 
ORDER Xn. MONADELPHIA. 
384. JUNIPERUS. Gen. pi. 1552. (Conifers.) 
Masc. Ament ovate. Calix consisting of 
scales. Stamina 3. Fem. Calix 3-part- 
ed. Petals 3 ? Styles 3. Berry 1 or 2- 
seeded, tubercular. Seeds nuciform. — 
JV* utt. 
