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1— DIPHYLLBIA CYMOSA, Michaux. THB CYMOSE DIPHYLLEIA. 
Engravings.— Bot. Mag. t. 1666 ; and onr Jig. 4, in PI. 13. 
Specific CHARiCTER. — Leaves two, sub-palmale, angularly lobed, serrate ; lobes acuminate. 
Description, &c. — The leaves are large and very handsome ; and though the flowers are small, they are 
pretty from their abundance, and being produced in large loose heads or cymes. The berries are of a dark 
blue, and very ornamental. The plant is a native of North America, -whence it was introduced in 1812. It 
is quite hardy, and grows on the banks of rivulets in Carolina and Virginia. It flowers in May and June. 
CHAPTER III. 
PODOPHYLLACE.E. 
a double chink. Ovary solitary, crowned by a thick peltate stigma, 
which is nearly sessile. Carpels one-celled, baccate, indehisccnt ; or 
capsular, opening round the apex. Seeds numerous, ovate, globose, 
inverted, fixed to the lateral placenta. (G. Don.) 
Character or the Order. — Calyx of three or four sepals. Petals 
6 to 9, disposed in two or three series, each series containing the same 
number as there are sepals ; the outer series alternately with them. 
Stamens equal in number with the petals, or double that number ; 
filaments filiform ; anthers terminal, opening lengthways ou the inside by 
Description, &c. — This order consists of water and marsh plants ; and though there are four genera, there 
are only four species ; and the only ornamental plants belonging to it are Podophyllum peltatum and 
Jeffersonia diphylla. 
GENUS I. 
PODOPHYLLUM, Dec. THE DUCK'S- FOOT. 
Lin. Syst. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character, — Calyx of three sepals. Petals 6 to 9. Stamens 12 — 18, Berry somewhat fleshy, 1 -celled, indehiscent. {^G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The name of Podophyllum is abridged from Auapodophyllum, the name originally given 
to it by Toumofort, and which signifies literally Duck's-foot Leaf, in allusion to the shape of the leaves, which 
rise high above the flower, and are very large and conspicuous. The plants included in this order inhabit 
shady places in North America. The roots are used in medicine ; the leaves and stems are poisonous, and the 
fruit is eatable. 
1.— PODOPHYLLUM PELTATUM, Trew. THE PELTATE PODOPHYLLUM, OR COMMON MAY-APPLE. 
Specific Character. — Stem erect, two-leaved, one-flowered. 
Fruit ovate. (G. Don.) 
Synonymes. — Anapodophyllum, Toume. ; A. canadense, Caiesb. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag. t. 1819. 
Description, &c. — A dwarf plant foimd in patches in the marshes in Canada. Its roots are brittle, and are 
used in medicine ; and a decoction of them is intensely bitter. The berry is ovate, and about the size of a sloe ; 
at first it is nauseous, but when quite ripe it becomes acid and eatable. The flowers are white, and the fruit 
is yellowish. The species was introduced in 1664, and it flowers in May. It is generally propagated by 
dividing the roots ; and roots are imported from America. 
P. CALLICARPUM, Raf. 
Is another species, with a white and reddish fruit, which is very ornamental. The flowers are nodding, and 
very fragrant. The species is a native of Louisiana, and has not yet been introduced. 
