—Caulophyllum thalictroides. Mich. Am. v. \. p. 205. t. 21, Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 218,
Elliott, Carol, v. 1. p. 411.
H ab. Throughout Canada.—Whole plant turns almost black in drying. Berries deep blue, globose, contracted
below into a long stipitate base. These are called by the Indians, according to Pursh, Co-hosh: and
the plant is esteemed medicinal.
3. ACHLYS.
Cal. nulla. Cor. nulla. Flores nudi, in spicam densam dispositi. Stain, plurima.
Antherce didymae, globosae, subuniloculares, bilabiatae. Stigma dilatatum, hinc concavum.
1. A. triphylla. (Ta$. XI}.)—De. Cand. Syst. Veget, v. 2,j o. 35, Prodr. y. 1, p. 112.—
Leontice. triphylla. Smith in Pees’ Cycl.
Radix perennis, oblique descendens, subrepens. Folia duo, tria, vol plurima ex eadem radice;■ omnia
radicalia, longissime petiolata, ternata; foliola magna, flabelliformia, sessilia, valde intequalia, lateribus
integerrimis, margine superiore grosse sinuato-dentata, dentib.us-vel lobis obtusis, membranacea, viridia,
radiato-nervosa, nervis ramosis, venisque minutis, sub lente visis, puloherrime rcticulatim connexis. Petiolus
sesquipedalis, etiam bipedalis, glaber, nitidus, basi imbricatim squamosus, squamis late ovatis, obtusis, mem-
branaceis, striatis, fuscis. Scopus folio longior, erectus, gracilis, nitidus, omnino aphyllus. Spica terminalis,
cylindraceo-filiformis, erecta. Flores ad basin spicse remotiores, reliqui densissime approximati, omnino
nudi. Cal. 0. Cor. 0: neque bractea neque perianthium. Stamina numerosa, hypogyna. Filamenta
filiformia, fiexuosa, pistillo longiora: Antherce globose, didymre, loculis dorso distiuctis, facie superna connective
nuflo, subuniloculares, in labia 2, transyersim, a basi sursum deliisceutes, flayse, labiis bilobis. fiisiil-
lum: Germen ovatum, glabrum, uniloculare, 1-ovulatum, ovulo globoso, in fundo loculi aflfixo, erecto. Stylus
nullus. Stigma incrassatum, hinc perforatum vel concavum.
H ab. North-West coast of America. Mr. Menzies. In shady pine wopds, among moss; common near
the shores of the Pacific, about the mouth of the Columbia. Douglas. Scouler. Fort Vancouver. (Mr.
Garry.')—What De Candolle took for petals, in examining this plant, in Sir James E. Smith’s Herbarium, I
presume must have been stamens, from which, the anthers had fallen; for, after the strictest examination,
both of young and more advanced flowers, I can find no trace of a floral covering. Sir James E. Smith showed
much judgment in referring this plant to Leontice, from which it scarcely differs in the flowers, except in
there being no floral covering. The structure of the anthers is the, same in the two, and hence I have,
removed it from the, Podophyllece of Dp Cand. to the Berberidpce, whose stamens have their anthers opening
by means of valves. Jeffersonia, too, placed by De Candolle in Podophyllece, has equally the cells of the
anthers valvular.
Tab. XII. Fig. 1, Singly flower; f ig .2, Bpck vievy of a stamenj fig, 3, Front view of do.; fig. 4, Stamen,
with the anther bursting; fig, 5, Pistil; fig. 6, The same, with the germen cut open to show the ovule:
—magnified.
4. EPIMEDIUM. Linn.
Sepala 6-8, extus sensim minora. Petala 4-6, intus appendice discolore aucta. Cap-
sula siliculaeformis, polysperma. Semina oblique transversim inserta.—Herbas radicibns
perennibus, foliis petiolatis mvltisectis.
1. E. hexandrum; foliis radicalibus bi-triternatis, foliolis cordatis obtuse quinquelobis
subpilosis, floribus, hexandris, scapo aphyllo, (Tab. XIII.)—:Caulophyllum gracile.
Douglas, MSS.
Radix, ut videtur, subrepens, basi incrassata, squamosa, squamis fuscis. Folia omnia radicalia, longe
petiolata, bi-triternata. Foliola sublonge petiolata, cordata, insequalia, terminali solummodo tequali, obtuse
tri-quinqucloba, tenuia, fflembranacea; pallide viridiaj margine nervisque' sub lento pilosa, intcgcrthna, sod
subsinuoso-uiidata, nervosa, ad basin noil raro tii-qninquenervia.^, Scapus solitarius, vel duo ex eadem radice,
subpedalis, erectus, gracilis, simplex, omnino glaber, apice (lorifcr. times in racemum laxum dispositi’
pcdiccllis basi minute bva'ctcatis, untiiiincialibus, rocurvibris, simplicibus vel furcitis, uno vel duo, raro tres’
d i «Mem I»mcto, ipice1 incrassatis Clava«. Gatyx: Sifpm 8, exterioi-a parva, mteriora scosira majora;
omnia ovalia, Concava, pallida, incmbranacea, tcmlissima, ante floresceiitiam1 decidua: , Petala <j, insigniter
reflexa, oLIongo-obovata1, apicc cucallata, alba, intus appendice apatliulata vaide concava, flaVa; aucta! Stamina
6, recta, petalis oppositis: Filamenta liaearia, plana, extus minute glaudulosa: Antheras longe mucronatm
loculis lateralibus, valvulis debiscentibus. Pistillmr Germen vel ovarium oblonguin, glaudnlosum, glandulis’
rufis, stylo sUbteque longo attenuatum: Stigma oapitatum, ad apicem perforatum, subobliquum. Ovula
unilateralia, in duas lineas imbricates parallelas approximatas oblique inserta.
Hab. North-West coast of America. Mr. Menzies. Common in shady pine woods at Fort Vancouver
on the Columbia, Puget Sound, and North California, Douglas. Scouler.^This interesting plant has too
long lain nudescribed in our. Herbaria, haring been discovered by Mr. Menzies during the Voyage of Discovery
of Captain Vancouver, It has again been gathered by Mr. Douglas and Dr. Scouler, and, as far as
I know, by no other Botanists. Notwithstanding that the number of the parts of the flower differs from
that of our European Epimedium alpinum, yet, in all that is essential as regards genus, there istlio most'
perfect accordance; The appendages, or nectaries, to the petals, are much longer and less inflated Probably
some of the smaller sepals would bo considered by De Candolle as bractea!, for he looks upon the two outer
ones in E. alpmum as such, but they have all the same insertion, and gradually pass from the smaller into the
larger size of the innermost ones.
Tab. XIII. Fig. 1,,1 , Plant, not. size; fig. 2, Bud; fig. 3, Flower; fig. 4, Stamen; fig. 5, Pistil; fig. 6, do.;
fig. 7, The same, with the germeii Ibid' open to Show the ov'nles 8j Ovule ‘.—rriagriified.
Ora. IV. P O D O P H Y L L EJE. DC.
TRIE; I. PoDOPHyELEAÏ VERTE. DC.
1. PODOPHYLLUM. Zim.
Cal. 3-sepalus. Petala 6-9. Stam. 18-18. Ovarium 1, ovatam. Stigmd S M B
peltatum. Bacca subcarnosa, 1-locularis, indehiscens. Semina plurima, placentae laterali
umcm carnosae lata* adfixa.-Herba perennis, foliis peltato-lobatis oppositis, floribus soli,
tams albis, habitu Meconopsidis. DC.
I. P. pellafum; caülfe erècto bifolio tinlfloro, friictibus ovatis.—Linn. Sp‘ PI p 723
Midi Am V. 1. p. 3091 Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2: p. 366. ÈigUÏ PI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 215. EUiott,
Carol, v. 2. p. ld. Bót. Mag. { 1819. De Cand. Prodr. j* 1. p. 111.
Hab Near Montreal. Mrs Festival. Mr, Cleghom. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd- T h i s plant flowers very
early m the year, .n MUrchand April, and'the fruit ripens in May, Whence the name of May^pple, gTyeTto
it hy the settlers m North America. The root is medicinal, and employed in lieu öMalaji.' P
T rib. II. H y d ro pe l t id ea s. DC.
2; HYDROPELTIS. Mich.
Ccd. 3-d sepalus. Petala 3-4. Stam. 18—36. Ovaria IP-18. Semina intra periearpium
pendulam„ovato-globosum.-T-Herba aquatica, undique gelatina viscosissima lubrica, radici-
bus fibrosis kumo adfixa. DC.