six, surrounded by numerous scales. Petals six, without is. Berry nearly dry, globose, crowned with a style. Seeds ad, convex on one side, concave on the other.-A shrub, ch divided leaves, the leaflets entire; flowers panicled, white. ;, according to Kæmpfer, Nattau, or Nandin, in the Japanese e. (Linn. Syst. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.)

N. DOMESTICA (Garden Nandina). (TAB. LXXXIX.)— . Diss. Sims in Curt. Bot. Mag. ed. 1. t. 1109. De Cand.

. v. 1. p. 109.

LTURE.

This plant, although introduced many years into our ns, is not much cultivated; perhaps not so much as it deserves, 3 pretty loose panicle of blossoms has a light and graceful air. seldom propagated except from imported seeds; although there ɔ doubt but it would succeed well by laying the young wood down

two seasons.

HAB. China and Japan; where it is cultivated by the natives. . Fl. June, July.

3. DIPHYLLEIA. Mich. Diphylleia.

Sepals three, destitute of bracteas. Petals six, without glands. Berry sessile, 2—3-seeded. Seeds ovato-oblong. D. C.-Named rom dis, twice, and Quλλov, a leaf; from the two leaves of the stem. Linn. Syst. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.)

1. D. CYMOSA (Cyme-flowered Diphylleia). (TAB. XC.)—Mich. Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 203. t. 19. and 20. Sims Bot. Mag. t. 1666. De Cand. Prod. v. 1. p. 110.

CULTURE. Propagated, like most other herbaceous plants, by parting its roots after the herb has died down in the winter.

HAB. South-eastern States of North America, as N. Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia. H. Fl. May.

ORD. VII.

PODOPHYLLACEÆ. D C. May-Apple Family.

Sepals 3-4, often petaloid. Petals in 2-3-4 series, each equal in number to the sepals. Stamens equal in number with, and opposite to, the petals, or two, three, or many times that number, arrang