. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. ID. PODOPHYLLUM DIPHYLLUM LINN. 347 very well exprefled the idea, ihe phyfiognomy of plants., asI call it, is a matter which it is not neceflary a man fhouldbe a very minute botanift to obferve. Aimofl: any perfonwho fhould fee the Jefferfonia, the Smiguinaria, and thePodophyllum, growing together, either before, during, orafter, the time of flowering, would immediately difcovertheir family-relationfhip t —— fades non omnibus una Nee diverfa tamen, qualis decet ejje fororum, I fliall conclude this long letter with exprefling a hope*that it
. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. ID. PODOPHYLLUM DIPHYLLUM LINN. 347 very well exprefled the idea, ihe phyfiognomy of plants., asI call it, is a matter which it is not neceflary a man fhouldbe a very minute botanift to obferve. Aimofl: any perfonwho fhould fee the Jefferfonia, the Smiguinaria, and thePodophyllum, growing together, either before, during, orafter, the time of flowering, would immediately difcovertheir family-relationfhip t —— fades non omnibus una Nee diverfa tamen, qualis decet ejje fororum, I fliall conclude this long letter with exprefling a hope*that it will not prove altogether unentertaining to you;for I cannot but fuppofe, that every attempt (mine, I knovvjis an humble one) to encreafe the mafs of that amiablefcience which we both cultivate, will be acceptable to thefucceflbr of Linnjeus. I have the honour to fubfcribe myfelf. Dear Sir, Your obliged friend, &c. BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON. Philadelphia, April 29th, 1792. Explanation of the Plate. N. I. The plant, of its natural fize, during the ti
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