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roundish, incumbent ; hypogynous scales none. Styles 2-4, usually distinct. Capsule uni- 

 locular, margiuicidal : seeds indefinite. — Low shrubs, or perennial, leafy herbs ; flowers 

 subsolitary, pedicelled, yellow. 



5. A. hypericoides, L., Sw. Shrubby ; leaves oblanceolate, subsessile, with 2 stipular 

 glands at the base, puuctate with pellucid dots, and black ones beneath ; peduncles terminal, 

 shorter than the middle calyx-whorl ; middle sepals oval, much exceeding the inner lanceo- 

 late ones; styles distinct, short ; capsule ovate, 2 (-3)- valved. — A low, diffuse shrub, l'-2' 

 high ; leaves 3"'-4'" long, blunt ; middle sepals 3"'-4'" long, about as long as the petals. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Al., Wils., March, common in the mountains, on barren soil of the 

 Coffee-region, 4,000' ; Bahamas !, Swains ; [Bermudas !, Texas !, Mexico !, New Granada !]. 



XXXVIII. SAUVAGESIEtE. 



Fertile stamens 5 : anthers erect, with a lateral dehiscence. Pistil paracarpous : placentas 

 3; style simple; ovules anatropous. Capsule marginicidal : embryo axile, cylindrical. — 

 Leaves stipulate, undivided : stipules fimbriate. 



This small Order is mucilaginous : Sauvagesia erecta is used in medicine. 



1. SAUVAGESIA, L. 



Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, deciduous. Petaline scales 5, distinct, opposite to the 

 petals, and separated from them by a whorl of sterile filaments, which are dilated at the top. 

 Fertile stamens alternating with the scales : anthers oblong, dehiscent by lateral fissures. 

 — Herbs or shrubs, glabrous ; leaves usually serrate ; pedicels articulated above the base, 

 axillary or racemose ; sepals setiferous at the top. 



1. S. date, Benth. I Shrubby; leaves oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, serrulate-repand, 

 tapering at both ends, acuminate : petiole very short ; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, erect, 

 exceeding the petiole : fringes very long ; racemes terminal : flowers usually fascicled ; 

 sepals equal, elliptical -oblong, bluntish, exceeding the corolla, exceeded by the capsule; 

 sterile filaments numerous ; seeds globose. — Leaves 3"-4" long, variable in breadth ; sepals 

 3'" long.— Hab. S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Guiana!]. 



2. S. erecta, L. Herbaceous, annual ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, serrulate, pointed, 

 tapering towards the petiole ; stipules ovate-lanceolate : fringes long ; pedicels axillary, 

 filiform ; sepals equal, lanceolate, acuminate, nearly equalling the corolla and the capsule ; 

 sterile filaments numerous; seeds ovoid. — Br. Jam. t. 12./. 3; St. Mil. PI. Bern. t. 3 J; 

 Desc. PI. 4. t. 299. — Stem spithameous, branching, erect or decumbent; leaves l"-li 

 long ; sepals usually 2'" long ; petals white, obovate. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Mac/., in damp 

 situations among Grasses ; Dominica !, S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr. ; [Cuba 

 and Mexico ! to Brazil !, beyond the Southern Tropic and Peru ! ; found also (perhaps trans- 

 ported, like an annual weed, with Grasses), iu Western Africa, Madagascar, and Java]. 



3. S. Sprengelii, St. Mil. Suffruteicent ; leaves minute, lanceolate, margined, re- 

 motely serrulate or subentire, subsessile ; stipules linear, dissolved into fringes ; raceme ter- 

 minal; sepals unequal, ovate-lanceolate, margined, blunt, exceeded by the corolla; sterile 

 filaments numerous. — Mart. Nov. Gen. 1. t. 25 ; St. Mil. I. c. t. 2 A. — S. serpylli folia, Mt. 

 — Stem slender, spithameous, or several feet high ; leaves approximate, 2'"-3'" long ; 

 sepals lined with a membranaceous margin, callous at the base, interior 2"' long, the 

 two exterior half as long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., on savannahs ; [Caracas ! aud 

 Guiana ! to South Brazil !]. 



XXXIX. SALICINE^. 



Flowers amentaceous, dioecious, naked. Pistil paracarpous: placentas 2, multiovulate. 

 Capsule medianicidal : seeds minute, clothed with wool. Embryo exalbuminous.— Woody 

 plants ; leaves alternate, simple, stipulate. 



The Willows contain a bitter principle (Salicin), and from the flexibility of their branches 

 are more or less adapted to economical purposes. 



