HYPERICINE. VII. Ascyrum. VIII. Carpoponros. IX. Eucryputa. X. Era. XI. CRATOXYLUM. 
amer. p. 146. te 152. Chois. prod. hyp. p. 61. 
pale-yellow. Flowers in terminal corymbs. 
St. Andren’s-cross Ascyrum. FI. July. Clt. 1759. 
1 foot. 
4 A. MULTICAV'LE (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 77.) stem suf- 
fruticose ; leaves crowded, oblong-linear, obtuse ; peduncles bi- 
bracteate, lateral, and terminal. h.F. Native of Virginia and 
Carolina in sandy fields and woods. A. hypericoides, Ait. hort. 
kew. A. Crax-A’ndrez var. 3, angustifolium, D.C. prod. 1. 
p. 555. Styles 1-2, conniving. 
Many-stemmed Ascyrum. Fl. July. Shrub 1 foot. 
_ 6 A, HYPERICODDES (Lin. spec. 1108.) stem suffruticose, 
round; branches 2-edged; leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, each 
furnished with 2 glands at the base ; two inner sepals somewhat 
orbicular ; styles 3. %.F. Native of North America in over- 
flowed open places, from New Jersey to Carolina; and of Ja- 
maica. Flowers terminal, solitary, on short pedicels, larger than 
those of 4. Criix-A’ndree. 
St. John’s-wort-like Ascyrum. Shrub 2 feet. 
6 A. sta‘ns (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 77.) stem shrubby, 
erect, winged ; branches straight ; leaves ovate-elliptical, obtuse, 
glaucous; peduncles axillary, usually 3-flowered; two inner 
sepals cordate-orbicular ; stamens connected at the base ; styles 
% h.F. Native of Carolina. Vent. malm. p. 90. Hypéri- 
cum floridanum, Pluk. t. 412. f. 5.? Hypéricum tetrapétalum, 
Lam. dict. 4. p. 153. ex Chois. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 555. 
Standing Ascyrum. FI. J uly, Sept. Clt. 1806. Shrub 2 ft. 
Petals narrow, 
Shrub 
T A. ampvexicau'Le (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 77.) stem 
dichotomously panicled; leaves stem-clasping, ovate, cordate, 
sinuately-curled ; corymbs naked; styles 3. h. F. Native of 
orth America in low grounds and woods, from Virginia to 
Florida. Hypéricum stans var. 6, Chois. prod. p. 61. The 
flowers and leaves are longer in this than in any other of the 
species, l 
Stem-clasping-leaved Ascyrum. Fl.Jul. Aug. Clt.1806. Sh.2 ft. 
Cult. A genus of elegant little herbs and shrubs. They re- 
quire to be protected during winter by a frame; for this pur- 
pose they should be grown in pots, as they never exist long in 
the open border. A mixture of one-half peat, and the other 
sand, will suit them well; and young cuttings of the shrubby 
inds will root in sand under a hand or bell-glass. The herba- 
ceous kinds may be increased by parting the roots in spring. All 
may be raised from seeds. 
Tribe III. 
jop UCRYPHIE' A (Cambess. in ann. scien. par. vol. 20. p. 
' Aug. 1830). Styles 3-12 (f. 103. j.). Seeds flat (f. 
103. fo), winged. 
VHI. CARPODO'NTOS (from kapzoc, carpos, a fruit, and 
ocov . 
$ ecovroc, odous odontos, a tooth; cells or carpels bidentate 
at the apex). Lab i 
. - nov. holl. 2. p. 122. Chois. prod. p. 61. 
fe Prod. 1. p. 556. P P P 
X. syst. Polydndria, Polygýnia. Styles 5-8. Se- 
8 
pals and petals 4. Stamens numerous, free. Carpels 5-8, 
Ww 
eed 7 celled, opening on the inside, with filiform placentas, 
a ite Villous.—A tree with stalked, opposite leaves. Flowers 
base. axillary, solitary. Peduncles each with two scales at their 
1 C, LU 
Nati cipa (Lab. voy. rech. Lapeyr. 2. p. 16. t. 18.) h. G. 
Shinn Van Diemen’s Land. Flowers white. 
ng-leaved Carpodontos. Clt.1820. Tree 20 feet. 
$ ic tree will thrive well in a mixture of loam, peat, 
. > an . . . . 
sand, with young cuttings will root if planted in a pot of 
with a hand-glass placed over them. 
613 
IX. EUCRY'PHIA (from ev, eu, well, and kovou, cryphia, 
a cover ; in allusion to the flower being coveted by a calyptra 
before expansion) (f. 103. a.). Cav. icon. 4. p. 49. t. 372. Chois. 
prod. hyp. p. 62. D.C. prod. 1. p. 556. 
Lin. syst. Polydndria, Polygynia. Calyx of 5 sepals, 
connected at the base (f. 103. a.). Styles usually 12 (f. 103. j.). 
Petals 5 (f. 103. c.). Stamens numerous, somewhat connected 
at the base. Anthers didymous (f. 103. h.). Capsules ovate (f. 
103. i), with boat-shaped cells, hanging from funicles (f. 103. 
e.).—A tree with opposite leaves, and axillary, solitary flowers. 
Carpels many, many-seeded (f. 103. f.), fixed to the central 
axils (f. 103. e.). 
1 E. corpirortra (Cav. l. c.) 
h. S. Native of South America 
near San Carlos de Chiloe. A 
beautiful tree, with cordate-oblong, 
crenated, downy leaves, and white, 
stalked flowers. Mellinia, Molin. 
(f. 103). 
Cordate-leaved Eucryphia. Tree 
40 feet. 
Cult. This fine tree will grow 
well in a mixture of loam, peat, 
and sand ; and young cuttings will 
root if planted in a pot of sand 
with a hand-glass placed over them, 
in a moderate heat. 
FIG. 103. 
X. ELIE‘A (in honour of M. Elie de Beaumont, whose 
works have thrown so much light on the geological revolutions of 
our globe). Cambess. in Ann. scien. nat. par. Aug. 1830. vol. 
20. p. 400. t. 13. Cussdnia, Comm. mss. but not of D. C. 
Lanigerostèma, Chapel. mss. “Hypéricum, Spec. Lam. and 
Chois. 
Lin. syst. Polyadélphia, Polydndria. Calyx permanent, 
5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, disposed in 3 bundles. 
Anthers fixed by their middle, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise. 
Styles 3, crowned by capitate stigmas. Capsule surrounded by 
the permanent calyx, petals, and stamens, 3-celled ; cells divided 
by incomplete dorsal dissepiments, 3-valved ; valves bent in so 
much at the margins as to constitute perfect dissepiments. Seeds 
2 in each cell, each separated by the incomplete intervalvular dis- 
sepiment, flat, winged, fixed above the base of the central, fili- 
form, trigonal receptacle. Embryo flat, near the hylum of the 
seed.—A shrub, with cruciately-opposite, jointed branches and 
leaves. Flowers cymose, yellow. 
1 E. arricuna'ta (Cambess. l. c. p. 401. t. 13.) k. S. Na- 
tive of Madagascar. Hypéricum articulàtum, Lam. dict. 4. p. 
569. Chois in D.C. prod. 1. p. 546. Leaves oblong-obovate, 
with entire, revolute margins, coriaceous, full of pellucid and 
black dots, feather-nerved. Cymes of flowers axillary and ter- 
minal; pedicels tetragonal. Segments of calyx ovate, obtuse, 
marked with black lines. Petals imbricate in the bud, 3 times 
longer than the calyx. Filaments woolly, unequal. 
Jointed-stemmed Eliea. Shrub 4 to 10 feet? 
Cult. This shrub will grow freely in a mixture of loam and 
peat, and cuttings will root freely in sand under a hand-glass, in 
a moist heat. 
XI. CRATO’XYLUM (from xparoc, cratos, strength, and 
Evdov, aylon, wood ; wood strong and hard). Blum. bijdr. ex 
Schlecht. Linnea. 1. p. 667. 
Lin. syst. Polyadélphia, Polyéndria, Calyx profoundly 5- 
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