TETRANDRIA TETRAGYNIA, llex. 
- 9.1? foliis oppositis oblongis obtusis serratis margine re- 
flexis glabris sempervirentibus, pedunculis axillaribus 
. , brevissimis subsolitariis unifloris basi bibracteatis, 
.. Onthe Rocky-mountain and near the Pacific Ocean. 
~ ` M. Lewis . July, Aug. v.s.in Herb. Lewis. 
.. "Frutex sempervirens, glaberrimus, 4-pedalis, ramosissi- 
__.. Mus: rami teretes, fusci, dense foliosi, Folia parva 
___ Opposita, oblonga seu obovata, obtusa, superne serrata, 
postice integerrima, margine revoluta, vix petiolata. 
. Pedunculi axillares, brevissimi, uniflori, solitarii seu 
terni, basi opposite bibracteati. Flores minuti, albi, 
- Cal. 4-fidus : laciniis subrotundis, concavis. Cor. ro- 
.. fata, 4-fida : laciniis oblongis. Filam. 4. ad incisuras 
.. corollae inserta? longitudine calycis. Germen supe- 
rum, ovale. Styl. brevissimus, clavatus. Stig, 4- 
lobun, crassum. Drupa maturitate monosperma, 
. Ovata, atro purpurea, magnitudine pisi. Sem. 1. el- 
— . lipticum. = 
-= "This very curious shrub, of which I have likewise ob- 
served a specimen in the museum of A. B. Lambert, 
=u Esq., collected by A. Menzies, deserves to be exa- 
mined in the living plant. It approaches so near to 
AMyginda Rhacoma of Jacquin, that at first I consi- 
~- dered it to be the same plant. It likewise has great 
affinity to. Paltoria ovalis Flor. per. 1. p. 44. t. 84. 
: only the leaves are not opposite, but sparse and crenate 
= ~ -Dot serrated, which is the case always in the present 
plant. As I do not know the Myginda Rhacoma, it 
-. would be a curious fact if this plant, from the high 
. . Cold mountains of the north, should turn out to be the 
same with the tropical plant. I refer it to Xer at pre- 
sent, till further observations will decide to which 
x . 383. SAGINA. Gen.pl. 236.. 
AS. caulibus procumbentibus glabris, petalis brevissimis. 
Jl. brit. 1. p. 190. Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 718. 
n. Engl. bot. 880. Pluk. alm, t. 74. f- 2... 
In barren sandy fields: Virginia and Carolina. Walter 
rg 
and Clayton, @.May—Avg. v. s.in Herb, Walter. 
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myrsinites. 
pie genus it belongs, or whether it may not form one by 
procumtens. 
