POLYANDRIA DI-PENTAGYNIA. Elodea. 
Bóribus oppositis axillaribus subsessilibus snbternis, 
Se ad medium usque connatis, capsulis ob- 
ongis. 
Hypericum petiolatum. Walt, fl. car. 191. 
Hypericum axillare. Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 81. 
On banks of lakes and rotten wood: Virginia and Caro- 
lina, %. July, Aug. v.v. 
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Il. POLYGYNIA. 
451. ILLICIUM. Gen. pl. 940. 
1. I. foliis acuminatis, petalis numerosis oblongis lineari- 
busque.— Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 1254. . 
Icon. Bot. mag. 439. 
On the banks of the Mississippi, in West Florida. h. 
May, June. v.v. Flowers dark purple, large ; leaves 
of a very aromatic anise-scent, when bruised. 
2. I. foliis'obtusis, petalis sex calyceque rotundatis concavis- 
— Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 326. 
I. anisatum. Bartr.trav.24. . 
Icon. Vent, hort. cels 22. 
In East Florida, on the banks of the river St. John, 
Michaux. ^. May, June. v, v, in Hortis. Flowers 
small, yellow. 
452. MAGNOLIA. Gen. pl. 942. 
1. M, foliis perennantibus ovalibus crassis coriaceis, petalis 
~ dilatato-obovatis abrupte in unguem pee 
Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 1255. 
a. M. foliis obion ei ticis subtus ferrugineis, floribus 
subcontractis. dit, kew.2. 5.251. 
Icon. Bot. rep. 518. Trew ehret. 33. ~ Šo 
B. M. foliis obovato-oblongis, floribus expansis. dit. Le 
y M. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis apice flexis. concoloribus, 
floribus subcontractis. Ait. l c. 
Icon. Mill, ic. 172.  Catesb. car. 61. Mich. arb. LE 
In the forests of South Carolina and Georgia, reaching 
west to the Mississippi. h. May—Aug. v.v. This 
stately tree, with its elegant foliage and large white 
flowers, is the prince of the forests of North Ame- 
rica. The varieties here mentioned might easily be 
considered as good species, if there were notso many 
intermediate ones, which connect them too closely to- 
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