120 CELASTRINE^. * [Myginda. 



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Hab. Banks of Lake St. Clair; very common. i)oM^7a5.— This is called Strawberry -Tree, and Burning- 

 Bush, in the United States. Its fruit resembles that of our Arbutus Unedo, and its bright scarlefc-colour 

 renders it a conspicuous ornament of the woods in America. 



3. CELASTRUS. Linn. 



Cal minimus 5-lobus. Pet 5 unguiculata. Stam. 5. Ovarium parvum in disco deceni- 

 striato immersuni. Stylus 1. Stigmata 2-3. Capmla 2-3-valvis loculicido-trivalvis 

 nempe valvis medio septiferis, septis completis aut incompletis, utrinque in latere 

 interiore basi gerentibus. Semen 1 rectum, arillo magno carnoso plus minus involutum. — 

 Frutices foliis alternis, peduncuUs multifloris axillarihus aut in paniculam terminakm 

 approximatis. DC. 



I, C. scandens ; inermis, scandens, glaber, foliis ovalibus acuminatis serratis, racemis 

 terminalibus. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 285. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 155. Pursh, Ft. Am. v. 1. p. 167. 

 Bigel. FL Bost ed, 2. p. 57. Torrey, FL ofUn. St. v. 1. p. 262. 



Hab. Canada, frequent in woods and thickets. Known under the names of Bitter-Sweety and Waxwork. 



Trib. III. Aquifoliace^. DC. 



4. ^MYGINDA. Jacq. 



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Cat. minimus 4-fidus. Pet. 4, patentia. Stam. 4 petalis alterna, iis breviora. Ovarium 

 subrotundum, liberum aut calycis tube immersum et in partem adhaerens disco corona- 

 turn, 2-loculare, ioculis 1-spermis. Stylus brevis aut nullus. Stigmata 4 (an semper ?) 

 ideo nunc ad apicem styli, nunc subsessilia. Drupa ovata (verosim. abortu) 1-locularis 

 1-sperma. Semen ex apice loculi pendulum (vel e basi loculi erectum) albuminosum. — 

 Frutices ramulis tetragonis, foliis oppositis subcoriaceis, pediculis aocillarihus scBpius apice 

 trifidis trichotomisve^ florihus minimis. DC. 



1. M. myrtifolia ; foliis oblongo-ellipticis brevissime petiolatis coriaceis glabris mar- 

 gine serratis revolutis, peduncuHs brevissimis 1-3-floris, germine disco tecto, stylo elon- 

 gate, stigmate solitario capitato subsulcato. (Tab. XLI.) — Nvtt. Gen, v. 1. p. 109. De 

 Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 13. — Ilex myrsinites. Pursh^ Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 119. — «, minor ; foliis 

 mlnoribus densioribus, pedunculis plerumque trifloris. — /3. major ; foliis majorlbus spar- 

 sioribus, pedunculis plerumque unifloris. 



Frutex ramosissimus, glaher. Rami jnniores tetragoni, dein tereteSj rufo-fusci. Folia opposita, approxi- 



mata, oblongo-elliptica in a. densissima, vix unciam, in /3. ssepe plusquam sesquiunciam longa, brevissime 



petiolata, coriacea, obscure nervosa, pallide viridia, margine paululum recurva, serrata, serraturis nunc argu- 



tis, nunc, foliis junioribus, obsoletis. Pedunculus axillaris, solitarius, 1-3-florus, pedicellis pedunculo longiori- 



bus, ex uno puncto pedunculi, basi bibracteatis, lateralibus iterum supra basin singulo bibracteato, bracteis 



parvis, subrotundis, erectis, camosis, Flores parvi, mbicundi. Calycis tubus turbinatus; limbo 4^fido, segmentis 



sestivatione irabricatis, demum patentibus late ovatia, obtusis. Corolla 5-petala ; petala calycis segmentis 



altema et paulo breviora, ovata, sessilia, concava, basi lata, minime unguiculata. Stamina 4, petalis altemantia 



et calycis lobis opposita : Filamenta e margine disci breviuscula, Aatlierm subrotundie, flavse, interius rima 



longitudinals dehiscentes. Gennen subglobosum, calycis tubo immersum, sed plerumque liberum, disco camoso 



pateriformi margine subcrenato staminifero tectum, et ciun ore calycis tubi unitum, biloculare, locuUs biovu- 



latis. Ovala subrotunda, angukita e basi loculi erecta. Podosperrmim clavatum, supeme dilatatum. Stylus 



filamentis subbrevior, erectus. Stigma capitatum, obscure sulcatum. 



