Tas. 4967. 
PHYTOLACCA tIcosanprRa. 
Long-racemed Poke-weed. 
Nat. Ord. PoyroLaccE®.—DECANDRIA DECAGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Flores hermaphroditi, tribracteati. Calyx 5-partitus; laciniis 
petaloideis vel herbaceis, margine membranaceis, zqualibus, fructiferis reflexis. 
Corolla nulla. Stamina 5-25, subhypogyna, libera, disco carnosulo inserta, 5 ex- 
teriora cum calycis laciniis alterna, caetera fasciatim vel inordinate iisdem oppo- 
sita. Filamenta subulata. Anthere ellipticee, incumbentes. Ovarium composi- 
tum. Carpella 5-12, toro convexiusculo sessilia, verticillata, juxta totam longi- 
tudinem connata. Ovula in loculis solitaria, basifixa, campylotropa. Styli 6-12, 
breves, discreti, subulati, apice recurvi, coronulam terminalem sepe efformantes. 
Stigmata superficies interna stylorum. Fructus baccatus, succulentus, depresso- 
globosus vel globosus, longitrorsum costatus vel ecostatus, plurilocularis, calyce 
reflexo interne stipatus; loculis monospermis, indehiscentibus. Semina verti- 
calia, fundo loculamentorum prope axim fructus affixa, subgloboso-lenticularia, 
brevissime rostellata; testa crustacea, fragili. -AJéumen centrale, copiosum, fari- 
naceum. ZHmébryo annularis, periphericus; radicula descendente ; cotyledonibus 
linearibus, planiusculis, incumbentibus.—Herbe, raro frutices, amphigee, tropice 
et subtropice. Caules erecti. Folia alterna, petiolata, integerrima, penninervia. 
Flores pedicellati aut sessiles, in racemos simplices spiceeformes aphyllos primum 
subterminales et erectos tandem oppositifolios et cernuos dispositi. Bracteze gla- 
bre, inferior basi, laterales paulo infra apicem aut medium versus pedicelli. DC. 
Puytonacca icosandra; caule terete, foliis elliptico-ovatis brevi- sed tenui-acu- 
minatis, racemis pedunculatis folio multo longioribus, floribus pedicello 4- 
plo brevioribus 10-15-(20-)andris 10-20-gynis, baccis depresso-globosis — 
umbilicatis demum sulcatis. coe 
Puytotacca icosandra. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 631 (not Bot. Mag., fide Moquin). Mill. 
Ic. t. 207. Mog. Tand. in De Cand. Prodr. v. 13. Pars I. p. 33. 
Puytotacca Mexicana. Gerin. Lam, Ill. t. 393. 2. f. 2. 
Puyrotacca Bogotensis. Mig. Sert. Eeot. p. 6. t. 3. (not Kunth, fide Moq.). 
The Phytolacca icosandra of Sims, in Bot. Mag. t. 2633, and 
which has an erect, herbaceous raceme, flowers longer than the 
pedicels, and leaves undulated or crumpled at the base below, 
is considered by Moquin-Tandon to belong to the P. Mexicana 
of Sweet (not Gertn.), and both are placed in the second section 
of the genus, chiefly distinguished by the “ bacca ecostata ;” and 
FEBRUARY lst, 1857. 
