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96 PE TRAND EARS MONOGYNIA, 
138. MITCHELLA. oh. (Partridge. berry.) 
Flowers by pairs upon the same germ, supe- 
_ Nor.—Calia 4-toothed. Corolla funnel-form, ~ 
_ tube eylindric; limb 4 parted, spreading villous 
on the inner side. Stamina 4, sc arcely exserted. 
‘ Stigma 4-cleft. Berry, by the union of the 2 | 
germs, didymous, 4-seeded. ; : 
An herbaceous repent evergreen; flowers by pairs ter- 
minal or axillary, berry scarlet, hibernal, edible, but in- 
si id. a oe 
_—— 1. M. repens. The only species known; 
ing in the shadejof forests from Canada to Georgia. 
The genus Mitchella appears to be somewha' allied to 
Aegiphila or Nuxia, and also to mpapeietar por 
139. LINNEA. Gronovius. L. : 
Calix double: that of the fruit 2-leaved, of the 
flower 5-parted, superior. Corolla turbinate, 
subcampanulate, 5-lobed. Stamina | ome 
didynamous. Stigint, globose. Berry s * 
ovate, dry, 3-cellec » cells 2-seeded. ~~ © ae 
«Herbaceous, creeping, and sempervirent; leaves oppo" 
- Site; sureuli erect, the upper part naked and 2-flowereds 
_ fruit crowned bythe permanent calix. 
__Specres.- 1. 1. borealis. A small plant dedicated by: 
é -Gronovius to the name of Linnaeus, who discovered it in 
_ the wilds of Lapland: it was afterwards found in Sweden, 
_ in Germany, and in Scotland, where it had been overlook- 
ed or neg ected, and it is now also met with in all the — 
northern régions of the American continent, from the = 
mountainous banks of the Susquehannah, tothe arctic cir- 
Mok ole: (abundant in the shady pine forests of Lake Huron) | 
ee an America, the Linnea is confined to the dark forests of 
the eunadensis, A. nigra, and A. balsamea, accome 
Panied ing the Trientalis, Polygala paucifolia, Mitche' 
and Gaultheria. Unchanged by the vicissitudes of ¢ 
<a Sth a always apparently presents the same characte 
whether * aaa Fe in the ioene of America or of Burt 
and ‘Ty System it stands alone, without distinct Ca 
tats te oe any other genus. Bauhin, indeed, after the man= 
_ her of the older botanists, judging fromthe mere foxm of | 
= oer hes ae it to — and called i it € ers 
