— 3 
coed vars. 4 +% 
Orper Il].—TRIGYNIA. “es 
SESUVIUM. L. | * ae 
— Calix 5-paried, coloured. Petals none. Cap- 
~~ sule_superisr, ovate, 3-celled, opening trans=— 
- versely allround, many-seeded. Seeds minute. — 
Succulent herbaceous plants with opposite semiam- 
plexicaule entire leaves, and axillary, solitary flowers. x . 
= Species. 1.8. sessile. Leaves aoe flowers _ 
sessile, rosaceous. Has. On the sea-coast, from New : 4 
Jersey to Florida. , Leaves eg nearly linear; seg» 
ments of-the a e gpg : ; 
SOeven 1v. _PENTAGYNTA. a 
$40. ARONIA. Persoon. Mesrruvus. L. ug 
Calix 5-toothed. Petals 5. | Berry inferior 5 
to 10-celled; cells 1 or 2-seeded.. Seeds cartila- 
. ginous. 
Shrubs without spines, having alternate undivided 
leaves, and flowers which are corymbose or racemose, 
~ generally white; fruit a small black purple or scarlet po- 
moid berry, containing sceds similar to those of apples. # 
Species. 1. A. ardutifoka, Berries scarlet in co- 
tymbs, astringent and scarcely eatable at any period; but 
without any acidity, and sweetish. 2. melanocarpa. 
_. Fruit also astringent and black or- ‘so, but prefera- 
ble to the preceeding. 3. Botryapium. Berries purple, 
_ * -pruiniose, very saccharine and agreeably flavoured. 4. 
ovals. 5. sanguinea. Pu. - 6. .* Alnifolia. Smooth: 
- feaves roundish, the upper part toothed,  pinnately 
_heryed, under side somewhat glaucous; raceme simple,~ 
elongated; fruit black and sweet. Hap. In ravines and 
e elevated margins of small streams from Fort Man- 
dan to the Northern Andes. Oss, A shrub 4 or 5 feet 
leaves roundish and retuse, somewhat attenuated 
toothed towards the summit; fruit dark 
e - and saccha- 
