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or nearly opposite; aments iMestindsigs solitary | and ax- 
illary, the female ones e 
SPECIES. 1. M. alba. Cultivated. 2. rubra. 3, scabra. 
illd, 
A genus of about 10 species, ge doe 20h to Persia, Si- 
beria, India and its islands. 
: 
Onper V.—PENTANDRIA. 
7. 44, SCHISANDRA. Michaux. 
Calix 9-leaved, pone disposed ih 3 series. 
rbsessile, cohereing at 
> ed, inserted aga an 
red Witae mete | a 
fining shrub, with alternate and lanedbltié ovate 
leaves sometimes repandly denticulate; flowers axillar 
solitary, scarlet, acini spiked.—Is not this singular g¢ 
more near otf related to ieempones 0 ‘R. Brown than to. 
nispermu : 
Species. S. coccinea. Har. In Carolin and Georgia. 
av. In the vicinity of Savannah. ; 
745, CROT JNOPSIS. Michaux. ae 
: Mase. Calia: 5-parted. Corolla of 5 ‘oeialad 
Fem. Calix 5-parted. Corolla none. Stigmas: 
3, twice bifid. Capsule 1 -seeded. eae 
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