Sy a ~ 
3 _-DIOReTA, ‘ENNEANDRZA. 
‘Mose a the leaves; filaments 8, very short, pubescent; 
-anthers oblong, 2-celled. Female flowers smailer, short- 
. dy pedunculate, without any glands er vestiges of | stami- 
na. Style 1. Stigma thick and oblique. Germ inferior. 
Berries small and collected into clusters, red and succu- 
lent, sparingly scattered with stales, always more or less 
acid. Seed subovate and shining, much like that of Hip- 
pophae, to which this genus is proximately allied. Has, 
‘On the banks of ‘the Missouri and the lesser streams, 
from the confluence of the river Platte to the sources of 
the Missouri. it is the plant which produces what the 
fs _ matives call the ‘ Rabbit Berry” according to the narra- 
; ‘tive of Lewis and Clarke. ee 
ae 2. canadensis. Leaves oblong-ovate, above nearly 
~~ smooth, beneath stellately pilose and scaly, scales ferru- 
ginous: decideous. Hippophae canadensis, Willd. 
4. p. 744, PH. 1. p. 115. Has. Qn the borders of the k 
in the western parts of the state of New York, in Canad: 
and along the St. Lawrence to its sources. A -shrub 4 
about 6 or 8 feet high, with all the characters of the pre- | 
ceding. Berries squamose, sweetish, but ~— edible. 
Stamens 8.—A North American genus. 
ef 
a a el we 3 
x5 = iacigaee ae 
‘Onnen IX.—ENNE ANDREA : 
799. HYDROCHARIS. L. (Frog-bit.) — 
: Mase. Spathe Qileaved. Calix Sp eg 
rola of $ petals; 3 abortive styles. Fr 
Flower as the male. Stigmas 6, bifid. 
tile filaments 3; also 3 "nectikrifevese Q 
Peep 6-celled, many-seeded, inferior. 
Floating aquatics with cteepne » one 
ceo lowers 
a8 ecres. 1H. “coriolis, a te s cor. 
date-ovate; capsule most or 9-cel H. spongia, — 
_- Bose.» Annales du biwuanahs 9.1. 396. t. 30. ‘An incor. 
‘reet and exaggerated figure. In the leaves of this 
which grows in abundance round Savannah, I not 
een poe to Meet with any process of me extra- 
inary nature, as figured by Bose. are 5- 
