17.4 TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. houstonia, 



margin. Sci/iules membranaceous, broad, obtuse. Mowers 

 all terminal ; peduncles generally two or three, trichotomous 

 at the extremity, each division bearing a flower. Calyx nearly 

 one-third the length of the corolla ; segments rather obtuse. 

 Corolla pale purple ; tube dilated upwards ; segments ovate- 

 lanceolate. 

 Hab. On Goat-Island, Falls of Niagara. Sent to me by Prof. 

 Jiadley of Fairfield Medical Institution, New-York; an 

 assiduous Botanist to whom I am indebted for numerous valu- 

 able contributions to this work. 



5. H. pubescens Raf.: leaves cuneiform, acute, pube- 

 scent; the inferior ones semipetiolate, lanceolate; superior 

 ones semioval, sessile ; panicle trichotomous, terminal. Raf. 

 in Med. Rep. V. p. 250. D esv. J own. dc Bot. I. p. 320. 

 Roem. ^ Schult, HI. p. 209. 



Hab. In Pennsylvania and Ohio. Rafinesque. -f 



110. MITCHELLA. L. 



Flowers by pairs upon the same germen. — Calyx 

 4-toothed. Corolla infundibuliform ; tube cylindric; 

 limb 4-parted, spreading, villous on the inner side. 

 Stamens scarcely exserted. Stigma 4-cleft. Berry., 

 by the union of 2 germs, didymous, 4-seeded. Gen, 

 pi. 74. Nil 1 1. Gen. I. p. 96. Ju s s. p. 208. Lam, 

 III. u 63. Roem.^ Schult. Gen. 467. Nat. Ord. 



RuBIACEiE JuSS. 



M. ripe.ns L. Sp. pi. 161. W il I d. Spec. I. p. CI 7. 

 M i c h. Fl. I. p. 86. B i g. Bosh 34. Pursh Fl. I. p. 

 101. Ellioll Sk.l.y.xdZ. Roem. ^ Schult. in. 

 p. 189. Lonicera foliis subovatis, germine bifloro, &;c. 

 Gron. Virg. p. 22. Chamaedaphne Mitch. Gen. 27. 

 Syringa baccifera, &c. P luk. Amalth. p. 198. t. 444. f. 2., 

 Catesb. Car. t. 20. 



A creeping herbaceous evergreen. Stem branched, very smooth, 

 6 inches to a foot or more in length. Leaves opposite, petioled, 

 about half an inch long, nearly round or ovate, cordate at the 

 base, smooth, very entire. Flowers terminal, in pairs on each 

 germen, very fragrant. Calyx minute, persistent ; teeth acute. 

 Corolla about half an inch long; tube slender; border 4-part- 

 ed, very villous on the inner surface ; segments ovate, acute. 

 Stamens a little longer than the tube of the corolla ; anthers 

 oblong, acute. Style filiform, about as long as the stamens ; 

 stigmas oblong. Berries red when ripe, subglobose, crowned 

 with the persistent calyces, eatable, but insipid. Seeds com- 

 pressed, hard. 



