siiTCHELLA. TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. il5 



Hab. In woods, about the roots of trees, creeping among the 

 dried leaves ; very common. June — July. Inhabits almost 

 every part of North-America. The berries remain en the 

 plant during the winter. Partridge- btrry. 



The genus Mitchella, though belonging to the Rubiace^, 

 yet resembles in some respects Symphoria and Linnjea of the 

 Nat. Ord. Caprifglia. 



in. LINNiEA. Gronovius. 

 Calyx double; that of the fruit 2-leaved, inferior, of 

 the flower 5-parted, superior. Corolla turbinate, sub- 

 campanulatej 5-iobed, equal. Stamens somewhat di- 

 dynamous. Stigma globose. Berry dry, 3-Celled, 

 (only one of the cells bearing a single perfect seed. 

 Wall I.) Sp. pi 1037. Niitt. Gen. I. p. 96, 

 Juss. p. 211. Lam. III. t. DXX. Nat. Ord. 

 Caprifglia Juss. 



L. borealis G r n. fV Hid. Sped. p. 340. Pursh 

 i^/. If. p. 415. J^utt. Gen. I c. M u h I, Cat. p. 61. 

 Eng. Bot. t. 1297. 



Stem creeping, herbaceous, evergreen, a little branched, some- 

 times nearly a yard in length. Leaves on sh(;rt petioles, op- 

 posite, distant, ovate-rotund, crenate, slightly hairy. Pedundes 

 erect, 2 — 4 inches long, pubescent, bearing 2 drooping pedi- 

 cellate fluwers, with 2 small bracts at the forking of the pedi- 

 cels. Inferior calijx (involucrum) subulate, closely appressed 

 to the germen, below which are 2 minute bracts ; calyx of 

 the fruit with 5 linear, equal segments Corolla subcampanu- 

 late, white, or pale rose-cohmrtd, hairy within ; segments ob- 

 tuse. Stamens unequal, (subdidynam.cus) included ; filaments 

 slender; anthers cblong. Germen glandularly pubescent; 

 style a little declined; stigma globose. Berry small, dry j 

 cells 1-seeded, (2-seeded. Nutt.) 

 Hab. In mountain woods, almost always under the shade of 

 evergreens. Dewey. Deerficld. Hi t chc ock and 

 Coo ley. On the Catskill Mountains. Knev els. In 

 the Highlands of New- York. £ arra 1 1, he. On the moun- 

 tains of New-York and Pennsylvania; near Wiscasset, Maine; 

 and near the White Lake on the mountains of New-Jersey. 

 Pursh. July. 



The North-American plant resembles in every respect the 

 European. JVuttall remarks that LiNXiEA stands alone, 

 without distinct affinity to any other genus ; we think, how- 

 ever, with R afine s que^ that in many respects it resembles 

 I Mitchella. 



112. SANGUISORBA. L. 



Calyx 2-leaved. Corolla 4-cleft, rotate. Capsule 

 quadrangular, between the calyx and the corolla, I — 2- 



