hamamelis. TETRANDRIA. DIGYNIA." I9a 



A shrub 6--12 feet high ; trunks several, with numerous flexu« 

 ous branches. Leaves 3 — 4 inches long, alternate, petiolate, 

 strongly veined, slightly scabrous ; margin crenate or obscurely 

 toothed. Flo-wera clustered by threes on axillary peduncles. 

 Calyx foliaceous, persistent, with 3 small ovate bracts at the 

 base, pubescent. Petals yellow, equal, about 4 times as long 

 as the calyx, and not a line broad, a little crispid. Stamena 

 very short; filaments alternating with the petals; anthers ad- 

 nate to the extremity of the filament, 2-celled, each cell with 

 a vertical valve ; at the base of each petal is a short flat abor- 

 tive filament about as long as the fertile stamens. Germen vil- 

 lous ; styles very short ; stigmas simple, obtuse. JVui (cap- 

 sule ?) coriaceous, subglobose, with two short recurved horns, 

 opening elastically ; cells polished internally. Seeds coated, 

 black and shining ; " corculum fiat, enclosed in a carneous peri- 

 sperm ; radicle descendent, opposite the hilum." Ju a s. 



Hab. In moist woods; common. October — November. The 

 flowers begin to appear while the leaves are turning yellow 

 and decaying ; rarely in the spring. 



/3. parvifolia J^ ut t. : leaves oblong-ovate ; upper part 

 undulately and coarsely crenate ; under surface pubescent, 

 somewhat hirsute ; segments of the calyx oblong ; stamens 

 and perigynous filaments often nearly equal. J^ ut t. Gen. 

 1, c. 



A shrub every way smaller than the common H. virginica^ with 

 the branches nearly erect. Calyx somewhat coloured and 

 diaphanous. Petals bright yellow. 

 Hab. Mountains in Pennsylvania. JVu ttall. 



The genus Hamamelis differs in several important charac- 

 ters from the Nat. Ord. Berberides. J^uttall suggests, 

 that it may be united with Fothergilla and Pachysandra, 

 and form a distinct Order, allied to the Amentaceb, to which 

 the name Fothergille^ may be given.f 



ORDER III. 

 TETRAGYNIA. 



128. Ilex. 130. PotamogIton. 



129. Sagina. 131. RuppiA. 



128. ILEX. L 



Calyx minute, 4 — 5-toothed. Corolla rotate, 4-part^ 

 ed, or 4-petalled. Style ; stigmas 4. Berry 4-seed' 



t Vid, J^utt. Gen, 1.0. 

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