TETRANDRIA TETRAGTNIA, IleX. 119 



g. I ? foliis oppositis oblongis obtusis serratis raargine re- myrsinites- 

 flexis glabris sempervirentibus, pedunculis axillaribus 

 brevissimis subsolitaiiis unifloris basi bibiacteatis. 



On the Rocky-mountain and near the Pacific Ocean. 

 M. Lewis. \i . July, Aug. v. s. in Herb. Leivis. 



Frutex sempervirens, glaberrimus, 4-pedalis, ramosissi- 

 mus : rami teretes, fnsci, dense foliosi. Folia parva 

 opposita, oblonga seu obovata, obtusa, superne serrata, 

 postice integerrimaj margine revoluta, vix petiolata. 

 Pedunculi axillares, brevissimi, uniflori, solitarii seu 

 terni, basi opposite bibracteati. Flores minuti, albi. 

 Cal. 4-fidus : laciniis subrotundis, concavis. Cor. ro- 

 tata, 4-fida : laciniis oblongis. Filam. A. ad incisuras 

 corollae inserta ? longitudine calycis. Germen supe- 

 rum, ovale. Styl. brevissimus, clavatus. Stig. 4- 

 lobum, crassum. Drupa maturitate monosperma, 

 ovata, atro-purpurea, magnitudine pisi. Sem. 1. el- 

 lipticum. 



This very curious shrub, of which I have likewise ob- 

 served a specimen in the museum of A. B. Lambert, 

 Esq., collected by A. Menzies, deserves to be exa- 

 mined in the living plant. It approaches so near to 

 Myginda Rhacoma of Jacquin, that at first I consi- 

 dered it to be the same plant. It likewise has great 

 affinity to Paltoria ovalis Flor. per. 1 . p. 44. ^ 84. 

 only the leaves are not opposite, but sparse and crenate 

 not serrated, which is the case always in the present 

 plant. As I do not know the Myginda Rhacoma, it 

 would be a curious fact if this plant, from the high 

 cold mountains of the north, should turn out to be the 

 same with the tropical plant. I refer it to Ilex at pre- 

 sent, till further observations will decide to which 

 genus it belongs, or whether it may not form one by 

 itself 



153. SAGINA. Gen. pi. 236. 



1 . S. caulibus procumbentibus glabris, petalis brevissimis, procuvilens. 

 Smith fi. brit. 1. p. 199. IVilld. sp.pl 1. p. 7 IS. 

 Icon. Engl. bot. 880. Pluk. aim. t. 7 A. f. 2. 

 In barren sandy fields : Virginia and Carolina. TFalter 

 and Clayton. Q . May — Aug. v. s. in Herb. Walter. 



