380 



POLYANDRIA DI-PENTAGYNIA. Elodca. 



floribus oppositis axillaribus subsessilibus snbternis, 

 starainibus ad medium usque connatis, capsulis ob- 

 longis. 



Hypericum petiolatnm. Walt. fl. car. 19I. 



Hypericum axillare. Mick.fi. amer. 2. p. 81. 



On banks of lakes and rotten wood : Virginia and Caro- 

 lina. "2/ . July, Aug. v.v. 



III. POLYG YNIA. 



451. ILLICIUM. Gen.pl. QA{). 



Jloridanum. 1. I. foliis acuminatis, petalis numerpsis oblongls lineari- 

 hw(\\\e.—lFilld. sp. pi 2. p. 1254, 

 Icon. Bol. mag. 43g. 



On the banks of the Mississippi, in West Florida. Tj . 

 May, June. v.v. Flowers dark purple, large ; leaves 

 of a very aromatic anise-scent, vi^hen bruised. 



parvifiorum. 2. I. foliis obtusis, petalis sex calyceque rotundatis concavis. 



— JV7ich.fi. nmer. I . p. 326. 

 I. anisatum. Bartr. trav. 24. 

 Icon. rent. hort. eels 22. 

 In East Florida, on the banks of the river St. John. 



Mkhaux. \i . May, June. v. v. in Hortis. Flowers 



small, yellow. 



452. MAGNOLIA. Gen.pl. g42. 



grandifiora. 1. M. foliis perennantibus ovalibus crassis coriaceis, petalis 

 dilatato-obovatis abrupte in unguem angustatis. — 

 IFilld. sp.pl.'l.p. 1255. 



eUiptica. a. M. foliis oblongo-ellipticis subtus ferrugineis, floribus 



subcontractis. Ait. kew.2. p. 251. 



Icon. Bot. rep. 518. Trew ehret. 33. 



obovata. |S. M. foliis obovato-oblongis, floribus expansis. .St. I. c. 



lanceolata. y M. foliis oblongo-lanceolaiis apice flexis concoloribus, 

 floribus subcontractis. Ait. I. c. 

 Icon. Mill. ic. 172. Cate^h. car. Q\. Mich. arb. t. 1. 

 In the forests of South Carolina and Georgia, reaching 

 west to the Mississippi. Ij • May — Aug. v. v. This 

 stately tree, with its elegant foliage and large white 

 flowers, is the prince of the forests of North Ame- 

 rica. The varieties here mentioned might easily be 

 considered as good species, if there were not so maiiy 

 Intermediate ones, which connect them too closely to- 



