TETRANDRIA. TETRAGTNIA. 16^9 



Order 4. — Tetragynia. 



162. MYGINDA. Jacqidn, L, 



Calix small, 4-pai'te(l. Corolla deeply 4-part- 

 cd or of 4 petals. Stigmas 2 or 4. Drupe glo- 

 bose, 1 seetied. 



Shrubs with opposite leaves; peduncles axillary, 2 or 3- 



flowered; flowers minute. 



Species. 1. JVt- jyfyrtifolia- {Hexmyrsinites.Vxj-RS-a.) 

 Found on the North-west coast, and on tlie Rocky moun- 

 tains, by Captain M. Lewis. 



A g-enus confined to the tropical parts of Americai with 

 the exception of the present species. 



163. ILEX. L. (Holly.) 



Calix minute, 4 or S-toothed. Corolla rotate, 

 4-parted. Style 0; stigmata 4. Berrij 4-seeded. 



Small trees or shrubs; leaves alternate, mostly ever- 

 green, often spinos'-ly or pung-ently <oothed or serrated; 

 pedimcles axillary, man -flowered; flowers often polyga- 

 mous; berries a long- time persistent, usually scarlet. 



Species. 1. / opaca /3. laxifiora, (F. la.rijora, ap- 

 pears to be a mere variety of /. opuca.) 2. Cassi7ie. 3. vo- 

 mitoria. (Used sometimes as a substitute for Tea; also 

 by the savages in their superstitious ceremonies.) 4 an» 

 g^ustifoUa. Leaves mostly entire and mncronate. From 

 10 to 15 feet high. 5. Dahoon. Leaves mostly entire. — § ii. 

 Leaves decidijous. 6. prinoides. Leaves deciduous, eliptic- 

 lanceolate, acute at boih extremities, from about the mid- 

 dle to the point Lghtly serrate, the under side pubt- scent; 

 berries large, and nearly solitary, nuts grooved. — Closely 

 allied to Prinos. 7- canadensis Genus doubtt'ull. 



Europe aflfords but 1 species of this genus, the /. ^qui- 

 folium^ common also to Japan, but certainly not to Ame- 

 rica as remarked by P- rsoon, as it is even very diflicult 

 to cultivate; in Japan there iire 7 other species, 1 at ihe 

 Cape of Good Hope, 1 in India, 2 m the island of xMadeira, 

 1 in the isle of Maui-itius, 3 in the West Indies, a doubt- 

 full species in Guianne, and another (Palcoria) in the high 

 mountains of Peru, allied to Miiginda. 



164. SAGINA. Z. (Pearl-wort.) 



Calix 4-leaved. Petals 4. Capsule 4-celled, 4- 

 valved, many-seeded. 



