100 TilTRANDRlA. MONOGYNIA, 



Species. 1. P. rmjor. 2. ImTceokita, (introduced, noW 

 e\ try where naturalized.) 3. cor data. 4. cncuUuta. 5. in- 

 tevnipta. 6. muritima. 7 . caroliiuana. § ii. Stamina not ex- 

 sertfd. Cap:»ule 2-cellcd, 2-seeded. Stemlcss. (Allied to 

 PsYi.LUM.) 8. viiginica. ^e!;ment - of the corolla ros- 

 tr:jtely comr.Avni. 9. ''gnaphahides (P. Lcgop;is,PvRSH. 

 a name already applied to a very disanct specie s). !%vcry 

 where coveted wiih a i>ilky villus; leaves Uuear-oblong, 

 entire; stamina inciud.d; caiix ligu. — On the suniniiis of 

 high und gravellv hills; coinnieucing- to appear near the 

 coiiflucnce of the river J;iulce, and the Missouri. 10. *pU' 

 silla. Minutely pubescent: leaves Inear, entire, narrower 

 to\vard:> the biise, and a little carnose, shorter than the 

 scape; scape round, filiforni; spike, subcyiindric, inter- 

 rupted; Cilix rii^id; braCies ovate, acute; stamina included. 

 — On aritl -ai'ne hilU iiear t'lie M.ssouri. Klowers in May. 

 Only 1 to 3 iiicfies high. O. 



P. aristatat Mich. (One or two plants only out of many 

 olliers which I obtained iVom seeds, g-athered in Upper 

 Louisiana, produced tlie long- subulate bractes described 

 by Micl.uux, from whence Ins sjiecific n.inie is derived.) 



p. elonguta, Puish, \n Supj)l. li. p. 7-29. P. paucifiova, uf 

 tlie same, i. p. 99. On all the sea-coasts from Labrador 

 to Florida. 



11. * glabra. Leaves ovate, denticulate, smooth; scape 

 slender, somewhat compressed, nearly equal to the leaves; 

 flowers scattered; bractes ovate, acuminate. — In arid soils, 

 near Fort M^ndun. 



About two-thirds of this extensive g-enus, as enumerat- 

 ed by Fer.soon, are indiLcenous to Furope, (more particu- 

 larly to the sou'h,) and Northern Africa, (B^rbary, &.c.) 

 there are also spccies at the (;ape of Good Hope, in Peru, 

 and other pai 's oi' South America, also in Siberia. To the 

 subdivision PfjiilUum, consiiiuled a g^enus by Jussieu, ap- 

 pertain several branching, slirubb} , and one arborescent 

 species. 



146. CALLICARPA. Z. (Bermudian Mul- 

 berry.) 



Calix 4-cIeft. Corolla tubular, border 4-cIeft. 

 Stamina exscrted. Berry 4-.seeded. 



MostW tomentose shrubs, with opposite leaves, and 

 axillary subverticiUate flowers; peduncles dicholomous or 

 cymose, many-flowered; cymes iu some species termiuai 

 as well as axillary. 



