27Q DEOCANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, 



subtended at the base by a longish linear paleaceoxif. 

 bracle. Calix 5-parted, segments ovate, nearly half the 

 length of the corolla, somewhat piibescently ciliate, fur- 

 nished with obscure longitudinal nerves. Corolla mono- 

 petalous, marcescent, ovate, open, margin 5-toothcd re- 

 flected; dentures short-oval, obtuse, rosaceous, the rest 

 of the corolla white. Stamina 10, included within the 

 corolla; filaments subulate, flat and membranaceous, ari- 

 sing from the base of the germ; anthers small, 2-celled, 

 traversed by and inseparably connected with the filaments, 

 of an oboval form, attached by the margin, opening in- 

 wards from the base, or junction with the filament in an 

 horizontal manner, or in other words in a contrary direc- 

 tion to that of the filament which supports it; at the base of 

 this singular anther there is situated 2 small filiform pro- 

 cesses nearly its length, which have probably been appli- 

 ed to the 2 sutures of the anthers before opening? but 

 this I have not been able to verify; they may be merely 

 such processes as we find in similar situations in Andru- 

 meda, Vaccinium, &c. Style 1, short and columnar; stig- 

 ma capitate, obscurely 5-iobed. Capsule 5-celled, subglo- 

 bese, valves 5, coalescing towards the base by their dis- 

 sepiments with the axis of tlie receptacle; receptacle 

 5-lobed, lobes large alternating with the dissepiments- 

 septa medial (or arising from the centre of the valves.) 

 Seeds extremely numerous and minute, globular-ovoid> 

 acute at the base, so as to appear almost fusiform, 

 terminated upwards by a dilated roundish reticulated 

 membranaceous wing. From an external inspection of 

 this minutest of seeds, we perceive that the embryon, as 

 the umbilicus, must be concentric and probably sur- 

 roimded by a perisperm, but it may fitirly be doubted 

 whether this plant and Mo7iotropa its coordinate are not 

 deprived of cotyledones. v- s. 



Hab. In Upper Canada, near the Falls of Niagat3. 

 Mr. C. Whitlow. 



I I Flowers polijpetalous, regular, 

 387. ^HYPOPITHYS. milenius. (Pine-sap.) 



Calix 3 to 5-parted. Corolla pseiulo-polype- 

 lalous, persistent; segments 4 or 5, each with a 

 cucuUate nectariferous base. Anthers small, 

 horizontal, l-celled, at length opening flat. 

 stigma orbicular, with a bearded jfnargin. Cap- 



