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or nearly opposite; ainents s.ibcyJindric, solitary and ax- 

 illary, the female ones esculent. 



Species. 1. M. a/ia. Cultivated. 2. ruira. 3. ccabra. 

 Willd. 



A genus of about 10 species, indig'enous to l-ersia, Si- 

 beria, India and its islands. 



Order V.— PENTANDRIA. 



744. SCHISANDRA. Michaux. 



Calix 9-leaver1, leaves disposed in 3 series. 

 Corolla none. Anthers subsessih, coliert 'ng at 

 tlie points. Bcrrys 1 -seeded, inserted upon an 

 elongated filiform receptacle. 



A twining shrubj with al'erna' e and lanceolHte-'- vate 

 leaves sometimes repandly denticulate; flowers axillary, 

 sol-.tai y, scari'jt, acini spiked. — Is not this sing-ular genus 

 more ne.ii-ly related to jiftagodia of R. Brown than to Me- 

 nispermum? 



Species. S. coccinea. Hab. In Carolina and Georgia. 

 t. V. In the vicinit) of Savannah. 



45. CRO rONOPSiS. Michaux. 



Masc. Calix 5-parled. Co'ol'a of 5 petals. 

 Fem. Calix 5-parted. Corolla none. Stigmas 

 3, twice bifid. Capsule 1 -seeded. 



A genus not probably distinct from Croton with which 

 it ought to iie compared. Leaves alternate, stellaiely pu- 

 bescent and siiining; flowers aggregated, tiie upper ones 

 masculine. 



Species. !• C. Uvxarls. Constituting he wliole ge^ 

 nus. Hab. lu tae swamps of New Jersey, Carolina and 

 Illinois. 



746. AMARANTIiUS. i. (Amaranth, Prince's 

 feather, inc.) 



Calix 3 or 5 -leaved. Corolla none. Stamina 

 3 or 5. Stifles 3. Capsule l-cellcd, l-secied, 

 opening uli luaiid. 



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