232 MONOECIA. DIANDEIA. 



* tripiera. Leaflets (about 7?) obovate, entire, subsessiie^ 

 beneath tomeniose, oblique at the base; samara very 

 broad, elliptic-obovate, mostly 3 wing-ed! attenuaied at 

 tile base. Mac In the oak-forests of South Carolina. 

 Fruit at first sight almost similar to Halesin, more rarely 

 2 than 3 winged, the seed also 3-sided. Points of the 

 leaves obtuse, the under side paler and softly villous, the 

 common petiole and nerves beneath smootli. 9. jiiglan- 

 difoUa. 



A genus of about 15 species, exclusively indigenous to 

 Europe, the Levant and North America. 



782. BORYA. WUldenow. 



Masc. Calix 4-leaved. Corolla none. Sta- 

 mlna 2 or 3. Fem. Sigma capitate. Berry 1- 

 sectled. 



Shrubby, rarely spinescent, with opposite entire leaves, 

 which are coriaceous or membranaceous, destitute of 

 siipuks; flowers minute, axillary, fasciculated. 



Species. 1. B. porulosa. v, s. 2. ligustrina. v. s. 3. 

 » tlistichophiflUi. Bud scales pungeutly acute, confluent 

 in the leaves; leaves lanceolate, acute, entire, subsessile 

 anil membranaceous, margin scabrous; ramuli very slen- 

 der, leaves distichal. Hab'. On the banks of French Broad 

 river. East lenucssee. v. v. A tall shrub 12 to 16 feet 

 high. 4. aanninatn. — A North American genus; witli the 

 exception of a single species in the \\ est India islands. 



783. CERATIOLA. Michaux, (Uornbush, 

 <* Sanil-ljill Rosemary.") 



Calix gcmmaccous, imbricated, scales 6 to 

 8. Corolla none. Stamina 2, cxserted. Stigmas 

 unequal^ 4 to 6, 2 larger. Berry 2-seeded. 

 Seeds osccoiis. 



A genus scarcely distinct from Empet-nim (particular- 

 ly r:.«/6»//», which produces a 3-.seeded berry.) A shrub 

 with venicillated branches, and acerose sempervirent 

 leaves also verticillatcd and crowded; flowers axillary, 

 sessiK-; berries persistent; pensperm carnose. 



Species C. ericoides. Obs. An evergreen shrub 4 to 

 Gleet high, branchlets partly tomentose; leaves verticil- 

 latcd in 3's and 4's, narrow linear and smooth, slightly 

 ipabrous, (seen through a lens,) revoluic to the ceutr«:. 



