A^UIFOLIACE^E. 242 If^E?. 



3 times as long. Only the terminal flower is generally decandrous ; the 

 lateral ones have 8 stamens and 4 petals. Woods. Aug. Pine Sap. 



15. PTERO'SPORA. 



Calyx 5-parted : corolla roundish-ovoid, the limb 5-(oothed[ 

 and reflexed ; stamei.s 10 ; anthers peltate, 2-cclled, 2-awned ; 

 capsule 5-celled, 5-valved 5 seeds very numerous, minute, 

 winged at the apex. 



Gr. •frtiQoi, a wing, crTrogo., a seed ; alluding to the v.'inged seeds. A 

 perennial Meafless herjj. FIs. racemed. Cor. monopetalous. Caps, subglo- 

 l)ose, valves with dissepiments from the middle. Recep. 5-lobed. 



P. Andro'.MEDA. Kutt. Monotropa procera. Eaton. 



Tall, erect, leafless, found in various localities in N. Y. in clayey soil, 

 rare. Scape 12 — 30 inches high, dark purple, clothed with short, viscid vvool. 

 Raceme 6 — 12 inches long, with 50 or more nodding flowers. Pedicels 

 irregularly scattered, G — 8 lines long, axillary to long, linear bracts. Corolla 

 shorter than the pedicels, somewhat campanulate, oj)en at the throat, white, 

 tipped with red at the summit. . July. (Ann. A'lM. I'ex.torr.) 



Albany Beech-drops. 



ORDER LXXX. AQUIF0L1ACE.E. The miiy Trii,e. 



Cai. — Sepals 4 — 6. imbricate in restivation. 



Co7. — Regular, 4— 6-clefl or parted, liypogynous, imbricate in aestivation. 



•Sta. — Insertetl into the tube of the corolla and alternate with its segments. Anth. adnata. 



Ova. — Free from the calyx^ 2 — G-celled, with a solitary suspended ovule in each cell. 



Fr. — Drupaceous, with 2-^ stones or nucules. Albumen large, fleshy. 



A small order of trees and shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, commonly coriaceous. 

 Flowers small, axillary. The species are natives of America and S. Africa, one only, 

 Ilex (the Holly), being found in Europe. 



Properties. The bark and leaves of Prinos verticillatus (black alder) are eminently 



astringent and tonic, as well as those of the holly. The berries are emetic and purgative. 



Tlie leaves of Prinos glaber, and Ilex Paraguensis are used for tea. 



Conspectus of the Genera. 



( Petals united, mostly hexamerous. . . . Prinos. 



( unarmed. | Petals distinct, mostly penlamerous. . . • Nemnpanthes. 2 



Leaves \ spinose, evergreen, coriaceous Hex. 1 



1. ILEX. 

 Calyx 4 — 6-tootlied, persistent; corolla suhrotate, 4 — b- 

 parted; stamens 4 — 5; stigmas 4 — 5, subsessile, united or 

 distinct; berry 4 — 5seeded. 



The ancient Latin name of the Holm Oak, the derivation uncertain. 

 A genus of handsome shrubs and trees. Leaves mostly alternate, evergreen 

 and spinose-tootiied. Flowers often dioecious by abortion. 



I. opa'ca. 



icrti'gA- evergreen, oval, acute at end, with strong, spinous teetn, coriaceous, 

 smooth and sliining; fascicles oi' Jloicrrs lax, peduncles compound; c/ilijx 

 teeth acute; fruit ovate ; _//«?/v7-.< sninll, greenish white. A tree of middle 

 size, quite generally diffused tlirougliout liie U. S. but no wliere very abun- 

 dant. It is chiefly interesting for its foliage, which is of an exceedingly rich, 



