ULLECEBRACE.!;. 60 



5. H. MU'tiLUM. L. H. parviflorum. ML 



Stem erect, dichotomous-ramose, somewhat 4-winged ; leaves obtuse, ovate- 

 oblong, subcordate, sessile, nerved; flowers in leafy cymes; pcta's shorter 

 than calyx ; styles 3. Damp, sandy soils. Stem a i'ew inches hioh, with mi- 

 nute, yellow flowers. Jl. Aug. Ann. Small- flowered St. Julin's wort. 



6. H. Kalmia'num. 



Sfnn corymbosely branched ; branches somewhat 4sided, two of the ano-les 

 slightly winged; leaves linear-lanceolate, very numerous, obtuse, alternate at 

 base; aimcs 'S — 7-flowered, fastigiate ; sepals half as long as petals. Rocks 

 below Niagara Falls, Slc. A shrubby species a foot or more in heiirht. I^eaves 

 an inch in length, slightly revolute on the margin, 1-ncrved, minutely and 

 thickly punctate, sessile. Branches slender and delicate. Flowers yellow. 

 Stamens very numerous. Aug. Kahn's St. John's loort. 



7. H. SaRo'tIIRA. Mx. Sarothra gentianoides. L. 



Stem and branches filiform, quadrangular; leaves very minute, subulate; 

 flowers sessile. Dry fields and road sides. Stem 4 — 8 inches high, branched 

 above into numerous very slender, upright, parallel branches, apparently leaf- 

 less from the minuteness of the leaves. Flowers very small, yellow, succeed- 

 ed by a conical brown capsule, which is twice the length of the sepals. Jl. 

 Aug. Pine weed. 



ORDER XXIIf. ILLECEBRACE.E. 



Cat. — Sepals 5, distinct or coherent at base, persistent. 



Cot. — Petals iriinule, inserted between the segments of the calyx, often wanting. 



Sta. — Equal in number to sepals, sometimes less or more, inserted' into the pcrigynous disk. 



Oua.— Superior, 1-eelled. Styles •2—5, either partially distinct or wholly combined. 



^r. — A utricle. Sic/s solitary, attached to base of cell, or a many-seeded capsule. 



A middling sized order of herbaceous or half-shrubby plants, found mostly around the 

 Mediterranean. Seven genera have been found in North America. A slight astrin"ency 

 is the only property possessed by them. '^ 



Genera. 



Petals none. Stamens inserted on the base of the sepals. Fruit an utricle, Anijchia. 1 

 Petals 5. Stamens inverted, with petals between the sepals. Fruit capsular. Spognki. 2 



1. ANY'CHIA. 



Calyx of 5 ovate-oblon^f, connivent sepals, callous, subsac- 

 catc at the apex; corolla 0; filaments 2 — 5, distinct; sti^-ma 

 subcapitate; utricle enclosed by the sepals of the calyx. 



Gr. owl, the nail; because supposed to cure the maladies of the fino-cr 

 nail. Small annual herbs, with dichotomous branches. 



A. dicho'toma. 



Stem dichotomous; leaves lanceolate; those of the stem opposite, of the 

 branches alternate ; flowers about as long as the stipules. A very slender 

 plant, half a foot iiigh, much branched. Ateach foik are two opposite, smooth, 

 acute leaves, and several minute, pointed stipules. Flowers a.xillary, solita- 

 ry, very small, while. Jn.— Aug. Fork Chlck-wctd. 



