DIGECIA.— MONADELPIIIA. 



587. SHEPHERDIA. Eleagni. 



S. canadensis; leaves oblong-ovate, nearly smootl. 

 above, stellately hairy and scaly beneath ; the 

 scales ferruginous and deciduous. 

 HAB. Borders ot lakes and river banks. Aug. .'/ 

 shrub 6 — 3 ft. high ; fl. dust., minute. 



ENNEANDRIA. 



588. ELODEA. Halorageoc. 



E. canadensis : leaves verticillate by threes and four?, 

 lanceolate, oblong or linear, serrulate ; tube of tht< 

 calyx filiform. 

 HAB. Creeks and still waters. Aug. H. Stem 

 subm., dichot. ; Jl. minute, "white. 



DECANDRIA. 



589. GYMNOCLADUS. Coffee-bean tree. Legu- 

 minoscc. 



G. canadensis. 



HAB. Woods. May — June. Jl middle-sized tree r 

 leav. very large, bipinnate ; Jl. racem. 



POL1ANDRIA 



590. MENISPERMUM. Moon-seed. Menisper- 

 maceoz. 



V. M. canadense : leaves peltate, cordate, rounded 

 angular ; racemes compound ; petals 8. 

 HAB. Woods and hedges. July. U . Climbing 



nciiol. long ; racem. axill. ; Jl. small, yelL 



MONADELPHIA. 



591, JUNIPERUS. Juniper. Coniferce. 



I, 3. -communis: leaves ternate, spreading, muoro 

 nate, longer than the berry 



3. depressa : stems prostrate, 



