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POLYANDKIA DI-PENTAGYNIA. Elodca. 



floribus oppositis axillaribus subsessilibus snbternis, 

 staminibus ad medium usque connatis, capsulis ob- 

 longis. 



Hypericum petiolatnm. Wult.fi. car. I9I. 



Hypericum axillare. Mick. fi. amer. 2. p. SI. 



On banks of lakes and rotten wood : Virginia and Caro- 

 lina. 11 . July, Aug. V. V. 



III. POl YGYNIA. 



451. ILLICIUM. Gtn.pl. gAO. 



Jloridanum. I- I. foliis acuminatis, petalis numerosis oblorigis lineari- 

 busque. — IFilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 1254. 



Icon. Bot. mag. 43Q. 



On the banks of the Mississippi, in West Florida. Pj . 

 May, June. v. v. Flowers dark purple, large ; leaves 

 of a very aromatic anise-scent, when bruised. 



parvifiorum. 2, I. foliis obtusis, petalis sex calyceque rotundatis concavis. 



— Mick.fi. amer. 1. p. 326. 

 I. anisatum. Bartr. irav. 24. 

 Icon. Fcnt. kort. eels 22. 

 In East Florida, on the banks of the river St. Jqhn. 



Michaux. \i . May, June. v. v. in Hortis. Flowers 



small, yellow. 



452. MAGNOLIA. Gen.pl. g42. 



grandifiora. 1. M. foliis perennantibus ovalibus crassis coriaceis, petalis 

 dilatato-obovatis abrupte in unguem angustatis. — 

 mild, sp.pl. 2. p. 1255. 

 elliptica. a. M. foliis oblongo-ellipiicis subtus ferruginels, floribus 



subcontractis. Ait. hew. 2. p. 251. 

 Icon. Bot. rep. 518. Trew ekret. 33. 

 obovata. ,6. M. foliis obovato-oblongis, floribus expansis. Jit. I. c. 



lanceolata. y M. foliis oblongo-lanceolaiis apice flexis concoloribus, 

 floribus subcontractis. Ait. I. c. 

 Icon. Mill. ic. 172. CatesL car. 6\. Mich. arh. t. 1. 

 In the forests of South Carolina and Georgia, reaching 

 west to the Mississippi. fj . May — Aug. v. v. This 

 stately tree, with its elegant foliage and large white 

 flowers, is the prince of the forests of North Ame- 

 rica. The varieties here mentioned might easily be 

 considered as good species, if there were not so many 

 intermediate ones, which connect them too closely to- 



