DIOECIA— TRIANDKIA. EmpLinun. ^33 



matically detailed by Willdcnow, as well as in Rees's Cyclopaedia ^ 

 Ko that, notwithstanding some ambiguities, a careful observer 

 may become acquainted with them all. The American spccie^s 

 are worth notice. Those of Switzerland appear to be few, and 

 not well understood. The (ierman botanists greatly exec 11 most 

 others in a practical acquaintanct^ with the whole genus. 



DIG EC LI TIUANDRIA . 

 449. EMPETllUM. Crow-beny. 



Linn. Gen. 5\j. Juss.\C)2. Fl. Br. 1072. Tuurn. t.\2\. Lam. 

 t.803. Gcrrtn. t. 106. 



Nat. Orel. Misccllanccc? Linn. 51-. Akin io En'oc. Juss. .51. 

 Rather to {ha Mi/jsinccc. Br. Prodr. 532. It has suiely 

 no afiinity to the Coni/brcc, as some suppose. 



Bar.Jl. CaL in .3 deej), ovate, permanent segments. Petals 

 3, sometimes more, ovate-oblong, contracted at the base, 

 larger than the calyx, withering. Filam. 3 — 9, capil- 

 lary, long, pendulous. Anlh. roundish, deeply cloven, 

 of 2 cells. 



Fcrt. Jl. CaL the same. Pet, 3, ovate-oblong, spreading, 

 contracted at the base, longer than the calyx, withering. 

 Genu, superior, orbicular, depressed. Sfj/Ic simi:)le, 

 erect, very short. Stii^mas 9, oblong, spreading widely. 

 Bcrnj orbicular, depressed, wider than the calyx, of I 

 cell. Seeds 9, erect, triangular, closely disposed in a 

 circle, gibbous externally. 



Linna'us once saw \\\q. floxt^crs \\\\\\ both stmncns and pistils. 

 I have such on Swiss specimens, from Mr. Davall. 



Slrw shrui)bv, of humble growth. Leax'es scattered, or 

 whorled, lineai-oblong. revolute, evergreen. 77. axil- 

 lary, bracleated, reddish. Bernj black, white, or red. 



I. E. ffti^n/ni. l>hick Crow-berry, or Crake-berry. 

 8lem and branches procuinhi nt. Leaves slightly elliptical. 



/•:. nigrum, l.mn. Sp. PL \\M). li'ilhl. r. I. ri;i. 77. iir. iO/'i. 



Ln<rl. But. r. H. i. :eV\. llouk, Scot. 'JS7. Mill. Ilhisfr. t. S(]. IL 



Dan. «. 97.".. Dnks. !f. Sicr. fnsc. 2. 10. 

 K. n. I'iOa. IInll.nist.v.2.2'79. 

 K. montanmu, fruelu nigro Ji<iii Sijn. \A I. 



