410 EMPETRACEiE. (cUOWlU-.nUY FAMILY.) 



2. P. Niruri, L. Annual ? branches short, very sU'ndor, recurved ; leaves 

 crowded, oval (2"- 4" long); calvx 5-partcd ; seed white, smooth, 6-furrowcd 

 on the back and 3-furrowed ou the sides ; otherwise mostly like No. 1. — South 

 Florida. — Stem 6' high. 



13. PACHYSANDRA, Miehx. 



Flowers monoecious, apetalous, spiked. Calyx bract-like, 4-parted. Sterile 

 flowers numerous. Stamens 4, with club-shaped exserted filaments. Feriile 

 flowers few, at the base of the sterile spike. Ovary 3-celled, with two ovules in 

 eacli cell. Styles .3, thick, recurved. Capsule of three 1 -celled, 2-seedcd, 2-valved 

 carpels. — A pubescent creeping perennial herb, with erect simjile branches, 

 bearing at the summit several large ovate tootlied alternate abruptly long-peti- 

 oled leaves, and near the base several thick bracted spikes. 



1. P. procumbens, Michx. — West Florida, and westward, in rich shady 

 woods. Feb. and March. — Flowering stems 1° high. Leaves 3' -4' long, often 

 discolored. Flowers odorous. 



14. DRYPETES, Vahl. 



Flowers dioecious, apetalous, in axillary clusters. Calyx 4-6-parted, lined 

 in the centre with a wavy-lobed disk. Stamens 4-10, inserted under the disk : 

 antiier-cells distinct. Ovarj' resting upon the disk, 2-celled, the cells 2-ovulcd. 

 Styles 2, short, spreading. Fruit drupaceous, I -2-celIcd. 1 -2-seeded. — Trop- 

 ical trees or shrubs, with alternate coriaceous entire smooth petioled leaves, and 

 minute many-bractcd flowers. 



1 . D. crocea, Poit. Branches smooth ; leaves oblong, acute at each end, 

 somewhat coriaceous, finely veined ; clusters many-flowered, shorter than the 

 petioles ; calyx 4-parted, and like the ovary and slightly 4-angled 1-sceded drupe, 

 tomentose ; stamens 4, exserted ; styles thick, obtuse. South Florida. — A small 

 tree. Leaves 3' - 4' long, smooth and shining. Flowers greenish-white. 



2. D. glauca, Vahl. Branches whitish, warty ; leaves glaucous, oblonp, 

 obtuse or gland-pointed, coriaceous; clusters few-flowered, as long as tlie peti- 

 oles; calyx 5-partcd; stamens 10; drupes oval, tomentose. — South Florida, 

 Dt. BloJ(jett. — Leaves 2' - 3' long. 



EuPHORniA LATUvRtis and marginata. Dr. Curtis informs mc, arc nat- 

 uralized in North Carolina, and Mekcukialis annua is spontaneous around 

 Charleston. 



OuDKu 120. EMPETRACEiE. (CuownEUUY Family.) 



Shrnb.s, with ovcrgroon linear alternate or whorled leaves, without 

 Btipules, ami small difpcious or polygamous flowers. — Calyx braet-like, 

 of 2 -.3 sepals, imhricatcd. Corolla of 2 - .3 petalR similar to the calyx, 

 hypogynoua. Stamens 2 - .3, alternate witli the petals, exserted : anthers 



