17*2 nnuACEJE. (madder family.) 



ncath ; cymes rather short-pedunclcd, 5-raycd ; fruit ovoid, blue. — Swamps, 

 common. April ami May. — Shrub 8° - 12° high- 



6. V. dentatum, L. Veins of the leaves beneath with tufted hairs in 

 their axils, otherwise smooth ; leaves round-ovate, slightly cordate, coarsely ser- 

 rate, acute, plicate by the strong impressed veins ; cymes long-peduncled, 7- 

 rayed ; calyx smooth, with the lobes obtuse ; fruit small, roundish, deep blue. — 

 Rich damp soil, West Florida to Mississippi, and northward. March -May. — 

 A large shrub. 



7. V. SCabrellum, Torr- & Gray. Hairy throughout, and the leaves be- 

 neath stcllatc-tonientosc ; leaves ovate or roundish, often cordate, or rarely citnc- 

 ate at the base; rather obtusely and coarsely sen-ate, short-petiolcd ; calyx-lobes 

 hairy, acute; corolla hairy ; cymes 7-rayed ; fruit roundish, deep blue. — Swamps 

 or rocky hills, Florida to South Carolina, in the lower districts, and westward. 

 May and June. — Shrub 8° - 12° high. Leaves thick, 1 ' - 2' long, or sometimes 

 twice that size. 



8. V. pubescens, Pursh. Leaves small, ovate or oblong-ovate, coarsely 

 serrate, hairy above, tomentose beneath, on very short petioles or the uppermost 

 subsessile; cymes small, smoothish, 7-rayed; fruit oblong, black. — Mountains 

 of North Carolina. June. — A shrub 2° -3° high. Leaves 1'- 2' long. 



* * Marginal flowers radiant and sterile. 



9. V. lantanoid.es, Michx. Stem smooth and straggling ; branches, 

 cynics, and lower surface of the round-ovate, cordate, serrate leaves covered 

 with tufted down; cymes sessile; fruit ovoid, black. — Deep shades on the 

 mountains of North Carolina. June. — Stem 2° -4° long. Leaves 4' -6' long. 

 Sterile flowers 1' in diameter. 



Order 70. RUBIACEyE. (Madder Family.) 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves entire, opposite and united by inter- 

 posed stipules or whorled. — Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary, or (in 

 Loganiese) free; tin; limb 4 — 6-toothed or lobed, or obsolete. Corolla 



4_G-lobei], inserted on the throat, of the Calyx. Stamens -I - (1, inserted 

 on the tube of the Corolla, and alternate with its lobes. ( >v; ary 2 - 10- 



celled, with 1- several anatropous or amphitropous ovules in each cell. 

 Style mostlj solitary. Albumen hard or fleshy. 



Synopsis* 



Suborder I. COFEEEJE. Ovules and seed solitary in the cells 

 (except No. 7). Calyx-tube adherent to the ovary. 

 § 1. Leant whorled. Stipules none. 



1. GAI.tl M. ■, . retail in the Ini.l. Kniit . •J-itI1.>.1. Merlin. 



opposite rafts!] three in ii whorl, with stipules Interposed. 

 > Herbs. Mature fruit dry. Flower! axillary, single or clustered. 



2. SPBRMACOGE. Oarpe] 2, one of them closed bj the partition, the other open. Flowers. 



ti ted. 



