-110 KMrr.TKAri:.K. (^<iu)WI51.ki:y famii.v.") 



2. p. Niruri, I-i- Annuitl ? hrunclu'S sliort, very slciuk-r, recurved ; leaves 

 crowded, oval ('J"- 4" loii^) ; calyx 5-parted ; seed wliite, smoolli, 6-fiirrowcd 

 on the hack and .3-fiirrowed on the bides ; otlierwiuc mostly like Ho. 1. — South 

 Florida. — Stem 6' lii;.'li. 



13. PACHYSANDRA, Miehx. 



Flowers monoecious, apctalous, spiked. Caly.K bract-like, 4-parted. Sterile 

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

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

 each cell. Styles 3, thick, recurved. Capsule of three 1 -celled, 2-seeded, 2-valved 

 carpels. — A pubescent creeping perennial herb, with erect 6im])le branches, 

 bearin{; at the summit several large ovate toothed alternate abru])tly long-pcti- 

 olcd 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-partcd, lined 

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

 anther-cells distinct. Ovary resting upon the disk, 2-celled, the cells 2-ovuled. 

 Styles 2, short, spreading. Fruit drupaceous, 1 -2-celled, 1 -2-sceded. — Trop- 

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

 minute many-bracted 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-partcd, and like the ovary and slightly 4-angled 1-seedcd drupe, 

 tomcntose ; stamens 4, e.xscrtcd ; 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, oblong, 

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

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

 Dr. Blodgett. — Leaves 2' - 3' long. 



Euphorbia Lathyrus and maroinata. Dr. Curtis informs me, are nat- 

 uralized in North Carolina, and Mercurialis annua is spontaneous around 

 Charleston. 



Order 120. JEMPETRACE^E. (Crowberry Family.) 



Shrubs, with evergi-ecn linear alternate or whorled leaves, -without 

 stipules, and small dioecious or polygamous flowers. — Calyx bract-like, 

 of 2-3 sepals, imbricated. Corolla of 2-3 petals similar to the calyx, 

 hypogynous. Stamens 2 - 3, alternate with the petals, exserted : anthers 



