CENT. VII. o;> 



part, petalis 5 concavis, stam. 5 subulatis, ovar. 

 obov. bifidum, stig. 2 sessilib. Bacca biloc. 2 

 sperma, obcordata coriacca, scm, obi. plana — 

 Very peculiar G. of my family Sarcocidia, and 

 also akin to Sclcranthidcs, blended with Ophi- 

 oxilon by Sni. not L. Habit of Phytolaca. 



625. llaxamaris parmflora Raf. Rex. 

 amaroris Rumph 2. t. 41- Frutic. fol. alt. cllipt. 

 pctiol. racemis axillaris — A shrub of the Mo- 

 luca Ids. intensely bitter, valuable specific for 

 cholera, pleurisy and fevers. 



G2G. SARCOCIDIA, A small family of mine 

 very near to Linidia, ditlering by berry instead 

 of capsule, and stamens perigyne : the berry is 

 multilocular or polycoca, cells monosperm, 

 leaves alternate, rt. racemose — The types are 

 I*hijtolaca, Sarcoca, Schefferia, Raxamaris, 

 <Slc, see 624. I had reduced them to Empe- 

 tridia in 1814, but there the berry is unilocular, 

 polysperm. Very distinct from Rivinidia. 



627. PiiYTOLACA L. cal. 5part. stam. isosty- 

 lis, liberis, 6-10, stylis 6-10, bacca 6-lOloc. 6-10 

 sp- — Types Ph. decandra, octandra, striata, 



628. Sarcoca Raf. (fleshy cells) diff". 561. 

 stam. diplostylis 10-20, stylis 5-10, bacca 5-10- 

 loc 5-lOsp.— Types Vlnjt. ahyssinica^icosandra 

 dioica, Slc. 



629. SCHINIDIA, another small family 

 very near the last, perhaps a subfam. of it, dif- 

 ference, petals present, 1 style several stigmas, 

 leaves compound. Types ScJiinus, Spatlielia, 



630. RIVINIDIA 1815 Raf. diflf. from Sar- 

 cocides, Empetridia, Atriplices ^c, by a mo- 



. nosperm hcrry^ although several styles, or stig- 

 mas — Types Ririna, Piercea, Mancoa, Sal- 

 vador a^ Rhagodia, Einadia, Bo sea, Tropliis, 

 ijc. The G. Dohera is akin but has united 



