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M0^0EC1A TEIANDRIA. 



SCHISANDRA. Micliaux. Stellandria. Brickell 



^^ 



l!fi^^ 



Masculi 



.1 



Caly 



Sterile Jloi^ets 



phyllus, i'nferus, imbri- ] lijx 5-leaved 

 catus. Coro//a5-petala 



} 



fe r ior 



i 



Filamenta 0. Anther (e 

 receptaculo sessiles. 



Foemineu Calyx 5- 

 phyllus, inibricatus. Co- 

 folia 5-petala. Stamina 

 0. Germina nluriraa ca- 



mbricate. Corolla 5 



petalled 



Filaments 



inthers sitting 



I* 



ptacle. 

 Fertile florets 



pitatim 



gesta 



? 



re- 



ceptaculo demuni 

 gato. Baccce l-spermse 



cate 



Ca- 



5~leaved, imbri- 

 Corolla 5-petalI- 

 ed. Stamens 0. Germ 

 numerous, collected into 



heads, rece 



tended when mature 



Berries 1- seeded. 



ptacle 



ex- 



1. CocciNEA. Mich. 



m 



Mich. 2. p. 219. Piirsh, 1. p. 212. Nutt. 2. p. 209- 



Sfem voluble, glabrous, ten to fifteen feet long. Leaves ^altern^te,^ an- 

 ceolate, sometimes denticulate, glabrous, occasionally somewhat corcia^,F 

 tiolate. Flowers solitary, axillary, on short peduncles. Corolla aria r ^r 

 tacle? of the sterile florets of a deep crimson colour, and acquiring tro ^^ 

 pale yellow, sessile anthers, that stellular appearance from which the n . 

 Brickell was derived. In the fertile floret the germs are aggregatea ^^^ 

 the flowers of the Rubus, but the receptacle' extends as it matures, J ^^^^ 

 berries do not unite and form one fruit as in the Rubus or Morus, but "^. ^^^^^ 

 detached and scattered. Berries red, one seeded. Dr. BricKclI con 

 the fruit as a two celled, one seeded drupe. 



In my description of this plant I have followed, in a great mea.su 

 manuscript notes of the late Dr. Brickell, who, I believe, had exam 

 with great attention. 



Grows in rich damp soils, near Savannah. 



Flowers May — June. 



CROTONOPSIS. Michaux. 



the 



Mascu li. Ca lyx 



5 



partitus. Corolla 5-pe- 

 tala. , 



Focrninei. Calyx 5- 



Sterile florets 

 lyx 5-pai'ted. 



, Ca- 



Corollo 



5-petaIled 

 Fertile florets 



Co 



