DIOECIA HEXANDRIA. 



695 



phyllus, oblique patens 



integer 



Corolla 



0. 



Styli 2. Semen 1 in- 

 tra calycem foliatura. 



lyx 1 -leaved, obliquely 

 expanding, entire. Co' 



ro lla . 

 Seed 

 fy calyx. 



Styles 



2. 



within the lea 



1. LupuLus. Lin. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 769- Mich. 2. p. 230. ^Pursh, 1. p. 199- Nutt. 2. p. 237- 



Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, twining, scabrous. Leaves opposite, 

 3 — 5 lobed, veiny, scabrous, serrate, on petioles 2 — 4 inches long. Sterile 

 flowers alternate and coarsely paniculate, axillary and terminal. Fertile 

 florets verticillate and sessile, densely spiked, forming axillary and terminal 

 panicles. Seed one, small, covered by the persistent calyx forming a stro- 

 bilus in which the fragrant bitter so valuable if not indispenable in the manu- 

 facturing of beer resides. 



Grows in the mountains of Carolina. Dr. Macbride. 



Flowers June — August. 



DIOECIA HEXANDRIA 



SMILAX. Gen. Pl. 1528. 



Masculu Calyx 6 

 phyllus. Corolla 0. 



Foemineu 



Ca lyx 



6-phyUus. Corolla 0. 



Styli 3. Bacca 3-lo 

 cularis. Semina 2. 



Sterile florets, 

 lyx 6-leaved. 



laO. 



Fei^ tile florets. 



Cor oi- 



ly X 6-leaved. 

 0. Styles 3. 

 3-celled. Seeds 2. 



C«- 



Corolla 



Berry 



* Caide fniticoso. 



At. 



Stem 



shruhhy* 



