204! 



PENTyVNDRIA MONOGYNIA:. 



proper peduncle 2 lines long, with a subulate, deciduous bractca atil5 

 base. Cabjx persistent. Fetds white, lanceolate, glabrous on the 

 outer surface* fiairj within, 3 times as long as the calyx, inserted into 

 its summit between the segment;^. Filaments shorter than the corolla, 

 inserted into the calyx between the petals, Ardhers incumbent, 2 cel- 

 led, yellow. G rm superior, hairj. Style tapering, furrowed. 

 fjia obscurely S lobed. Seeds many in each cell, somewhat angular. 



Grows in wet land, on the edges of " ' 

 Very common. 



Flowers April — Mav, 



Stlg- 



xivuieis ana along ditcheSf 



CYRILLA. Gen. pl. 380. 



Calyx minutiTs, 5-par- 



titus. 



Petala S.calvci in- 



Calyx minute, 



ed. 



Pet a Is 



o 



5 part* 

 inserted 



serta. Stlguiata-^, Bac- I into the ca?yx. Stigmas 



ca ? exsiccahilis, (capsu- j %, Berry becoming dij^ 



la non dehiscens?) 2 lo- (or capsule not opening?) 



cularis. Semina solita- | 2 celled. Seed solitary, 



ria,funicuIoappensa. Per- | attached to a small cord, 

 soon, 1. p. 17,5. 



i. R 



C. fuliis 



AtEMIFLOKA. 



Ol 



Lea\ 



lanceolate 



s, coriaceis, fflabe 



irns 



petalis caly 



tri. 



wedge shaped at bas 



plo longioribus 



E 



Walt p. 103. 



riaceous, 

 petals 3 

 the caly 5 



ery 



smooth 



> 



CvrUU Car liniana, Mich. 1. p. 158. Persoon. 1. p. \75. 

 Itea Cyrilla, Sp. pl. 1. p. li46. 



A large shrub, sometimes growing 15 feet high. The branches ap- 

 pear verticillate, and spring every vear from the summit of the old 

 vood, when young they are marked by the slightly decurrent leaf, 

 leaves a. ternate, very entire, sometimes obovate, growing only on the 

 wood of the present year ; etioles S- 4 lines long, slightly winged. 

 Flowers m slender, simple, somewhat pendulous racemes, clustered 

 at the summit of the last years branches. Petals 3 times as long as 

 the caljx, inserted at the base of the germ. Filaments alternating 

 vith the petals, shorter than the corolla. Jnthers incumbent, bifid at 

 base, 2 celled. Germ superior ? Style short, thick, turgid in the 

 middle, the summit compressed, sUjihtly 2 cleft. Stigmas 2, obtuse. 



Grows in wet ground, around ponds and rivulets of the nine bar- 

 rens. *^ 



Flowers June. 



