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448 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



ELLIOTTIA. Mdhle^berg. 



Calyx 4-dentatus, in- I Calyx 4 toothed, infe- 

 ferus. Corolla pi ofunde j rior. Corolla deeply 4j 

 4-partita. Stigjna capi- parted. St?g?na capitate, 

 tatum. Capsida? \ Capsule f 



1. Racemosa. Muhl. Cat. 



A shrub, 4— 10 feet high, with numerous virgate branches, team. 

 alternate, lanceolate, mnjcronate, entire, pubescent and slightly glau- 

 cous on the under surface, on short petioles. Flowers in teVrnmal 

 racemes. Calyx small. Corolla white, the segments sli^litlv co- 

 hering at base Filaments 8, glandular, transparent, inserted at the 

 base of the germ. Jinthers sagittate. 2 celled. Style Ioniser than the 

 sUmer^. btigma capitate, perhaps more correctly clavate, undivid- 



-TK- 1 ' ''^^^ °^^'^'' ^^^" ^^^'^ t» procure. ■ 



Ihis plant m hai)it has an entire resemblance to Clethra. From its 



corolla, undnufed stigma, and tlie number of its stamens I kave 

 inserted It, as requested by Dr. Muhlenberg, under this name. 



I? irst discovered around Waynesborough, Burke county, Georgia, 

 Mr. Jackson has lately sent it to me froa{ the Ocenee. 



^rows m moderately dry, rich soils. 



* lowers June. 



DIRCA. Gen. pl. 665. 

 Calyx 0. Corolla in- j Calyx 0. Corolla 



fera, tubiilosa, limbo 



solelo. Stamina tubo 



longiora. Bacca Lsper- 

 ma. 



1. PaT^ITSTutb 



ferior, tubular, with the 

 border irregular. Sta- 

 mens longer than the tube. 

 Berry i seeded. 



Sp.pl.2p.424. Waltp.m. Mich.l.p.236. Pursh, 1- p. 268. 



A small sbrub, 2^ 5 feet WicA^ r 1. ,1 



green. Flowers y^iU^ ^'- ^'"^'"^ alternate, oblong oval, pale 



S,td^jLffit^{J:S:.i^J!^^-.to -mify near 



of the trunk seldom exceXhafral Wh^';,™^'''^"'''' ''^'l ^"TT 

 lowish ; the wood is ^nft tn I ^^ }^''\^^^ bark is smooth and yel- 



U igs and evln the tru nL ^'^ ^k '^ ^^ , ^^^'^^^ t^'^t t'le ends of the 

 sweltish ta! e?afd Jh" I J^'>; ^' «ed together. The bark has a 



fauces. Macb. ^"^ '''''" "^'^^'i «^^ites a burning sensation in the 



