BECAKDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



SO a 



i. Maculata. 



C. foliis lanceolatis, ri- 



ide serratis, fascia lon- 

 gitudinali discolore nota- 



Leaves lanceolate, with 

 rigid serratures, raaiked 

 with a white longitudinal 



lis 



> 



scano 



S 



flor 



lanuginosis 

 ► 1. SubPv 



band 

 ered 



1 



scape 2 

 filaments 



filainentis 

 Mich. l.p. asi. 

 rola. 



Pursh, 1. p. SOO, 



Pjrola maculata, Sp. pi. 2. p. 622. Walt, p 



A siuair, perennial, creeping plant. Stems 2 — 4 »„ ^ 



3 flow- 



wooUr. 



Leaved 



erect, 2 — 4 near the base of the stem, coriaceous, rigid, of a bright 

 reen colour, variegated in the middle with white. Flowers terminal, 

 2 or 3) somewhat umbelliferous, fragrant. Corolla white. FilAmevti 



a little longer than the germ. 



Germ su 



pen or 



Grows in light, rich soils, in the shade of trees. Oommori; 

 Flowers April — May. 



STYRAX. Gen. pl. 



Calyx inferus, limbo 5- | Caltjx inferior, with tlie 

 dentato. Corolla 5.par- border 5 toothed. Co^ 

 tita. Di'tipa coviacea, ex- I roUa 5 parted. Drupe 

 succa, fovens nucem j coriaceous, juiceless, in- 



I closing a spherical nut. 



Sphsericeam. 



1. OR*KD1F0LIUM. 



S. foliis lato-obovatis, 



Leaves broad obovate 



) 



^cuminatisjsubtustonien- acuminate, tomentose un 

 tosis ; racemis simplici- | derneath ; racemes sim* 

 bus, axillaribus, inferne I pie, axillaryj leafy near 

 foliosis. I the base. 



Sp. pl. 2. p. 623. Pursh, 2. p. 450. 



S. grandifiorum, Mich. 2. p. 41. 

 S. officinale, Walt p. 140. 



A shrub, 4 — 13 feet high, with the young branches pubescent. 

 ieoi'es alternate, large, on short petioles, nearly glabrous on the up- 

 per surface, hoary underneath, the tonientUm stellated. 

 15 — 20 flowered, with a bractea at the base of each peduncle. Calyx 

 tomentose ; the tube four times as long as tlie acute segments. Co^- 

 Tolla white, very fragrant, much larger than the calyx ; segments 

 ''val, expanding. Ft wm???.*s ha 'ry and united at base, inserted into 

 ^e base of the corolla. Jut hers 2 lobcd, affixed to the sides of th* 



filaments near the summit. Germ with the ba?e clothed bv the eft* 



Racemes 



.-J. 



