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5P» DECANDRIA MOJWJGYNIA. 



corolla, hafrj at base. Style longer than the stamens. SUgma 9m^ 

 pie. Fruif oblong, 4 winged, vith the wings all equal. 



Grows in rich, light, dry soils. 



Flowers March — April. 



2. DlPTERA 



H. foliis ovato, ovali- [ Leaves ovate and 



que lanceolatis, acumina- | lanceolate, acuminate 



lis " 



tetrapetalis ; floribus oc- j tailed ; flowers octan 



serrulatis ; corollis | serrulate / corolla 4 pe 



taiidris ;^ fructu compres- drous ; fruit conipressecj, 



majoribus. | with 2 large wrings. 



Mich. 2. p. 40. Pursh, 2. p. 450. 



K small tree, verj similar, in size, habit, leaves, and mode of flovr- 

 jnng, to the preceding species. Corolla large, white, distinctly 4 

 petalled. -S-famens generally 8. Germ manv celled (8). Fruit larger 

 man in th? H. tetraptera, obovate, compressed, with the two small 

 •wings nearly obliterated. r . » 



These two plants are remarkable for their smooth streaked barkj 

 the.r pubescence is stellular j both are very ornamental plants. 

 in this genus the filaments are united at base, and therefore hy 



many writfrs if has hoon nlo»»,i ;„ *l- _i %* i ^ 1 • . u.i.:*;., 



Monad 



Tii \ f i ^"v^iwM.-, auu aw many instances occur waere ^»^ 



Jiumoer ot stamens is permitted to determine the location of plants, 

 inai It appears to me more convenient to place them, where I i^ni per- 

 suaded young botanists will generally look for them, ia the class De- 



~-.««a icu nines irom a 

 flowers March—April. 



o 



d 



MYLOCARIUM. Willd. 



Calyx Inferus, S-fidus. I Calyx infeilor, 5 cleft. 

 Petalu qumque. Stylus \ Petals 5. Style with the 

 anguJis alatis. Stigma I angles wiii-ed. mgmn 



S— 4-fida. Capmla til- 3—4 cleft. Cavside S 

 gona, trilocularis. | angled, 3 celled. 



1. LiGUSTHlNUM. 



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I 



Willd. Enum. Ilort. Berol. Pursh, 1. p. 302, 



cimme"laLctT^' ^'""^ ^"^'V- ^'°"'^^ perennial, alternate, sessile, 

 «meftte, langeglaie, very entire, coiiaetous, glabrous, slightly gla^^ 



