§Sfi ICOSANDRIA DI — ^PENTAGYMA^ 



into the base of the caljx, unequal^ white, shorter than the calyiv 

 ^in^hers duljmous, of a beautiful rose colour. Germ superior StijUs 

 3, a little longer than the stamens. Stigmas simple, obtuse. Seeds^ 

 numerous, reniform, blue, attached to a central receptacle. 



The capsule of this plant has perhaps been incorrectly considered 

 as circumscissed. It has towards the summit three sutures distinctly 

 in:irked, but the base is membranaceous, very delicate, and appears 

 to decay or tear as the seed becomes mature, suffering the more »uh 

 SiiPtial summit to fall off' without opening. 



Grows on the drifting sands along the margin of the ocean. 



Flowers July— November. 



2. Pen rANuitUM. E. 



S. foliis lineari lanceo- I Leaves linear lanceo- 

 latis, ohtusis, carnosis ; | late, obtuse, succulent J 

 lloribus solitariis, arete I flowers solitary, closely 

 Sessilibus, peiitandris. E. | sessile, pentandrous. 



S. sessile r Pers. syn. 2. p. 39. 

 Pharnaceum maritimum, Walt, p."! 17. 

 To the preceding species this has an entire resemblance, differing 



I 



The de 



scription of the S. sessile in Persoon is too short to enable me to de- 

 termine whether we mean the same plant Yet 1 cannot imagine that 

 if this plant had been before Mon«. De Cj^ndoilc, by whom the S. ses- 

 sile was established, so remarkable a character as its pentandrous 

 flower would have escaped his notice. 



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which is very rare even in Charleston harbour where only I have seen 

 it, and overlooked the precedins;, which is common, and diflfused along 

 our whole coast. I believe, however, that Walter's knowledge or 

 our sea-coast plants was principullv derived from the late Mr.Bi't>ert 



Squibb, who resided in Charleston.' 



Grows aloiis the margins of the salt water, around Charleston. Sul^ 



livan's Island : Dr. Macbride. 

 Flowers July — November. 



AROMA. Pers. 

 Calyx 5-dentatus. Pe- | Calyx 5 toothed. P^^ 

 ^^ ..^\ ?^^?^^ infera, | tals 5^ Berry inferior, 



5 — 10 celled, cells l 

 seeded. Seeds cartilagi 

 nous. 



5 — 10 locularis, loculis 

 1-— tsperniis. Semina 

 caitilaginea. 



1- AKBUTirOLlA. 



A. Jncrniis ; fV»liis oho- | Unarmed ; leaves obo- 



•^atis, acuminutis, crena- 1 vate. acuminate, crenate 



