Hypericum. TERNSTRCEMIACE^. 291 



mostly sessile : stamens 5 to 10 : capsule very acutely conical, 1 to 3 lines long, much longer 

 than the sepals ; seeds very much smaller than in the last, oblong, minutely striate and 

 pitted. — Car. 190. H. setosum, L. Spec. ii. 787, as to Pluk. syn. //. Saruthra, Michx. Fl. 

 ii. 79; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 165; Gray, Gen. 111. i. 214, t. 93, & Man. ed. 5, 86. H. gentia- 

 noides, Britt. Sterns & Poggenb. Frel. Cat. N. Y. 9. Sarothra gentianoides, L. Spec. i. 272. 

 S. hi/pericoides, Nutt. Gen. i. 204 ; Barton, Fl. N. A. iii. 59, t. 92. — Dry sandy soil, Canada 

 to Florida, and west to Illinois, Arkansas, and Texas. 



§ 3. Elodea, Spach (as genus). Sepals and petals 5, the latter deciduous, 



imbricate in aestivation: stamens 9 (rarely more), strongly triadelphous, three 



large orange-colored glands alternating with the phalanges : styles 3, distinct ; 



stigmas not capitate : capsule elongated-oblong, 3-celled : perennial herbs, in 



marshes or shallow water, with small close clusters of flesh-colored flowers in the 



axils of the leaves at the summit of the stem. — Hist. Veg. v. 363. 



H. Virginicum, L. Mostly simple, 1 to 2 feet high : leaves oblong to ovate, very obtuse or 

 emargiuate, clasping by a broad base, about 1| inches long and | inch broad, glaucous beneath 

 and black-dotted : axillary flower-clusters at the ends of elongated branches : sepals lanceo- 

 late to ovate : filaments united below the middle : capsule 4 to 5 lines long. — Syst. Nat. ed. 

 10, 1184, & Spec. ed. 2, ii. 1104; Chois. 1. c. 546. H. campanulatum, Walt. Car. 191. H. 

 emarginatum, Lam. Diet. iv. 154. Elodea Virginica, Nutt. Gen. ii. 17 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 

 167 ; Gray, Gen. 111. i. 216, t. 94. E. campanulata, Pursh, Fl. ii. 379 ; Coulter, Bot. Gaz. xi. 

 111. Elodes Virginica, Gray, Man. ed. 5, 86. E. campanulata, Wats. & Coulter in Gray, 

 Man. ed. 6, 95. — Apparently throughout the British possessions, and extending south- 

 ward in the Atlantic region to Florida and Louisiana, and in the interior to Minnesota. 

 (E. Asia.) 



H. petiolatum, Walt. Resembling the last, but usually taller and more branching : 

 leaves 2 to 5 inches long, ^ to 1 inch broad, tapering to a sessile base or petioled, not so 

 glaucous or black-dotted beneath : axillary flower-clusters almost sessile : filaments united 

 about to the middle. — Car. 191. H. axillare, Michx. Fl. ii. 81. //. paludosum, Chois. 1. c. 

 546. t.H. tubulosum, Walt. Car. 191; Chois. I.e. Elodea petiolata, Pursh, Fl. i. 379; 

 Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 168. IE. tuhulosa, Pursh, 1. c. ; Nutt. 1. c. ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 168. 

 Elodes petiolata, Gray, Man. ed. 5, 86. — From Virginia to Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, 

 and Tennessee. 



Order Guttiferje. Clusia flava, L., was in the collection made on Key 

 West, many years ago, by Blodgett, probably a chance tree : not since met with. 



Order XXIV. TERNSTRCEMIACE^. 



By A. Gray. 



Showy shrubs or trees (American and E. Asiatic) ; with alternate and simple 



pinnately veined leaves ; no stipules ; the flowers hypogynous, herraaijhrodite, 



polyandrous and otherwise mostly 5-merous throughout ; with, imbricated sepals 



and petals. Stamens monadelphous or pentadelphous at base, where the short 



tube or ring or the phalanges are connate with base of petals ; anthers 2-celled 



and opening lengthwise. Fruit capsular, commonly woody, the cells few-seeded ; 



seeds with a large embryo and little or no albumen. — Contains the Camellia, 



Tea-Plant, and the two following genera, of the Tribe Gordoniece. 



1. STUARTIA. Calyx 1-2-bracteolate, of 5 or 6 ovate or narrower sepals. Petals as 

 many, rouuded-obovate, erose-creuulate, united at base by union with the monadelphous 



