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within the calyx, crowned by a style with a fimbriate apex, 

 converted into dry indehiscent 1-seeded acines. 



Tetrandria. Monogynia\ 



1. S. canadensis Linn, : leaves pinnate ; leafets ovate-oblong sub- 

 cordate, coarsely serrate ; spikes cylindrical, very long ; stamens long- 

 er than the corol. 



HAB. Wet meadows. Can. to Geojr. Aug. Oct. 1. Stem 

 2 4 feet high. Flowers white, in crowded spikes which are 

 from 2 5 inches long. jRurnet Saxifrage. 



2. & media Linn. : leaves pinnate and with the bracts smooth ; leaf- 

 ets ovate, subcordate, toothed ; spikes ovate- cylindric ; stamens scarce- 

 ly longer than the corol. 



HAB. Wet meadows, principally on the mountains. Can. to Car. 

 July, Aug. If. The spikes shorter than in the former, and 

 tinged with red. Pursh. 



ORDER XL. CALYCANTHE.E. De Cand. Linn. 



Sepals and petals confounded, indefinite, imbricated, com- 

 bined in a fleshy tube. Stamens indefinite, inserted into a 

 fleshy rim at the mouth of the tube, the inner sterile. An- 

 thers adnate, turned outwards. Ovaries several, simple, 1- 

 celled, with one terminal style adhering to the inside of the 

 tube of the calyx. Nuts enclosed in the fleshy tube of the 

 calyx, 1-seeded, indehiscent. Seed ascending ; albumen none ; 

 cotyledons convolute, 



Shrubs with square stems. Leaves opposite, simple. Flow- 

 ere axillary, solitary. 



1. CALYCANTHUS. Linn. 



Lobes of the calyx in many rows, imbricate, lanceolate, 

 somewhat coriaceous, coloured. Stamens 12, unequal, deci- 

 duous ; outer ones fertile. Jicines many. 



Icosandria. Polygynia. 



C. latvigatus JVilld. : lobes of the calyx lanceolate ; leaves oblong or 

 oval, gradually acuminate, somewhat rugose, smooth and green on both 

 sides ; branches straight, erect. C. f&rax Mich. 



HAB. Mountains. Penn. to Car. May July. T?. Shrub 4 6 

 feet high. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers large, solitary, ter- 

 minal. Calyx brownish-purple. Carolina Allspice. 



ORDER XLI. ONAGRARLE. De Cand. Lind.\ 

 Calyx superior, tubular, with the limb usually 4-lobed ; the 

 lobes cohering in various degrees, with a valvate aestivation. 



