444 DIOECIA DIANDRIA. 



HEXANDRIA. 



406. SMILAX. Stam. Fl. Calyx 6-leaved ; corolla, ; anthers ad- 

 nate to the filaments. Fertile. Style minute; stig. 3 ; berry 3-cdled, 

 superior, 1, 2, or 3-seeded. 



OCTANDRIA. 



407. POPULUS. Aments cylindrical; scales lacerated. Sterile PL 

 Slam. 830, seated on a turbinate, oblique, entire calyx. Fertile. 

 Calyx turbinate ; stigma 4 ; capsule superior, 2-celled, 2-valved, many- 

 seeded ; seeds surrounded with long hairs. 



POLYANDRIA. 



408. MENISPERMUM. Sterile Fl. Ozfy:r2-bracted, about 6-leaved 

 caducous ; pet. 6 9, glandular, minute, and retuse ; stamens 16 24 ; 

 anth. adnate to the filaments, 4-lobed, 2-celled. Fertile. Germens 

 and styles 3 6 ; drupes mostly solitary, 1 -seeded ; nut lunate, com- 

 pressed. 



MONAD ELPHIA. 



409. JUNIPERUS. Sterile PL Ament ovate ; scales verticillate, pel- 

 tate; anth. 4 8, 1 -celled. Fertile. Ament globose] scales 3, co- 

 adunate ; stigma gaping ; berry with 3 bony 1-seeded nuts, sur- 

 rounded with the united and fleshy scales. 



410. TAXUS. Flowers surrounded with numerous scales. Sterile Fl. 

 Stam. 8 10 ; anthers peltate. Fertile. Style ; stig. concave j 

 drupe fleshy, open at the extremity ; nut 1-seeded. 



DIOECIA. 

 DIANDRIA. 



species. 399. SALIX. Willow. 



S. Muhlenbergiana : leaves lanceolate, rather acute, nearly entire, whit- 

 ish, pubescent, rugose, and veiny beneath, revolute on the margin ; 

 stipules deciduous, lanceolate ; scales oblong, villous on the margin ; 

 germen ovate-lanceolate, silky-villous, on a conspicuous pedicel ; style 

 short ; stigma bifid. 



HAB. Dry woods. April. ShrubZ 5feethigh; branch,., gr. yell. ; 

 anther purple and yellow. 



