506 ROXBUKGHIACE^E. (KOXBUKGHIA FAMILY.) 



* * * Flower on a recurved peduncle. 



8. T. cernuum, L. Stems clustered ; leaves broadly rhomboidal, abruptly 

 acuminate, sbort-petioled ; peduucle mostly shorter than the small flower ; 

 petals white, oblong-ovate, acute, wavy, recurved, rather longer than the 

 lanceolate sepals ; stigmas short, distinct, exceeding the short erect anthers. 

 Shady woods hi the upper districts. April -May. Steins 1-1-J high. 

 Leaves 2'- 6' long, and nearly as broad. Petals 8"- 12" long. 



9. T. Stylosum, Nutt. Leaves oval or obloug, acute, short-petioled ; 

 peduncle shorter than the large flower; petals rose-color, oblong, obtuse or 

 abruptly pointed, wavy, spreading, much longer and broader than the lanceo- 

 late sepals ; stigmas slender, united below the middle, much shorter than the 

 long recurved anthers. Low shady woods in the middle and upper districts, 

 Georgia to North Carolina. April -May. Stem 1- 1^ high. Leaves 4' 

 long. Petals l|'-2' long. 



4. MEDEOLA, Grouov. 



Flowers perfect. Leaves of the perianth 6, similar, deciduous. Stamens 6, 

 erect, hypogyuous : anthers linear oblong, fixed near the base, introrse. Ovary 

 globose, 3-celled, with six auatropous ovules in each cell. Styles 3, sleuder, 

 recurved, stigmatic within. Berry globose. 



1. M. Virginica, L. Rhizoma horizontal, tuberous; stem simple, sleu- 

 der, clothed with loose deciduous wool, bracted below, bearing above the 

 middle a whorl of 6 - 8 oblong-lanceolate acute leaves, and at the summit a 

 smaller whorl of 3 -4 ovate leaves, which surround the 2-8 small greenish 

 nodding flowers ; styles red. Shady banks, Middle Florida, and northward. 

 June. Stem 2 high. 



ORDER 152. ROXBURGHIACE^E. (ROXBURGHIA 



FAMILY.) 



Herbs or twining shrubs, with petioled parallel-nerved reticulated 

 leaves, and perfect axillary racemose flowers. Perianth 4-leaved or 

 4-parted. Stamens 4, hypogynous : anthers 2-celled, introrse. Ovary 

 free, or united with the base of the perianth, 1-celled. Stigma sessile. 

 Ovules few or numerous, anatropous. Placenta parietal. Capsule 2- 

 valved. Seeds fixed to hairy or fibril lous cords, erect or pendulous. 

 Embryo minute or slender, in fleshy albumen. 



1. CROOMIA, Torr. 



Perianth deeply 4-parted, persistent. Stamens 4, opposite the lobes : an- 

 thers short, oblique. Ovary globose-ovate, sessile. Stigma 2-lobed. Ovules 

 4-6. Fruit follicular, beak-pointed, at length 2-valved. Seeds 1-4, obovate, 

 suspended from the apex of the nerve-like at length free placenta, nearly cov- 

 ered by the fibres of the cord. Embryo minute. A low perennial herb, from 

 a slender creeping rhizoma Stem simple, shenthed at the base, leafy at the 



