EUBIACEAE 119 



1. C. OCCidentalls, L. Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, peti- 



olate ; peduncles long, terminal and axillary, 



WESTERN CEPHALANTHUS. Button-Bush. Pond Dogwood. 



Stem 3 to 5 feet high (some old plants much larger); branches opposite. Leaves 

 2 to 3 or 4 inches long ; petioles about % an inch iu length. Heads of flowers about 

 an inch in diameter; peduncles 2 to 3 inches long; flowers white. 

 Hob. Margins of pools, and swamps : frequent. FL July. Fr. Sept. 



181. JHITCHEI/LA, L. 



[Named in honor of Dr. John Mitchell; an early Virginian Botanist.] 

 Flowers in pairs, with their ovaries united. Calyx 4-toothed. Co- 

 rolla funnel-fonn, mostly 4-lobed ; lobes spreading, densely villous 

 inside. Style slender ; stigmas 4. Fruit a rather dry berry-like 

 double drupe, crowned with the calyx-teeth of the 2 flowers, each 

 containing 4 bony nutlets. A smooth suffruticose trailing evergreen : 

 leaves opposite, petiolate. 



1. M. repens, L. Leaves roundish-ovate, subcordate, dark 

 green, with a whitish central line ; peduncles 2-flowered, axillary 

 and terminal. 

 CREEPING MITCHELLA. Partridge-Berry. 



Stem prostrate, G to 12 inches long, branching from the root, and spreading in 

 all directions. Leaves % an inch to 3 quarters in length; petioles % to half an. 

 inch long, connected by small acuminate stipules. Flowers white. Berries twin, 

 subglobosc, red when mature, insipid, persistent until flowers come again. 

 JIab. Moist woods, about the roots of trees : frequent. Fl. June. Fr. Octo. 



Obs. A pretty little Evergreen, well adapted for a covering of 

 the earth, in boxes, or pots, containing large shrubs, in conserva- 

 tories. 



182. HEDYO X TIS, Lam. 



[Gr. Hedys, sweet, and Ous, otos, Ear ; the application not obvious.] 

 Calyx 4-lobed, the lobes persistent* Corolla mostly funnel-form, 

 or salver-form ; border 4-parted. Stigmas 2. Ovary often free at 

 the top, and rising above the calyx-tube* Capsule ovoid, or obcor- 

 date, 2-celled, many-seeded, opening loculicidally across the sum- 

 mit. Mostly 'small herbs, with minute stipules united to the petioles. 



1. II. longifolia, Hooker. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute at 

 both ends, not ciliate; cymules 2- or 3-flowered; corolla funnel- 

 form; capsule ovoid. 



LONG-LEAVED HEDYOTIS. 



Perennial. Stem 5 to 8 or 10 inches high, 4-angled, often much branched. 

 Leaves % of an inch to 2 inches long ; stem-leaves sessile, the radical ones oblan- 

 ceolate, narrowed at base almost to a petiole. Flowers purple. 

 Hub. Hills, above Pugh-town : rare. Fl. June. Fr. August. 



2. II. caerillea, Ifooker. Leaves oblong-spatulate, and oblan- 

 ceolate ; peduncles elongated, 1-flowered ; corolla salver-form ; 

 capsule obcordate. 



BLUE HEDYOTIS. Innocence. Bluets. Dwarf Pink. 



Perennial f smooth. Stems numerous, 3 to 5 inches high, erect, slender, quad- 

 rangular, dichotomous. Radical leaves about half an inch long, spatulate ; stem- 

 leaves % of an inch long, oblanceolate. Flowers blue, with a yellow throat. 

 Hub. Grassy banks ; woodlands, &c. : common. Fl. April. Fr\ June. 



