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amer. p. 146. t> 152. Chois. prod. hyp. p. 61. Petals narrow, 

 pale-yellow. Flowers in terminal corymbs. 



St. Andrew' s-cross Ascyrum. Fl. July. Clt. 1759. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



4 A. MULTICAU'LE (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 77.) stem suf- 

 fruticose ; leaves crowded, oblong-linear, obtuse ; peduncles bi- 

 bracteate, lateral, and terminal. Jj . F. Native of Virginia and 

 Carolina in sandy fields and woods. A. hypericoides, Ait. hort. 

 kew. A. Crux-A'ndrese var. /3, angustifolium, D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 555. Styles 1-2, conniving. 



Many-stemmed Ascyrum. Fl. July. Shrub 1 foot. 



5 A. HYPERICOI'DES (Lin. spec. 1108.) stem suffruticose, 

 round ; branches 2-edged ; leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, each 

 furnished with 2 glands at the base ; two inner sepals somewhat 

 orbicular; styles 3. Tj . F. Native of North America in over- 

 flowed open places, from New Jersey to Carolina ; and of Ja- 

 maica. Flowers terminal, solitary, on short pedicels, larger than 

 those of A. Crux-A'ndrece. 



St. John's-rvort-llke Ascyrum. Shrub 2 feet. 



6 A. STA'NS (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 77.) stem shrubby, 

 erect, winged ; branches straight ; leaves ovate-elliptical, obtuse, 

 glaucous ; peduncles axillary, usually 3-flowered ; two inner 

 sepals cordate-orbicular ; stamens connected at the base ; styles 

 2. f? . F. Native of Carolina. Vent. malm. p. 90. Hyperi- 

 cum floridanum, Pluk. t. 412. f. 5. ? Hypericum tetrapetalum, 

 Lam. diet. 4. p. 153. ex Chois. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 555. 



Standing Ascyrum. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1806. Shrub 2 ft. 



7 A. AMPLEXICAU'LE (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 77.) stem 

 dichotomously panicled ; leaves stem-clasping, ovate, cordate, 

 sinuately-curled ; corymbs naked ; styles 3. Jj . F. Native of 

 North America in low grounds and woods, from Virginia to 

 Florida. Hypericum stans var. /3, Chois. prod. p. 61. The 

 flowers and leaves are longer in this than in any other of the 

 species. 



Stem-clasping -leaved Ascyrum. Fl.Jul.Aug. Clt.1806. Sh.2ft. 



Cult. A genus of elegant little herbs and shrubs. They re- 

 quire to be protected during winter by a frame ; for this pur- 

 pose they should be grown in pots, as they never exist long in 

 the open border. A mixture of one-half peat, and the other 

 sand, will suit them well ; and young cuttings of the shrubby 

 kinds will root in sand under a hand or bell-glass. The herba- 

 ceous kinds may be increased by parting the roots in spring. All 

 may be raised from seeds. 



Tribe III. 



EUCRYPHIE'A (Cambess. in ann. scien. par. vol. 20. p. 

 402. Aug. 1830). Styles 3-12 (f. 103. j.). Seeds flat (f. 

 103. /.), winged. 



VIII. CARPODO'NTOS (from Kap-rof, carpos, a fruit, and 

 O&IVG oSovroe, odous odontos, a tooth ; cells or carpels bidentate 

 at the apex). Lab. nov. holl. 2. p. 122. Chois. prod. p. 61. 

 B.C. prod. 1. p. 556. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Polygynia. Styles 5-8. Se- 

 pals and petals 4. Stamens numerous, free. Carpels 5-8, 

 woody, 1 -celled, opening on the inside, with filiform placentas, 

 Ovary villous. A tree with stalked, opposite leaves. Flowers 

 white, axillary, solitary. Peduncles each with two scales at their 

 base. 



1 C. LU'CIDA (Lab. voy. rech. Lapeyr. 2. p. 16. t. 18.) Jj . G. 

 Native of Van Diemen's Land. Flowers white. 



Shining-leaved Carpodontos. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. This tree will thrive well in a mixture of loam, peat, 

 and sand ; and young cuttings will root if planted in a pot of 

 sand, with a hand-glass placed over them. 



FIG. 103. 



IX. EUCRY'PHIA (from ev, eu, well, and Kpwj>iu, cryphia, 

 a cover ; in allusion to the flower being covered by a calyptra 

 before expansion) (f. 103. a.). Cav. icon. 4. p. 49. t. 372. Chois. 

 prod. hyp. p. 62. D. C. prod. 1. p. 556. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Polygynia. Calyx of 5 sepals, 

 connected at the base (f. 103. a.). Styles usually 12 (f. 103.J.). 

 Petals 5 (f. 103. c.). Stamens numerous, somewhat connected 

 at the base. Anthers didymous (f. 103. h.). Capsules ovate (f. 

 103. j.), with boat-shaped cells, hanging from funicles (f. 103. 

 e.). A tree with opposite leaves, and axillary, solitary flowers. 

 Carpels many, many-seeded (f. 103. /.), fixed to the central 

 axils (f. 103. e.}. 



1 E. CORDIFOLIA (Cav. 1. c.) 

 Tj . S. Native of South America 

 near San Carlos de Chiloe. A 

 beautiful tree, with cordate-oblong, 

 crenated, downy leaves, and white, 

 stalked flowers. Mellinia, Molin. 

 (f. 103). 



Cordate-leaved Eucryphia. Tree 

 40 feet. 



Cult. This fine tree will grow 

 well in a mixture of loam, peat, 

 and sand ; and young cuttings will 

 root if planted in a pot of sand 

 with a hand-glass placed over them, 

 in a moderate heat. 



X. ELIE'A (in honour of M. Elie de Beaumont, whose 

 works have thrown so much light on the geological revolutions of 

 our globe). Cambess. in Ann. scien. nat. par. Aug. 1830. vol. 

 20. p. 400. t. 13. Cussonia, Comm. mss. but not of D. C. 

 Lanigerostema, Chapel, mss. Hypericum, Spec. Lain, and 

 Chois. 



LIN. SYST. Polyadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx permanent, 

 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens numerous, disposed in 3 bundles. 

 Anthers fixed by their middle, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise. 

 Styles 3, crowned by capitate stigmas. Capsule surrounded by 

 the permanent calyx, petals, and stamens, 3-celled ; cells divided 

 by incomplete dorsal dissepiments, 3-valved ; valves bent in so 

 much at the margins as to constitute perfect dissepiments. Seeds 

 2 in each cell, each separated by the incomplete intervalvular dis- 

 sepiment, flat, winged, fixed above the base of the central, fili- 

 form, trigonal receptacle. Embryo flat, near the hylum of the 

 seed. A shrub, with cruciately-opposite, jointed branches and 

 leaves. Flowers cymose, yellow. 



1 E. ARTICULA'TA (Cambess. 1. c. p. 401. t. 13.) Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Madagascar. Hypericum articulatum, Lam. diet. 4. p. 

 569. Chois in D. C. prod. 1. p. 546. Leaves oblong-obovate, 

 with entire, revolute margins, coriaceous, full of pellucid and 

 black dots, feather-nerved. Cymes of flowers axillary and ter- 

 minal ; pedicels tetragonal. Segments of calyx ovate, obtuse, 

 marked with black lines. Petals imbricate in the bud, 3 times 

 longer than the calyx. Filaments woolly, unequal. 



/ointerf-stemmed Eliea. Shrub 4 to 10 feet ? 



Cult. This shrub will grow freely in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and cuttings will root freely in sand under a hand-glass, in 

 a moist heat. 



XI. CRATO'XYLUM (from <cparoc, cratos, strength, and 

 v\ov, xylon, wood ; wood strong and hard). Blum, bijdr. ex 

 Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 667. 



LIN. SYST. Polyadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx profoundly 5- 



