42 YLYA TELLUR, 



CENTURIA III. 



201. PAXISTIMA Raf. 1817. diff. Myginda, cah 

 4fidus, petalis 4, stam. 4 epidiscus pet. alt. dis- 

 cus cal. ovarisque apice coalescens, ov. lib. sed 

 ad disco concrete, stylus 1, stig. capit. crasso, 

 bilob. caps. 21oc. 4s\>.fol. oppos* ped. axil 

 very singular G. united to Ilex and Myginda, 

 although quite unlike, nearer to Evonymus and 

 Polycardia, same family of Celastrides different 

 from Rhamnides by alternate stamens. My- 

 ginda differs by 4 styles and a monosperm 

 drupe, Rhacoma wrongly united thereto is 

 nearer, but a real Ilexides by corolla 4parted, 

 The singular connection of the calix and ovary 

 at top by the disk, is an anomaly found in some 

 Melastomes and perhaps in Lithoplis 145* I 

 cannot well ascertain the fact in my dry speci- 

 mens; but suspect these 2 G. may indicate a 

 small natural group, to be called SYNODISCOIDS. 



202. Paxistima myrsinites Raf. 1817, Ilex 

 do Pursh, Myginda myrtifolia, Hook. fl. t. 41, 

 fol. opp. ellipt. serratis, ped. axil. 3floris Ori- 

 gon, habit of Evonymus. 



203. BOURRERIA Br. Jaq. Ad. Kunth, &c, 

 diff. Ehretia, cor. hypocrat tubo elong. limbo 

 piano, lac. dilatatis vel obcord, drtipis 4gonis, 

 isulcat. nucibus 2 utrinque 2sp. fl. corymbosis. 

 To this belong, B* baccata (E. hour. L.) 

 and B. exsuca Jaq. perhaps some others, more 

 like some Cordias than Ehretias. 



204. TRAXILUM Raf. diff. Ehretia, cal. 5part. 

 stylus dichot. stig. 4, fl. corymb, spicalis.lt 

 is stated that thisG. has the stigmas of the Cor- 

 dias, the flowers of Tournefortia, fruit of JS/i- 

 retia^ and a peculiar calix. 



205. Traxilnm asperum Raf, Ehr. do W 



