42 SYLTA TELLUR. 



CENTURIA III. 



201. Paxistima Raf. 1817. diff. Myginda, caK 

 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. ^sp.—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 Synomscoids. 



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. drupis 4gonis, 

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

 — To this belong. B. haccata (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, spicatis. — It 

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

 dias, the flowers of Tournefortia, fruit of Eh- 

 retia, and a peculiar calix. 



205. Traxilnm asperum Raf, Ehr. do W, 



