TETKANDRTA. TETRAGTNIA. 109 



Order 4. — Tetragynia. 



162. MYGINDx\. Jacqnin. L. 



Ciillx small. 4-parte(]. Corolla deeply 4-part- 

 ed or of 4 petals. Stigmas 2 or 4. Drape glo- 

 bose, 1 seedt'd. 



Shrubs with opposite leaves; peduncles axillary, 2 or 3- 

 flowered; flowers minute. 



Species. 1. 3/ Myrdfolia- (I'ex myrsinites, Vvrsh.) 

 Found on the Xoriii-west coast, and on the Rocky moun- 

 tains, by Captain \i. Lewis. » 



A .seen us confined to the tropical parts of America, with 

 the exception of the present species. 



163. ILEX. L. (Holly.) 



Calix minute, 4 or 5-toothpd. Corolla rotate, 

 4-partcd. Style 0; stigmata 4. jBerrz/ 4-seeded. 



Small trees or shrubs; leaves alternate, mostly ever- 

 green, often spitiosely or punfcently toothed or serra':td; 

 peduncles ax liary, manv-flowered; flowers often polys^a- 

 mfiKs; berries a long- time persisien*, usually scarlet. 



Species. 1. / opaca. /3. lar'Jiora, (/. la.viflora^ ap- 

 peal's to be a mere variety of/, opnca.) 2. Cassme. 3. vo- 

 mitoria. (Used sometimes as a substitute for Tea; also 

 by the savages in their superstitious ci-remonies.) 4 an- 

 g-^istifolia. Leaves mostly entire and mucronute. F'oni 

 10 to 15 feet high. 5. Dahoon. Leaves mostly entire. — § ii. 

 Leaves deciduous 6. prinoides. Leaves deciduous, eliptic- 

 lanceolate, acute at bo-h extremities, from about the mid- 

 dle to the poin' 1 ghtl- senaie, the under side pubt scent; 

 berries large, and nearly solitary, nuts grooved. — Closely 

 allied to Pnwos. 7- canadensis (ienus doubtful!. 



hurope affords but 1 species of this genus, the /. Jiquu 

 folium, common also to Japan, but certainly not to Ame- 

 rica as remarked by P rsoon, as it is even very difficult 

 to cultivate; in Japan there are 7 other species, 1 at he 

 Cape of Good Hope, 1 in India, 2 in the island of Madeira, 

 1 in the isle of Mauritius. 3 in the West Indies, a d-iubt- 

 fuli species in Guianne, and another {Paltoria) in the high 

 mountains ot Peru, allied to Myginda. 



164. SAGINA. L, (Prarl-wort.) 



Calix 4-leaved. Petals 4. Capsule 4-celled, 4- 

 valved, many-seeded. 



