TENTANDRIA. MONOGTMA. IST 



ted at the base. Calyx of the male flower shortly campa- 

 nulate; glandular disk penetrating- and filling' the tubular 

 attenuated base of the calix. Hermaphrodite, calix tur- 

 binate-campanulate, 5-deft, se^^ments ovate, reflectedp 

 glandular disk more conspicuous; stamina opposite the 

 divisions of tlse calixj and alternating with the dentures 

 of the di-k. Nut depressed globular, 1 -celled, 1-seeded, 

 inclosed in the carneous base of the calix, appearing" in- 

 ferior, from its immersion in the disk, adhering- calix con- 

 spicuously veined; shell of ihe nut whitisli, thin, a little 

 verrucose, sharply acuminated by the persistent base of 

 the style, as in i\\e capsule of Celastrits scandens. Peris- 

 perm laige, very oily, acrid to the laste (probably cathar- 

 tic,) its substance somewhat lameliated; corculum minute, 

 at the base. The germ has probably more than one seed. 

 The whole plant is more or less oily, in consequence of 

 which the deer and domestic cattle devour it with avidity. 

 C'e/a?i'r//.9 ;?mcrocar/*HS of Peru appears to be a second 

 species of tns genus. 



2S3. ^COMAXDRA.f Thesium. L. 



Calix ang'ular, tdbular-campamilate, cqales- 

 Qiw^ with an Internal S-toothed, glandulous 

 disk. Petals 5, ovate, inp^j-afted upon the mar- 

 gin of the raiix. jj'^'rsistcnt. Anthers attached 

 to the petals by a tuft of (ilaments! Germ 3-.seed- 

 ed^ immersed in the gland ulous disk. Capsule 

 valveloss, 1- seeded, coated b^ the base of the 

 calix, 



Percnni;il, root ligneous, stem lierbaceous; leaves sim- 

 ple, alternute, stipules noi^.e; radical gemmaceous scales 

 numerous, persistent; flowers in a corymbulose terminal 

 panicle. 



Species. \. C.innbeVota. 



Thesium imibeUatum. Linn. Willd. Sp. Plant. 



Stem round ar.d erect, sending out 2 or 3 infertile 

 branches below the panicle. Leaves approximating, erect, 

 oblong-ovate, obtuse, smooth, reflected on the margin, 

 and reticulateiy veined. Panicle simrt, ramuli axillary, 

 corymbulose, corymbs about 5-flo\vered, with 4 invol'u- 

 crate brac;es, uppermost peduncles fewer flowered. CaliX 



t From y-of^ti^ a head of hcdr^ and «ev;jo, a man^ by analogy, 

 the masculine organs of plants, or stamina; — in allu.-sion to the 

 singular structure oft.be aniliers. 

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