&56 OCTANDRIA. TRIGTNIA. 



panied b}- nodes. Leaves very few, small and dlstuii*. 

 racemes as in the Sotljer species dichotomous. Flovvtrs 

 greenish white, at first minute, gradually aiigmentirg in 

 the fruit after the manner of Jiiwiex; segments unequal, 

 the larger cblong-ovate, the 2 sinaikr often horizontal in 

 fruit. 



23. parr'ifoUn DJoicous; stem shrubby; much branched, 

 leaves cuneate-linear, or spathulate-obovate, retuse, tor- 

 tuously-spreading; racemes spreading, very numerous, pe- 

 duncle minute, articulated with the calix; the 2 smaller 

 divisions of the calix reflected in the fruit; fi'uit included. 

 Hab On the sand-hills of Lynch creek, and around Wil- 

 mington, North Carolina, abundant. Obs. A small shrub, 

 about the size and form of Erica vvlgarisi rarely ever 2 

 feet high; branches brittle, brown, covered with the ves- 

 tiges of rejected stipules, innumerably branched; leaves 

 almost imbricately approxim.ating and tortuous, variable 

 in breadth, opaque; iiowers minute. 



The principal part of this genus, excepting the above, 

 is indigenous lo Europe, ar.d extending into Siberia (Asia). 

 There are also a few species in the East Indies, Japan, 

 China and New Holland. 



371. BRENICHIA. Gctrtner. 



Calix at length coriaceous, tubular and ven- 

 tricose, 5-cleft, angular at the base, and decur- 

 rent in the dilated peduncle. Corolla none. 

 Styles short; stigmas bifid. Seed 1, triquetrous, 

 inclosed by the calix. Perisperm hihci\. (Stami- 

 na 8 or 9,' rarely 10). 



A climbing shrub with alternate, cordate, acuminated 

 leaves; racemes, panicuhited, bractes many flowered; ca- 

 iix enlarging and becoming suberose, elongated into a iiat 

 and arclied peduncle, attenuated and articulated at its 

 base, deciduous at the articulation .-^tlcr the manrier of the 

 whole order of Polygonex? The stem and leaves hiaru- 

 culate. Embryon inverted. 



Species. 13. cirr/iosa. The only species indigenous to 

 Georgia, Florida, and the Bahama islands. 



372. CARDIOSrERiMUM. L. (Heart seed.) 

 Calix 4-lcaved. Fetals 4. Lepantkium 4-leav- 



ed, unequal. Capsule membranaceous, iufiated* 

 3-lobed, 3-celled. Seeds round, marked at tlic 

 hilura willi a iieart-.shaped spot. 



