S1^2 ICOSANDRIA. rOLYGXJ^riA. 



face scabrous with minute aculei, the under smooth, 

 glaucous or villous; youns^er branches more or less quad- 

 rangular, flowers terniinal, solitary, petalolJ ii:Lgment3 

 disposed nearly in 5 series, brownish, the interior ones of- 

 ten staminiferous, and the innermost filaments sometimes 

 without anthers. 



Species. l.C. Joridus. Obs. Leaves rariable, broad 

 oval, or oval-oblong-, acute; villous on the under side; the 

 wood and particularly the root strongly campliorated, so 

 as to be calculated probably to produce that drug' as abun- 

 dantly as Laurus camphora. Flowers at first dark brown, 

 becominj^ paler, in dryin,^ parting entirely with this color 

 and becoming olive green, agreeably scented, almost like 

 ripe apples, similar to all the other North American spe- 

 cies. Anthers and filaments minutely pubescent, the for- 

 mer glanduliferL'UP at the summit, interior filaments with- 

 out anttsei's. Seed- brown, nearly as large as horsebeans, 

 naked, smooth and shining, about 16 in each utricukis, of 

 a roundish ob?ongform, marked with a longitudinal suiure 

 . and a central hilum.; shell hard and cartilaginous; peris- 

 peim noiie, or a small central poHion gelatinizing when 

 inoiiieiicd; radicle descendant; cotyiedones convolute, 

 white and large, of an oleaginous bitter tus^e: Capsule 

 turbinate, as large as a s nail pear, marked with the vesti- 

 ges of the calycine lacinix, at length becoming perfectly 

 dry witii the seeds loose, but never opening. 



Z. Collins Esq. informs me that by cutting off the termi- 

 nal leaf-buds, after the usual season, a succession of flow- 

 ers may be obtained throughout the sum.mer, every leaf- 

 bua so extracted being constantly succeeded by 2'flow- 

 ers. For 4 years Z. Collins has been a witness to the 

 success of this experiment, showing in this genus the ve- 

 ry Intimate union Vhich subsists betwixt the leaves and 

 -singularly coniluent flowers. From the rarity of fruit 

 in the Caiycantlii, even in their native mountains, we may 

 almost assert, that this genus, rjotvithstanding the consi- 

 mdarity of its flowers, is in fact polygamous. 

 , 2. gimicus* On the declivities of bushy hilis and the 

 margins of small streams near Lincointon, (N. Carol.) 

 &c. /3. * oblongifiiliusy leaves oblong-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, under side smooth and glaucous. Hab. In the 

 mourn ains of Xorth Carolina, a permanent variety, hav- 

 ing elongated leaves. 3. Uvigatus. Leaves scabrous a- 

 uove, gi-een and smooth beneath.' 



A >iorth Ajnerican genus v^'ith the exception of C. pr^s- 

 cr'X of Japan 



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