106 DIADELPHIA. DECAXDRIA, 



505. STYLOSANTFIES. Sivartx, 



Calix tubulous and very lojis;, boarina; the G(V 

 rolla. Germ bcneallithc (orolla. Lcment with 1 

 or 2 articulations, hooked. 



Herbaceous; leaves ternate, stipules sheatliing, adnale 

 to tlie petiole; bractes ciliate; flowtrs yellow. 



Species. l.S. elatior. Pwartz. S. hifpi.'a. Mich, rink 

 Amalth. 182. t. 447. f. 7- Obs. Flowers congiorr.erate 3 i;r 

 4 together, invested by ciliate sheatliinj^ briictes; leaves 

 sublineiir-lanceolate, acute, smooth and naked; stem erect; 

 loment ir.durated, 1-seeded. CJommun from Pennsylva- 

 nia to Carolina. Flowers golden yellow. 



A small tropical genus of 6 species indigenous to Ame- 

 rica, with the exception of a single one in India. 



506. GLYCYRRHIZA. Z. 



Calix mostly bilabiate, gibbous at the base. 

 VexiUum including the wings and carina. Le- 

 gume subovate or oblong, compressed, and most- 

 ly hispid, 2 to 6-seeded. 



Herbaceous; leaves pinnate, stipules cauline; flowers ca- 

 pitate, spiked or racemose. 



Species. 1. G. lepidota. T. N. in Frns. Catal Ph. 2. p. 

 480. Leaflets ublong-lanceolate, acute, every where sq<ia- 

 mulose, under surfsace covered with glandulous atoms; 

 spikes axillary, acut* flowers crowded; legume obl(;ng, 

 n;any-seeded, echinate, setie uncinate. 11 a b. Abur.davit 

 arovmd St. Louis, v.'jiere it v. as first detected by 'fr. Jolm 

 Bradbury, F. L. S.; it is alao common on the alluvial 

 banks ot the M.ssoui-i to the Mountains, and is in all proba- 

 bility the Liquorice mentioned by Sir \. ]Miicken/ie as in- 

 digenou.s to the coasts of the North Pacific Ocean. Obs. 

 Hoots flagellif'orm, creeping, aid very long, possessing in 

 no inconsidertible degree the taste of liquorice. Stein 

 erecf, 3 to 5 ft et high; spikes pedunculate; liow ers wliitish, 

 dense, sessile; calix almost equally 5-parte(!, segments 

 subula'e. VoxiUutii ovate-obloi^g, nearly straight. Le- 

 gume oblong-, con pressed, hispid, 5 or 6-seedcd, much 

 resembling the fruit of Xanthiitm spinosum, not sponta- 

 neoMslv openijig. Nearly allied to G.foetida, and like 

 that species emitting a som.ewhat disagreeable resinous 

 odor. This plant apj)ears to destroy tlie aitificiul distinc- 

 tions by which dtjcurrhiza and Liq'untla have been scp;.i- 



