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or neaily opposite; amenls siibcylindric, solitary and ax- 

 illary, the female ones esculent 



Species. 1, M. alba. Cultivated. 2. rubra. 3. r^cabr::. 

 Willd. 



A genus of about 10 species, indig'cnous to l^ersia, Si- 

 beria, India and its islands. 



Order V.— PENTANDRIA, 



'44. SCIIISANDRA. J\nchaux. ^ 



Calix 9-leaved, leaves disposed in 3 series. 

 Corolla none. Anthers subsessile, cohere ing at 

 tiie points. Bcrnjs l-sce(!cd, in.^rted upon an 

 elongated filiform receptacle. 



A twinin,^ slirub, with alternate and lanceolate-ovate 

 leaves sometimes repandly denticulate; flowers axillary, 

 solitarj% scarlet; acini spiked. — Is not tliis singular g-enus 

 more nearly related to Rhugodia of R. Brown t'lan to Me- 

 v.ispermuin? 



Species. S. cocdnen. Hab. In Carolina and Geoi-gia. 

 i= *.'. In the vicinity of Savannah. 



45> CROTONOPSIS, Michaxix. 



Masc. Ca^ia' 5-parted. Co -o/Za of 5 petals, 

 Fem. Calix 5 -parted. Corolla nojie. Stigmas 

 ?, twice bifid. Capsule 1 -seeded. 



A genus not probably distinct from Croton -U'ith which 

 it ought to be compared. Leaves alternate, stellately pu- 

 bescent and shining; flowers aggregated, the upper ones 

 masculine. 



Species. 1. C. linearis. Constituting ihe whole ge- 

 rius. Hab. In the swamps of New Jersey^ Carolina .snd 

 Illinois. 



'46, AMARANTHUS. i. (Amaranth, Prince's 

 feather, <kc.) 



Calix 3 or 5 -leaved. Corolla none. Stamina 

 3 or 5. Stijles 3. Capsule 1 -celled, 1 -seeded^ 

 opcnin^^ all round. 



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