314 RUBIACEiE. Cephalanthus. 



Michx. Jl.l.p. 87 ; Duham. arb. t. 54 ; Schk. handh. t.2\, and t. 5 ^ Q.fr. ; Pursh, fl. 1, 

 ;>. 114 ; Ell. sk. l.p. 186 ; Torr.fl. \.p. 164 ; Bart.fl. Am. Sept. 3. t. 91 ; Bigel.fl. Bost. 

 p. 51 ; Beck, hot. p. 161 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 98 ; Torr. ^ Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. p. 31. 



A shrub 3-8 feet high, with opposite branches. Leaves 3-5 inches long and 1-2 

 inches wide, opposite and ternate often on the same branch : petiole about an inch long. 

 Stipules small, ovate, often serrate or toothed ; sometimes united. Heads of flowers (exclusive 

 of the exserted styles) about an inch in diameter, on peduncles an inch and a half long. 

 Flowers sessile, inserted on a globose hairy receptacle. Calyx-tube produced a little above 

 the ovary ; lobes ovate. Corolla tapering downward into a long funnel-form tube ; the lobes 

 obtuse. Style nearly twice as long as the corolla. 



Borders of ponds and rivers, and in swamps ; common. Fl. July - August. Fr. September. 



Tribe II. GUETTARDEJE. Kunth. 



Fruit drupaceous, 2 - 6-celled, or containing 2 — 8 one-seeded nucules. Seeds somewhat 

 terete, elongated, usually erect. Albumen mostly fleshy. ^Estivation of the corolla 

 usually contorted or valvate. — Small trees, shrubs, or very rarely herbs. Stipules 

 between the petioles. 



3. MITCHELLA. Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 63 ; Endl. gen. 3188. partridge-BERRY. 



[ In honor of Dr. John Mitchell, a bottuiist of Virginia.] 



Flowers in pairs, with their ovaries united. Limb of the calyx 4-toothed. Corolla funnel- 

 form, with a slender tube, 4-lobed ; the lobes spreading, densely bearded inside with white 

 hairs. Stamens 4 : filaments inserted into the throat of the corolla : anthers oblong. Style 

 filiform : stigmas four, linear. Fruit baccate, depressed-globose, composed of the united 

 ovaries of both flowers, each of which contains 4 small horny 1-seeded nucules. Embryo 

 minute, at the extremity of somewhat cartilaginous albumen : cotyledons short ; the radicle 

 thick. — Smooth creeping evergreen herbs, with opposite or roundish petioled leaves. 

 Stipules triangular-subulate, minute. Flowers terminal, white or pale rose-color^ fragrant. 

 Fruit bright red, edible. 



1. MiTCHELLA REPENS, Linn. Partridge-berry. 



Leaves roundish-ovate, often slightly cordate ; peduncle 2-flowered. — Linn. sp. \.p. Ill ; 

 Michx. fl. 1. p. 86 ; Pursh. fl. 1. p. 101 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 198 ; Torr. fl. I. p. 174 ; Bigel 

 fl. Bost. p. 52 ; Bart. fl. Am. Sept. 3. t. 95. /. 1 ; DC. prodr. 4. p. 452 ; Hook. fl. Bor.- 

 Am. 1. p. 287 ; Beck, bot. p. 160 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 105 ; Torr.^- Gr. fl. N. Am. 2. 

 p. 34. Syringa baccata, Pluk. amalth. t. 444. /. 2 ; Catesb. Carol. 1. t. 20. 



Stems slender, 6-12 inches long, branching in all directions, and striking root at the joints. 

 Leaves about half an inch long, dark green and shining, generally marked with a central 



