Ilf/pericum. TERNSTIKKMIACK.K. 'JUl 



mostly sessile: stamens 5 to 10: capsule very acutely conical, 1 to 3 lint-H long, mudi longer 

 than tiie sepals ; seeds very niurii snuilltr tlian in tiie hwt, otiloug. iiiinuu-ly »triuic an<l 

 pitted. — Car. 190. //. selosuin, L. Spt-c. ii. 787, as t<i I'hik. syn. //. Saroihm, Michx. Kl. 

 ii. 79; Turr. & Gray, Fl. i. 1G5; (Jray, (Jen. 111. i. aU, t. 93. '&. Man. ed. 5, 86. //. >/rni„i- 

 7widf's, Britt. Sterns & Poggenl). I'rel. Cat. N. V. 9. S<in,thrn ij,ntinwn,U%, L. Sjiec. i •il'i. 

 S. hfipericoides, Nutt. Gen. i. 204 ; Barton, Fl. N. A. iii. 59, t. 92. — Dry Kindy noil, Canada 

 to Florida, and west to Illinois, Arkansiu*, and Texas. 



§ 3. Elodea, Spacli (:is genus). Sepals and petals 5, the latter «l««i(luou«, 



imbricate in aestivation: stamens 9 (rarely more), strongly tri:iil«-lpliouH, three 



large orange-colored glands alternating with the phalanges : styles 3, dinlinct ; 



stigmas not capitate : capsule elongated-oblong, 3-celled : perennial herbs, in 



marshes or shallow water, with small close clusters of tleslM-olun-d Howers in the 



axils of the leaves at the summit of the stem. — Hist. Veg. v. 3(>3. 



H.Virginicum, L. Mostly simple, 1 to 2 feet high : leaves oldongto ovate, very ohtnn* or 



eiiiargiiiate, clasping hy a broad b:u*e, about 1 \ inches long and \ iucii broad, glamons U-neath 



and black-dotted: axillary Hower-clusters at the ends of elongated brandies: sepals lance«)- 



late to ovate: filaments united lielow tlie midtlle: capsule 4 to 5 lines long. — Syst. Nat. ed. 



10, 1184, & Spec. ed. 2, ii. 1104; Chois. 1. c. 54G. //. camiMimlnlnm, Walt. Car. 191. //. 



emarginatum, Lam. Diet. iv. 154. Elodea Virglnlca, Nutt. Gen. ii. 17 ; Torr. & CJray. Fl. i. 



167 ; Gray, Gen. 111. i. 216, t. 94. E. mmpnmilnta, Pursh, Fl. ii. 379; Coulter, Bot. Gaz. xi. 



111. Elodes Viryiiiira, (iray, Man. ed. 5, 86. E. cunifxinulala, Wats. & Coulter in (Jray, 



Man. ed. 6, g.'i. — Apiiarently througliout the Britisli possessions, ami extending s.iulh- 



ward in the Atlantic region to i'lorida and Louisiana, and in tiie interior to Minnesota. 



(L. Asia.) 



H. petiolatum, Walt. Re.sembling the last, but usually taller and more branching: 



leaves 2 to 5 inches long, i to 1 inch broad, tapering to a se.<sile base or jMti.ded. not sn 



glaucous or black-dotted beneath : axillary flower-clusters alnu)st sessile : tiiamc-nts united 



about to the middle. —Car. 191. //. uxilUire, Michx. Fl. ii. 81. //. puludosum, Chois 1. c. 



546. ?//. tulmlo.fitm, Walt. Car. 191; Chois. I.e. Elodea petiolala, Pursh. Fl. i. 379; 



Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 168. ?^. tuhidom, Pursii, 1. c. ; Nutt. 1. c. ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 168. 



.EWes /)e^/o/rt/rt, Gray, Man. ed. 5, 86. — From Virginia to Florid^ Louisiana, Arkans;is, 



and Tennessee. 



Ori>er Guttifer^. Clusia flava, L., was in the collection made on Key 

 West, many years ago, by Blodgett, probably a chance tree : not since met with. 



Order XXIV. TERNSTRCEMIACE^E. 



By A. Gray. 



Showy shrubs or trees (American and E. Asiatic) ; with alternate and simple 

 pinnately veined leaves; no stipules; the flowers hypogynous, hermaphnHlite, 

 polyandrous and otherwise mostly 5-merous throughout ; with imbricatr.l .sepals 

 and petals. Stamens monadelphous or pentadelphous at base, where the short 

 tube or ring or the phalanges are connate with base of petals ; anthers 2-<-elle«l 

 and opening lengthwise. Fruit capsular, commonly wo^xly, the cells few-seeile<l ; 

 seeds with a large embryo and little or no albumen. —Contains the Cinifllia, 

 Tea-Plant, and the two following genera, of the Tribe Gordonieir. 

 1 STUARTIA. Calvx 1-2-bracteolate, of 5 or 6 ovate or narrower w|ali«. PetaN an 



many, rounded obovate. erose-creuulate. united at base by union with the luonadelphon* 



