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  COLLECTIONS 
  TOWARDS 
  

  

  *ApHORAf 
  . 
  Polygama. 
  Mas. 
  Calix 
  quinquepartitus 
  ; 
  petala 
  quin- 
  

   que 
  ; 
  filamentum 
  columnare 
  ; 
  stamina 
  septem, 
  duo 
  interiora 
  ; 
  rudimenta 
  

   quinque, 
  minuta. 
  Fern. 
  Calix 
  major; 
  petala 
  nulla 
  ; 
  filamenta 
  quinque, 
  

   infertilia 
  ; 
  stigmata 
  tria, 
  bifida 
  ; 
  capsula 
  tricocca, 
  trisperma. 
  

  

  Herba 
  perennis, 
  non 
  lactescens, 
  odore 
  foetida, 
  caule 
  simplici 
  ; 
  folia 
  

   integra 
  exstipulata, 
  alterna; 
  flores 
  racemosi, 
  axillares, 
  bracteolati. 
  Di- 
  

   taxis 
  affine, 
  sed 
  habitu 
  diversa. 
  

  

  A. 
  mercurialina. 
  Caule 
  subsimplici 
  ; 
  foliis 
  obtusis 
  pubescentibus 
  ; 
  

   petalis 
  integris. 
  

  

  Descript. 
  Root 
  perennial. 
  The 
  whole 
  plant 
  thinly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   undivided 
  appressed 
  hairs; 
  stem 
  simple, 
  grooved, 
  from 
  twelve 
  to 
  fifteen 
  

   inches 
  high 
  ; 
  leaves 
  oblong-ovate, 
  entire 
  and 
  obtuse, 
  partly 
  3-nerved, 
  

   alternate, 
  sessile 
  and 
  rather 
  numerous, 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  fifteen 
  lines 
  long 
  

   and 
  about 
  five 
  lines 
  wide 
  ; 
  racemes 
  pedunculate, 
  solitary 
  and 
  axillary, 
  

   much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  leaves 
  ; 
  the 
  flowers, 
  which 
  are 
  greenish, 
  sub- 
  

   tended 
  by 
  minute 
  bracts, 
  the 
  staminiferous 
  ones 
  much 
  more 
  numerous 
  

   than 
  the 
  others, 
  and 
  sustained 
  by 
  shorter 
  pedicells. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  

   produce 
  only 
  male 
  flowers, 
  others 
  female 
  or 
  an 
  admixture 
  of 
  both. 
  

   Male 
  calix 
  5-parted, 
  the 
  segments 
  linear-lanceolate, 
  acute 
  and 
  erect; 
  

   petals 
  oblong, 
  also 
  greenish 
  ; 
  filaments 
  united 
  into 
  a 
  column 
  ; 
  anthers 
  

   in 
  two 
  sets, 
  two 
  and 
  sometimes 
  three 
  above 
  the 
  other 
  five, 
  2-celled. 
  

   The 
  rudiments 
  of 
  five 
  other 
  filaments 
  appear 
  round 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   antheriferous 
  column. 
  Female 
  calix 
  producing 
  lanceolate 
  and 
  acute 
  

   spreading 
  segments, 
  divided 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  times 
  larger 
  

   than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  flower 
  ; 
  corolla 
  none 
  ; 
  infertile 
  filaments 
  five, 
  

   conspicuous; 
  style 
  very 
  short; 
  stigmas 
  three, 
  short 
  and 
  reflected, 
  partly 
  

   bifid 
  ; 
  capsule 
  tricoccous, 
  pubescent, 
  cells 
  1-seeded. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   able 
  to 
  trace 
  the 
  affinities 
  of 
  this 
  curious 
  plant, 
  which 
  in 
  some 
  respect 
  

   resembles 
  Mercuriaiis 
  annua. 
  It 
  bears 
  no 
  affinity 
  to 
  Croton, 
  its 
  pubes- 
  

   cence 
  is 
  simple 
  and 
  its 
  odour 
  fetid 
  ; 
  Ditaxis, 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  closely 
  

   allied, 
  is 
  an 
  arborescent 
  dioicous 
  plant. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  In 
  hilly 
  and 
  denudated 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  calcareous 
  prairies 
  of 
  Red 
  river, 
  near 
  the 
  confluence 
  of 
  

   the 
  Kiamesha. 
  Flowering 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  June 
  — 
  Obs. 
  

  

  f 
  From 
  «<?5§i* 
  sterility, 
  in 
  allusion 
  to 
  the 
  infertile 
  filaments 
  existing 
  in 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  both 
  

   sexes. 
  

  

  