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  hairy; 
  leaves 
  roundish-oval, 
  entire, 
  very 
  obtuse, 
  subsessile 
  and 
  reticu- 
  

   lately 
  veined 
  ; 
  stipules 
  minute, 
  ferruginous, 
  pilose 
  and 
  acute 
  ; 
  peduncles 
  

   filiform 
  ; 
  the 
  male 
  flowers 
  growing 
  commonly 
  by 
  three 
  together; 
  the 
  

   female 
  ones 
  single. 
  Male 
  calix 
  5-parted; 
  segments 
  oblong, 
  obtuse, 
  

   and 
  with 
  the 
  margin 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  petals 
  five, 
  alternate, 
  yellowish-green, 
  

   cuneate-oblong, 
  obtuse 
  ; 
  glandular 
  ring 
  or 
  torus 
  10-toothed; 
  stamina 
  

   five, 
  unconnected 
  ; 
  styles 
  three, 
  abortive 
  ; 
  stigmas 
  undivided. 
  Female 
  

   calix 
  almost 
  exceeding 
  the 
  fruit 
  in 
  magnitude, 
  5-parted, 
  the 
  divisions 
  

   roundish-oval, 
  green 
  and 
  foliaceous; 
  petals 
  five, 
  minute, 
  almost 
  like 
  

   glandular 
  appendages; 
  styles 
  three, 
  bifid 
  ; 
  capsule 
  round 
  and 
  somewhat 
  

   succulent, 
  3-celled, 
  cells 
  2-seeded 
  ; 
  seeds 
  triquetrous, 
  not 
  elastically 
  

   arillate 
  ? 
  

  

  This 
  plant 
  is 
  nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  Phyllanthus, 
  and 
  more 
  particularly 
  to 
  

   the 
  North 
  American 
  section 
  of 
  that 
  genus. 
  The 
  leaves 
  possess 
  in 
  a 
  

   weaker 
  degree 
  the 
  aroma 
  and 
  flavour 
  of 
  tea. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  In 
  the 
  torrents 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mazern 
  mountains, 
  towards 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  the 
  Pottoe 
  and 
  Kiame- 
  

   sha, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Red 
  river 
  ; 
  abundant. 
  Flowering 
  in 
  May 
  

   and 
  June. 
  

  

  Jatropha 
  stimulosa, 
  Mich. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  upland 
  forests 
  of 
  Red 
  river. 
  

  

  Stillingia 
  *lanceolata. 
  Herbacea 
  ; 
  foliis 
  subsessilibus, 
  ovato-lan- 
  

   ceolatis 
  acutis, 
  serratis. 
  — 
  Hab. 
  In 
  the 
  prairies 
  at 
  Belle 
  Point, 
  Fort 
  

   Smith. 
  Nearly 
  allied 
  to 
  S. 
  sylvatica. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  Spike 
  about 
  three 
  inches 
  

   long; 
  the 
  flowers 
  yellowish 
  and 
  diandrous; 
  cells 
  of 
  the 
  anthers 
  remote, 
  

   only 
  partially 
  opening 
  along 
  the 
  margin. 
  

  

  Forestiera, 
  Poiret, 
  Encyc. 
  suppl. 
  2, 
  p. 
  664 
  (Adelia, 
  Mich. 
  Fl. 
  

   Bor. 
  Am. 
  t. 
  48; 
  Borya, 
  Willd. 
  Sp. 
  pi. 
  4, 
  p. 
  711; 
  Pursh, 
  1, 
  p. 
  22; 
  

   Bigelovia, 
  Smith, 
  Encyc. 
  Lond. 
  Suppl.). 
  

  

  Dioica. 
  Mas. 
  Involucrum 
  tetraphyllum, 
  multiflorum 
  ; 
  calix 
  ; 
  

   corolla 
  0; 
  stamina 
  4 
  — 
  6, 
  decidua, 
  pedicello 
  nudo 
  insidentia 
  iis 
  arti- 
  

   culata, 
  diverso 
  tempore 
  erumpentia. 
  Fern. 
  Stigma 
  capitatum 
  ; 
  drupa 
  

   monosperma 
  obliqua. 
  

  

  F. 
  acuminata. 
  — 
  Obs. 
  A 
  large 
  shrub, 
  sometimes 
  bordering 
  upon 
  a 
  

   tree, 
  and 
  sending 
  out 
  many 
  stems 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  root. 
  Branches 
  not 
  

   unfrequently 
  terminating 
  in 
  spines. 
  Male 
  flowers 
  irregularly 
  scattered 
  

  

  