112 SALICINEJ!. 



ronndisli, incumbent j hypogynous scales none. Styles 2-4, usually distinet. Citpsulg uni- 

 locular, marginiddal : seeds indefinite. — Low slirpbs, or perennial, leafy herbs ; flowers 

 subsolitary,pediceUed, yellow. 



. 5. A. hypericoides, L., Sw. Shrubby ; leaves oblanceolate, subsessile, tvith 2 siipular 

 glands at the hose, punctate with pellucid dots, and black ones beneath ; peduncles terminal, 

 , shorter than the middle calyx-whorl ; middle sepals oval, much exceeding the inner lanceo- 

 late ones; styles distinct, short J capsule ovate, 3(-3)-valved. — A low, diffuse shrub, l'-2' 

 high; leaves 3"'-4"' long, blunt ; middle sepals 3"'-4"' long, about as long as the petals. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Al., Wils., March, common in the mountains, on barren soil of the 

 Coffee-region, 4,000' ; Bahamas I, Swains ; [Bermudas I, Texas !, Mexico I, New Granada 1] . 



XXXVIII. SAUVAGESIE^. 



Fertile stamens 5 ; anthers erect, with a lateral dehiscence. PisHl paracarpous : placentas 

 3; style simple; ovules anatropous. Capsule marginicidal : embryo axile, cylindrical. — 

 Leaves stipulate, undivided : stipules _/?»!jrz«<«. 



This small Order is mucilaginous ; Sauvagesia ereota is used in medicine. 



1. SAUVAGESIA, L. 



Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, deciduous, Petaline scales S, distinct, opposite to the 

 petals, and separated from them by a whorl of sterile filaments, which are dilated at the top. 

 Fertile stamens alternating with the scales : anthers oblong, dehiscent by lateral fissures. 

 -^Herbs or shrubs, glabrous ; leaves usually serrate ; pedicels articulated above the base, 

 axillary or racemose ; sepals setiferous at the top. 



1. S. tiiAta., Benth. I Shrubby; leaves oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, serrulate-repand, 

 tapering at both ends, acuminate : petiole very short ; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, erect, 

 exceeding the petiole : fringes very long ; racemes terminal : flowers usually fascicled ; 

 sepals equal, eUiptical-oblong, bluntish, exceeding the corolla, exceeded by the capsule; 

 sterile filaments numerous ; seeds globose. — Leaves 3"-4" long, variable in breadth ; sepals 

 3'" long.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild.; [Guiana!]. 



2. S. erecta, L. Herbaceous, annual; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, serrulate, pointed, 

 tapering towards the petiole ; stipules ovate-lanceolate : fringes long ; pedicels axillary, 

 filiform; sepals equal, lanceolate, acuminate, nearly equalling4he corolla and the capsule; 



.sterile filaments numerous; seeds ovoid. — Sr. Jam. t. 12./. 3; St. Mil. PI. Bern. t. 3 J; 



- 2)esc. Fl. 4. t. 299. — Stem spithameous, brauching, erect or decumbent; leaves l"-li" 

 long; sepals usually 2'" long ; petals white, obovate. — Hab. Jamaica I, Pd., Macf., in damp 

 situations among Grasses ; I)ominica !, S. Vincent I, Guild. ; Trinidad 1, Loekh., Or. ; [Cnba 

 and Mexico ! to Brazil I, beyond the Southern Tropic and Peru 1 ; found also (perhaps trans- 

 ported, like an annual weed, with Grasses), in Western Africa, Madagascar, and Java]. 



3. S. Sprengelii, St. Hit. Suffrutescent ; leaves minute, lanceolate, margined, re- 

 motely serrulate or subentire, subsessile ; stipules linear, dissolved into fringes ; raceme ter- 

 minal; sepals unequal, ovate-lanceolate, margined, blunt, exceeded by the corolla; sterile 

 filaments numerous. — Mart. Nov. Gen. 1. t. 25 ; St. Hit. I. c. t. 2 A. — S. serpyllifolia, Mt. 

 — Stem slender, spithameous, or several feet high ; leaves approximate, 2'"-3"' long ; 

 sepals lined with a membranaceous margin, callous at the base, interior 2'" long, the 

 two exterior half as long. — Hab. Trinidad 1, Lockh., Or., on savannahs; [Caracas 1 and 

 Guiana I to South Brazil !]. 



XXXIX. SALICINE^. 



Flowers amentaceous, ' dioecious, naked. Pistil paracarpons: placentas 2, mnltiovulate. 



Capsule medianicidal : seeds minute, clothed with vf ool. Embryo exalbuminous. Woody 



plants ; leaves alternate, simple, stipulate. 



The Willows contain a bitter principle (Salicin), and from the flexibility of their branches 

 are more or less adapted to economical purposes. 



