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13. Creeping plants 14 



Plants nut creeping 15 



14 Flowers in spikes Pyrola, 14 



Flowers in corymbs Chimaphilu, 15 



Flowers in racemes Epigcea, 10 



15. Fruit a berry Gaultheria, 4 



Fruit a capsule Leiophyllum, 11 



Genus I.— CYRIL'LA. L. 

 (In honor of Dr. Cyrilli, of Naples.) 



Calyx minute, 5-parted. Petals 5, inserted into the calyx. 

 Stamens 5. Style 1. Stigmas 2. Fruit a berry, 2-celled. 

 Seeds solitary. 



1. C. racemiflo'ra, (Walt.) A large shrub, with verticillate branch 

 es, which spring from the summit of the wood of the preceding year. 

 Leaves alternate, cuneate, lanceolate, coriaceous, and growing only 

 on the new wood ; petioles slightly decurrent. Flowers in simple 

 racemes, clustered at the summit of the branches of the preceding year. 

 Calyx small. Petals scarcely united, inserted into the calyx. Anthers 

 bifid at the base, 2-celled. Style short, thick. Stigmas 2, obtuse. — 

 White. ^. June— July. 10— 15 feet. 



Genus IT.— MYLOCA'RIUM. Willd. 

 (From mule, a mill, and kartta, a kernel, from the nuts resembling millstones.) 



Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5. Style with winged angles. Stig- 

 ma 3 — 4-cleft. Capsule 3-celled, angular. 



1. M. ligustri'num, (Willd.) A shrub. Leaves perennial, lanceolate, 

 cuneate, entire, coriaceous, glabrous, alternate, sessile, somewhat glau- 

 cous underneath. Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx small. Petals 

 obovate. — White. ^ . March — April. Southern Geo. and Flor. 6 — 

 15 feet. Buckwheat-tree. 



Genus III— ELLIOTT'IA. Muhl 

 (In honor of Stephen Elliott, one of the most distinguished American botanists.) 



Calyx 4-toothed, inferior. Corolla 4-parted. Stigma capi- 

 tate or clavate, undivided. Capsule 4-celled, many-seeded. 



1. E. bacemo'sa, (Muhl.) A shrub, with numerous virgate branches. 

 Leaves alternate, lanceolate, mucronate, entire, on short petioles, pu- 

 bescent on the under surface. Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx 

 small. Corolla with the segments very slightly cohering at the base. 

 Stamens 8, hypogynous. Anthers sagittate. — White. ^ . June — 

 July. Southern Geo. 4 — 8 feet. 



Genus IV.— GAULTHE'RIA. L. 

 (In honor of Dr. Gaulther, of Quebec.) 



Calyx 5-cleft, bracteolate. Corolla ovate. Capsule 5 celled. 

 Stamens 10. 



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