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4-toothed. Corolla funnel-form, 4-lobed, the lobes spread- 

 ing, densely bearded inside. Stamens 4. Styles slender; 

 stigmas 4. Fruit a berry -like double drupe, crowned with 

 the calyx-teeth of the two flowers, each containing 4 small 



seed-like bony nutlets. Smooth and trailing evergreen 



Kerbs, with rose-color flowers, and bright scarlet edible berries 

 remaining over winter. 



1. M. REPENS, L. Partridge-berry. 



Stem creeping; leaves roundish-ovate, often slightly cordate, pttiolatc; pedun- 

 cles 2-flovrered. 



Woods; common. June, July. A handsome trailer. Leaves dark-green and 

 shining, usually variegated with whitish lines. Flowers fragrant. Berries re- 

 markable for their double structure, well flavored, but full of stony seeds. 



4. HEDYOTIS. Linn. 



Gr. hedos, sweet, and ous, otos, an car, of no obvious application. 



Calyx 4-lobed, persistent. Corolla funnel-form, salver-- 

 form, or wheel-shaped, the limb 4-parted. Stamens 4. 

 Stigmas 2. Capsule 2-celled, many-seeded. — Herbs, rarely 

 shrubs, with opposite leaves and stipules connate icith the petiole. 



* Ampiiiotis, DC. Corolla funnel-shaped, longer than the calyx-teeth ; flowers in ■ 

 terminal racemes; perennials. 



1. II. purpurea, Torr. & Gray. Purple Hedyotis. 



Pubescent; leaves ovate or lanceolate, 3 to 5-veined, closely sessile; calyx-lobes 

 longer than the capsule, laare-linear; cymes 3 to 7-flowered, often clustered* 



Woods and river banks. May — July. Stems ascendirg, 8 to 15 inches high, 

 clustered, branching, 4-angled. Leaves 1 to 2 inches long, % as wide. Flowers 

 3 to 7 in a cluster, pink-purple, or nearly white. 



2. H. longifolta, Hook. Long-leaved Hedyotis. 



Smooth; radical leaves oval-elliptic, narrovrcd to each end ; stem leaves linear or 

 lance-linear, 1-vcined; flowers in small paniculate cymes; calyx-lobes scarcely as 

 long as the capsule. 



Dry hills and shady banks. June. Stems somewhat tufted, 5 to 10 inches high, 

 4-angled. Leaves 1 to 1% inches long, J4 as wide, sessile on the stem. Flowers 

 2 or 3 together, on very short pedicels, pale purple, with deeper colored lines in . 

 the throat. 



* * Hocstoma, Linn. Coj-olla nearly salver-form, with a long tube, limb smcoth; 

 peduncles 1-flowered. 



3. IL CvERULlA, Hook. Innocence. Venus 9 ' Pride. 



Smooth ; stems erect, numerous, dichtomous ; radical leaves ovate-spatulate, petio- 

 late; pedicels filiform, 1 to 2-flowered. 



Moist banks ; common. May — Aug. An elegant little plant 3 to 5 inches high, . 

 producing in spring a profusion of handsome bright blue flowers, with a yellow 

 eye. The stem leaves are small, opposite, lance-ovate. 



Sub-order III. LOGANE.E. 



Leaves opposite, with stipules between them, united with the petioles; ovary free from, 

 the calyx.. 



