

POLYANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. 
gether in 3 parcels. Glands between the 
parcels. Styles 3, divergent. Capsule part- 
ly 3-celled, many-seeded.—.Vutt. 
1. E. leaves sessile, amplexicaule, cordate-oblong, virginica. 
very obtuse ; fascicles pedunculated, few-flower- 
ed, axillary and terminal; corollas sub-campa- 
nulate, stamens 9—12, very smooth, enlarged at 
their base.—Pursh. 
Elodea campanulata, Pursh. 
Hypericum campanulatum, Walt. 
Hypericum Virginicum, L. 
Icon. Bot. Repos. 552. 
From twelve to fourteen inches high. Flowers reddish and 
yellow, handsome ; leaves and the whole plant sometimes deep 
crimson-red. In bogs and swamps of Jersey, common ; not so 
' frequent west of the Delaware. Perennial. July to August. 
2. E. leaves petiolated, oblong-oval, rotund-ob- petiolata. 
tuse; flowers opposite, axillary, subsessile, sub- 
ternate; stamens connate as far as the middle, 
capsules oblong.—Pursh. 
Hypericum petiolatum, Walt. 
H. axillare, Mich. 
Also a handsome species, for which I am indebted to Mr. 
Collins, not having met with it myself. Found by him two 
years ago, on the margin of the Schuylkill, near its mouth. 
Perennial. 
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ORDER Ill. POLYGYNIA. 
252. MAGNOLIA. Gen. pl. 942. (Magnolie.) 
Calix 3-leaved. Petals 6 to 9. Capsules 
2-valved, 1-seeded, imbricated in a cone. 
Seeds pendulous, arillate.—Nutt. 
1. M. leaves oval, glaucous beneath, petals obo- giauca. 
vate, attenuated at base.—Willd. 
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