110 DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



Stamens 10. ^wfAer5 2-celled, appendaged at the base. Style 

 1. Capsule 5-valved, 5-celled, many seeded. 



1. M. Uniflora. Roots parasitic, growing from the roots of trees, scape, 

 erect, sliort, glabrous, succulent, white ; bearing one flower on its summit, 

 generally in clusters. Leaves merely scales, ovate, white. Floivers solitary, 

 terminal. Petals pubescent on the inside. Stamens 10, unequal. Anthers 

 reniform. Seeds numerous. 



2. M. MoRRisoNiANA. Scape long, straight, 1-flowered. Flowers erect, 

 solitary, scales of the stem distant. Capsule globose. 



Shady woods. Car. & Ga. Near Macon. 6--10 inches. 



3. M. Lanugi\o.*:a. Scape bearing flowers in a spike. Leaves merely 

 scales, membranaceous, sessile, crowded at the base. Flowers in terminal 

 spikes, woolly. Petals oblong, erect, whole plant white, turning', black by 

 decay. Indian pipe. 



White. CD. July. Shaded soils. 8--10 in. 



Order LIX. ERICE^. 



Calyx 4-5-cleft, nearly equal, inferior, persistent. Corolla 

 bypogynoiis, 4-5-cleft, regular or irregular ; aestivation im- 

 bricate. Stamens 4-10, hypogynous. Anthers 2.celled, sep- 

 arate at the apex or base. Ovary many celled, many seeded, 

 surrounded by scales, or disk at the base. Style 1, straight. 

 Stigma simple or toothed. Fruit capsular, with central placen- 

 tse. Seeds numerous, minute. Shrubs with evergreen, entire 

 leaves, whorled or opposite. 



♦ Gexus I. MYLOCARIUM. 



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

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



1. M. LiGUSTRiNUM. A shrub. Leaves perennial, lanceolate, cuneate, en- 

 tire, coriaceous, glabrous, alternate, sessile, somewhat glaucous underneath. 

 Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx small. Petals obovate. 



Buckwheat tree. 

 White, h' March— April, Southern Ga. & Flo. 6- 15 feet. 



Genus II. ELLIOTTIA. 



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

 tate, or clavate, undivided. 



1. E. Racemosa. A shrub with numerous, virgate branches. Leaves al- 

 ternate, lanceolate, mucronate, entire, on short petioles, pubescent 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. T^. June— July. Southern Georgia. 4-8 feet. 



Genus III. GUALTHERIA. 



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

 led. Stamens 10. 



