DIOIXIA. OCTANDRIA. 1796—1798 



1627 



*r.Qiea< 



miilis. 



Uvigata. Leaves heart fliaped, 3 nerved; glabrous, glandular at the 

 bafe, unequally ferrate: petioles comprefled; branches 

 round. 

 North America. Ait on. Kew. 3. p 4° 6 - 

 graca. Lcavess heart- fliaped, glabrous, glandular at the bafe, re- 



motely crenaie: petioles comprerTed: branches aound. 

 Achipelago. Aim. Ke-w.^p, $97' 

 heteropbylla Leaves heart-fhapsd; the younger-ones pubefcent and with- 

 out glands at the bafe: petioles nearly round: branches 

 round. 

 North America. Sp. ft, 1464. 

 *nrulata. Leaves heart -fliaped, glabrous; branches with winged angles. 

 Carolina. Catesby Cur. 1. *. 34. Duham. arb. 2. t. 39./: 9. 



1796. RHODIOLA. ' Calyx 4-parted : ptals 4: 

 nectaries 4, emarginate. 



Fern. Piftils 4; canities 4, many feeded. 

 Rhociiola. Rofe-root, 



Alpine rock's- Eng. Bot. t. 508, F/or. Dan. t. 183. 



1797. MARGARITARIA. Calyx 4 -toothed: petals 4. 

 Fern. Styles 4 or 5: berry cartilaginous, 4 or 5-grained. 



Margaritaria. 



Surinam. Phk.pbyt.^ 176./. 4. 



Male. Branches crofs_armed, flexuous: leaves oppofite: panicle of 

 compound racemes, Fern. Branches and leaves alternate: pe. 

 d uncles axillary, l-flowered. 



ORDER VIII. EENEANDRIA. 



1798. MERCURIALIS. Calyx 3 - par ted : corolo. 

 Male. Stamina 9 — 12: anther a globular, twin. 

 Fern. Syles 2: berry 2 -grained, 2~ celled: feeds 1 in 



each cell. Mercury. 



Stem quite fimple: leaves rough: root creeping. 



Hedges. Curt. Lond.fafc. 2. /. 65 Mill, illust. t. 91 . 

 Stern croff- armed: leaves nearly glabrous: flowers in whorls, 

 monpscious. 

 Spain. Reich, dec. I. 15, tab. 8. 

 Stem crofs armed: leaves glabrous: flowers racemed: roots 

 fibrous. 

 Wattes. Eng. Bot. t. 559. Curt. Lond. 5. /. 68. 

 Stem fomewhat fhrubby: leaves downy. 



Spain. Moris feet. 5 /. 34. /* 5- 6. 

 Stems proftrate, herbaceous: leaves ovate, fomewhat downy: 

 flowers androgynous. 

 The Cape, Leaves crowded at the joints, obtufe* 

 A25 



% -perenms. 

 ambigua. 



* annua* 



tomentosa 

 *fra. 



