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M I T C H E L L A. 



MITCHELL A. 



Clafs 4. Order i . Tetrandria Monogynia. 



'T'HE Flowers are twin, or two fitting upon the fame bud; 

 and each having an Empalement, four parted, ered, per- 

 manent and above. 

 A Corolla of one petal, funnel form. The tube cylindrical; the 



border four-parted, fpreading and hairy within. 

 And four Filaments, thread-form, ere6l, and within the bofom 



of the corolla. With Antherce oblong, and acute. 

 The Germen is twin, orbiculate, common to both, and beneath. 



The H^les are one in each flower, thread-form and the length 



of the corolla. The Stigmas are four, oblong. 

 The ^'ieed-vejjel is a berry, two parted and globofe. 

 The Seeds are four, comprefled and callous. 



There is but one Species of this Genus^ viz. 



MiTCHELLA repens. Creeping evergreen 

 Mitchella. 



This is a fmall plant, growing upon moffy, north- 

 ern, fliaded banks, with flender fhrubby ftalks, ly- 

 ing clofe to the ground, and putting out roots at the 

 joints. The leaves are ever-green, of a thick con- 

 fiftence, obtufely egg-fhaped, and entire; they are 

 placed oppofite and thick upon the branches, with 

 fliort footftalks, and are often marked longitudinally 

 with a whitifli vein. The flowers are produced at 

 the bofom of the leaves, they are double, or two 

 arifmg from one bud, of a white colour, and are 

 iucceeded by fmall roundifh red berries. 



MORUS, 



