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MITCHELL A. 
MITCHELL A. 
Clafs 4. Order 1. Tetrandria Monogynia. 
THE Flowers are twin, or two fitting upon the fame bud; 
and each having an Empalement , four parted, erefl, per- 
manent and above. 
A Corolla of one petal, funntl form. The tube cylindrical; the 
border four-parted, fpreading and hairy within. 
And four Filaments , thread-form, ere£t,^and within the bofom 
of the corolla. With Anther ce oblong, and acute. 
The Germen is twin, orbiculate, common to both, and beneath. 
The ' tyles are one in each flower, thread- form and the length 
of the corolla. The Stigmas are four, oblong. 
The 6 eed-vejjel is a berry, two parted and globofe. 
The Seeds are four, compreffed and callous. 
There is bat one Species of this Genus , viz. 
Mitchella repens. Creeping evergreen 
Mitchella. 
This is a fmall plant, growing upon moffy, north- 
ern, fhaded banks, with ilender Ihrubby (talks, ly- 
ing clofe to the ground, and putting out roots at the 
joints. The leaves are ever-green, of a thick con- 
iifience, obtufely egg-fhaped, and entire; they are 
placed oppofite and thick upon the branches, with 
fhort footftaiks, and are often marked longitudinally 
with a whitifh vein. The flowers are produced at 
the bofom of the leaves, they are double, or two 
arifing from one bud, of a white colour, and are 
fucceeded by fmall roundifh red berries. 
MOMJS. 
