TKTR ANDRIA TETRAGYNIA, IleX. 
9. I ? foliis oppositis oblongis obtusis serratis margine re- myrsinites , 
flexis glabris sempervirentibus, pedunculis axillaribus 
brevissimis subsolitariis unifloris basi bibracteatis. 
On the Rocky- mountain and near the Pacific Ocean. 
M. Lewis. . July, Aug. v. s. in Herb . Lewis. 
Frutex sempervirens, glaberrimus, 4- pedalis, ramosissi- 
mus : rami teretes, fusci, dense foliosi. Folia parva 
opposita, oblonga seu obovata, obtusa, superne serrata, 
postice integerrima, margine revoluta, vix petiolata. 
Pedunculi axillares, brevissimi, uniflori, solitarii seu 
terni, basi opposite bibracleati. Flores minuti, albi. 
Cal. 4-hdus : laciniis subrotundis, concavis. Cor. ro- 
tata, 4-fida : laciniis oblongis. Filam. 4. ad incisuras 
corollas inserta ? longitudine calycis. Germen supe- 
rum, ovale. Styl. brevissimus, clavatus. Stig. 4- 
lobum, crassum. Drupa maturitate monosperma, 
ovata, atro purpurea, magnitudine pisi. Sem. 1. el- 
lipticum. 
This very curious shrub, of which I have likewise ob- 
served a specimen in the museum of A. R. Lambert, 
Esq., collected by A. Menzies, deserves to be exa- 
mined in the living plant. It approaches so near to 
Myginda Rhacoma of Jacquin, that at first I consi- 
dered it to be the same plant. It likewise has great 
affinity to Paltoria ovalis Flor. per. 1. p. 44. t. 84. 
only the leaves are not opposite, but sparse and crenate 
not serrated, which is the case always in the present 
plant. As I do not know the Myginda Rhacoma , it 
would be a curious fact if this plant, from the high 
cold mountains of the north, should turn out to be the 
same with the tropical plant. I refer it to Ilex at pre- 
sent, till further observations will decide to which 
genus it belongs, or whether it may not form one by 
itself. 
153. SAGINA. Gen.pl. 236. 
1. S. caulibus procumbentibus glabris, petalis brevissimis, procumbens 8 
Smith Jl. brit. 1. p. I99. Willd. sp.pl. 1 p. 7 IS. 
Icon. Engl. hot. 880. Pluk. aim . t. 74. f 2. 
In barren sandy fields : Virginia and Carol i na. Walter 
and Clayton. 0 . May— Aug. v. s. in Herb. Walter. 
