582 MONOECIA TEIANDRIA. 
SCHISANDRA. Michaux. Stellandria. Brickell. 
Masculi. Calyx 5- 
phyllus, inferus, imbri- 
catus. Coro#a5-petaIa. 
Filamenta 0. Antherce 
receptaculo sessiles. 
Foeminei. Calyx 5- 
phyllus, imbricatus. Co- 
rolla 5-petala. Stamina 
0. Germina plurima ca- 
pitatim congesta, re- 
ceptaculo demum elon- 
gato. Baccce 1-spermae. 
1. Coccinea. Mich. 
Sterile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 5-Ieaved, inferior, 
imbricate. Corolla 5- 
petalled. Filaments 0. 
Anthers sitting on a re- 
ceptacle. 
Fertile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 5-leaved, imbri- 
cate. Corolla 5-petall- 
ed. Stamens 0. Germs 
numerous, collected into 
heads, receptacle ex- 
tended when mature. 
Berries 1-seeded. 
Mich. 2. p. 219. Pursh, 1. p. 212. Nutt. 2. p. 209. 
Stem voluble, glabrous, ten to fifteen feet long. Leaves alternate, lan- 
ceolate, sometimes denticulate, glabrous, occasionally somewhat cordate, pe» 
tiolate. Flowers solitary, axillary, on short peduncles. Corolla and recep- 
tacle? of the sterile florets of a deep crimson colour, and acquiring from the 
pale yellow, sessile anthers, that stellular appearance from which the name of 
Brickell was derived. In the fertile floret the germs are aggregated as in 
the flowers of the Rubus, but the receptacle extends as it matures, and the 
berries do not unite and form one fruit as in the Rubus or Morus, but become 
detached and scattered. Berries red, one seeded. Dr. Brickell considered 
the fruit as a two celled, one seeded drupe. 
In my description of this plant I have followed, in a great measure, the 
manuscript notes of the late Dr. Brickell, who, I believe, had examined it 
with great attention. 
Grows in rich damp soils, near Savannah. 
Flowers May — June. 
CROTONOPSIS. Michaux, 
Masculi. Calyx 5- 
partitus. Corolla 5-pe- 
tala. 
Foeminei . Calyx 5- 
Sterile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 5-parted. Corolla 
5-petalied. 
Fertile Jlorets ; Co- 
