380 
Jtoridanum. 
parvijlorum . 
grandiflora. 
elliptica. 
obovata. 
lanceolata. 
POLYANDRIA. DI-PENTAGYNIA. ElodeS, 
floribus oppositis axillaribus subsessiiibus subternis, 
staminibus ad medium usque connatis, capsulis ob- 
longis. 
Hypericum petiolatnm. Walt.Ji. car. 191. 
Hypericum axillare. Mich.Ji, amer. 2. p. 81. 
On banks of lakes and rotten wood : Virginia and Caro- 
lina. 7/. July, Aug. v.v. 
III. POLYG YNIA. 
451. ILLICIUM. Gen.pl. g40. 
1. I. foliis acuminatis, petalis numerosis oblongis lineari- 
busque. — Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 1254. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 43Q. 
On the banks of the Mississippi, in West Florida. Ij • 
May, June. v.v. Flowers dark purple, large j leaves 
of a very aromatic anise-scent, when bruised. 
2. I. foliis obtusis, petalis sex calyceque rotundatis concavis. 
—Mich.Ji. amer. 1. p. 326. 
I. anisa tum. Bartr . trav. 24. 
Icon. Vent. hort. cels 22. 
In East Florida, on the banks of the river St. John. 
Michaux. . May, June. v. v . in Hortis. Flowers 
small, yellow. 
452. MAGNOLIA. Gen.pl. 942. 
1. M. foliis perennantibus ovalibus crassis coriaceis, petalis 
dilatato-obovatis abrupte in unguem angustatis.— 
Willd. sp. pl. 2.p. 1255. 
a. M. foliis oblongo-ellipticis subtus ferrugineis, floribus 
subcontracts. Ait. kew. 2. p. 251. 
Icon. Bot. rep. 518. Trew ehret. 33. 
/3. M. foliis obovato-oblongis, floribus expansis. Ait. L c . 
y M. foliis oblongo-lanceoiatis apice flexis concoloribus, 
floribus subcontracts. Ait. I. c. 
Icon. Mill. ic. 172. Cates b. car. 6l. Mich. ari. t. 3. 
In the forests of South Carolina and Georgia, reaching 
west to the Mississippi. 1? . May— Aug. v. v. This 
stately tree, with its elegant foliage and large white 
flowers, is the prince of the forests of North Ame- 
rica. The varieties here mentioned might easily be 
considered as good species, if there were not so many 
intermediate ones, which connect them too closely to- 
