380 
Jtoridanum. 
parviflorum. 
grandifiora. 
elliptica. 
obovata. 
lanceolata. 
POLYANDRIA Dl-PENTAGYNIA. Elodca. 
floribus oppositis axillaribus subsessilibus sebternis, 
starainibus ad medium usque connatis, capsulis ob- 
longis. 
Hypericum petiolatum. Walt.ji. car. 19 I. 
Hypericum axillare. Mich.fi. amer. 2 . p. 81. 
On banks of lakes and rotten wood : Virginia and Caro- 
lina. 1/ . July, Aug. V. V. 
111 . PO LYG YNIA. 
451. ILLICIUM. Gen.pl. 940. 
1. I. foliis acuminatis, petalis riumerosis oblongis lineari- 
busque. — Willd. sp. pi. 2. p. 1254. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 439- 
On the banks of the Mississippi, in West Florida. Tj . 
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.fi. amer. !. p. 326. 
I. anisatum. Bartr. trav. 24. 
Icon. Vent. hort. cels 22 . 
In East Florida, on the banks of the river St. John. 
Michaux. T 2 . May, June. v.v. in Hortis. Flowers 
small, yellow. 
452. MAGNOLIA. Gen.pl. g42. 
1 . M. foliis perennantibus ovalibus crassis coriaceis, petalis 
dilatato-obovatis abrupte in unguem angustatis. — 
IVilld. sp. pi. 2 . p. 1255. 
a. M. foliis oblongo-ellipticis subtus ferruginels, floribus 
subcontracts. Ait. kew.2. p.251. 
Icon. Bot. rep. 518. Treiv ehret. 33. 
jS. M. foliis obovato-oblongis, floribus expansis. Ait. l. c. 
y. M. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis apice flexis concoloribus, 
floribus subcontractis. Ait. 1. c. 
Icon. Mill. ic. 172 . Catesb. car. 61 . Mich. arb. t. 1 . 
In the forests of South Carolina and Georgia, reaching 
west to the Mississippi. Ij • 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- 
