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BUCKWHEAT THEE. 
Natural Order, Malpighiaceae. (Juss.) Linncean Classi- 
fication, Decandria Monogynia. 
CLIFTONIA,* (Solander, herb. Banks and Gasrtner.) 
Mylocarium, ( Willd. Enum.) 
Calyx inferior, 5 -cleft. Petals 5, unguiculate. Stamens 10 , 5 of them 
shorter, the filaments dilated at base ; anthers opening longitudinally. 
Germ prismatic, 3 or 4 sided ; Stigma sessile, 3 or 4-lobed. Cajpsule 
dilated, mostly 3-winged, 3-celled. Seed solitary. 
A tree with alternate, entire, coriaceous, evergreen leaves, without stipules. 
Flowers bracteolate, in terminal racemes, white tinged with a blush of red. 
BUCKWHEAT TREE. 
CLIFTONIA ligustrina. Mylocarium ligustrinum , Willd. Enum. 
Hab. Berol. Pursh. Flor. Bor. Am. 1 , p. 302, t. 14. Elliott, Sketch 
1, p. 508. Bot. Mag, t. 1625. 
This elegant tree which enlivens the borders of the pine 
barren swamps of the South, is met with no where to the 
north of the Savannah river, on the line of Georgia and 
South Carolina. From hence it is occasionally seen in all 
the lower and maritime region of Georgia, as well as the 
lower part of Alabama and West-Florida. It attains the 
height of 8 to 15 or more feet, being much branched, and 
# In honour of Dr. Francis Clifton, of London, a Fellow of the Royal 
Society, and a medical writer of the last century. 
