17. TRAUT YE TTERIA, p. 37.
1' T. palmata. Thalictrum ranunculinum, Muhl,! fide- sp. in herb.
Willd.— Thalictrum rotundifolium, Wall. pl. Asiat, rar. t. 264, is perhaps
a species of this genus. r
Or d e r MAGNOLIACEiE.
1. ILLICIUM, p. 42.
2. I. parvijlorum.—Add syn. Vent. hart. Cels. t. 22.
2. MAGNOLIA, p. 42.
1. M. grandiflora.—Add syn. Bot. mag. t. 1952.
3. M. Umbrella— Add syn. M. tripetala, Guimp. Otto, Sr Havne,
holz. <.18. ^ * *
4. M. acuminata.—Add syn. Guimp. Otto, Sr. Havne. 1. c. t. 17.—“ Fruit
6-8 inches long.” D r . Sartwell.
6. M . Fraseri 0. pyramidata— Add syn. M. pyramidata, Bot. reg. t. 407.
7. M. macrophylla.—Add syn. Hook. bot. mag. t. 2189.
3. LIRIODENDRON, p. 44.
h o t' f l* ffera- ~M d sy n‘ Bot■ maS- t. 275 ,• Guimp. Otto, Sp Hayne,
Or d e r SCHIZANDRACEiE.
1. SCHIZANDRA, p . 46.—To the gen. char, add :
Carpels baccate, 1-2-seeded. Seeds lateral, reniform, compressed: testa
crustaceous and brittle. Embryo very minute, at the base of the homogeneous
whitish fleshy albumen.
5 . cocdnea.—Add syn. Bart. f l. N. Amer. t. 13.—From Dr. Hale, of
Western Lousiana, we have received fine specimens of this interesting plant
both in flower and fruit.
Or d e r BERBERIDACEjE.
There are specimens of a singular Berberis with palmately compound leaves in
Drummond’s Texan Col lection, but without flowers or fruit.
7. PODOPHYLLUM, p. 54.
There is a hexandrous species of Podophyllum, a native of the mountains of
Nepaul (F Jiexandrum, Royle, illustr. pl. Himal.; Camb. my. Jacquemont ! t . ..
P. Emodi, Wall.) Hence the character of the genus must be modified accordingly,
and a diagnostic character inserted for our species ;
1* P‘ peltatum (Linn.): stamens 12—18; leaves 5—7-parted; the segments
cuneiform-oblong, somewhat lobed or toothed at the apex.
8. CROOMIA. Torr. in ann. lyc. New York, 4. p. . , t. 7. (ined.)
Sepals 4, broadly oval, somewhat coriaceous, persistent. Petals none.
Stamens 4, opposite the sepals : filaments thick : anthers oblong, obliquely
introrse, immovable ; the cells somewhat separate, opening longitudinally
their whole length. Ovary globose-ovate, with 4—6 suspended ovules : stigma
sessile, capitate, minute. Fruit dry and indehiscent ? coriaceous, ovate,
compressed, attenuate into an obtuse beak. Seeds 1—2, suspended from the
summit of the cell, nearly covered with a copious fimbriated arillus; the
testa crustaceous, rugose longitudinally.—A perennial herb, with a horizontal
branching rhizoma (like that of Leontice thalictroides), throwing up several
short simple stems, with membranous sheaths at the base. Leaves oblong-
ovate, cordate at the base, membranaceous, entire, approximate or crowded
at the summit of the stem, 5-9-ribbed ; the ribs convergent to the apex; the
veinlfets reticulated. Peduncles axillary, 2-3-flowered: pedicels filiform,
articulated in the middle. Flowers small, greenish-white and purplish.
C. pmciflora (Torr. ! 1. c.)—Cissampelos paucifiora, Nutt. ! in jour,
acad. Philad. 7. p. 115. Anonymos discoroides, Croom. ! in Sill jour
28. p. 165. J '
Aspalaga, Middle Florida, on the Apalachicola River, under the shade of
lorreya taxifolia, Mr, Croom! Dr. Chapman! April.—Root of thick
fibres from a slender yellowish rhizoma. Stem erect, slender, 8-12 inches
high : the whole plant glabrous. Leaves alternate, but usually approximated
so as to appear verticillate : petiole about an inch long ; the lamina
2-4 inches, acute, with the venation of Dioscorea or Smilax. Peduncles re-
curved, about the length of the petioles : pedicels 2-3, or sometimes solitary
b lowers about 2 lines in diameter. Sepals concave, rather obtuse, persistent
until the fruit is ripe, purplish towards the base, obscurely 3-5-nerved, imbricated.
Filaments about half the length of the sepals, semiterete, purplish •
anthers yellow, inserted by a broad base on the summit of the filament somewhat
between innate and adnate, the face directed upwards and inwardly.
Ovary simple, marked with a slight sutural groove on each side opposite the
exterior sepals, with 6-8 anatropous ovules suspended from the summit of
the cell: stigma a glandular entire protuberance. Fruit about one-third of
an inch long, compressed laterally, with an abrupt curved beak ; the ventral
suture marked with a deep groove, which extends to the summit of the beak
heeds ovoid : raphe and chalaza evident: arillus large, divided into innumerable
terete processes, which envelope the seed. Embryo very minute at the
base of copious fleshy albumen— We consider this plant as a reduced form
ot fferbendacese : it is however remarkable for its persistent sepals, suspended
seeds, and in being apetalous. Nandina agrees with it in the dehiscence
of the anthers. It would be impossible to determine from the habit of the
plant whether it were dicotyledonous or monocotyledonous; and the embryo
is so minute that the cotyledons cannot be distinguished ; but the structure of
the rhizoma is exogenous, a circle of spiral vessels surrounding the central
pith— The genus was established several years since, in a paper read before
pie Lyceum of Natural History, New York ; and named in honor, now a las1
m memory of its discoverer, the late Henry B. Croom, Esq., author of a mo-
nograph of Sarracema, and of other papers on the plants of Florida and the
southern States.