Hab. Banks ofLake S t Clairj w y common. Douglas.—This is called Strawberry-Tree, and Buming-
Bush, in the United States. Its fruit resembles that of onr Arbutus Unedo, and its bright scarletcolour
renders it a conspicuous ornament of the woods in America.
3. CELASTRUS. Linn.
Cal. minimus 5-lobus. Pet. 5 unguiculata. Siam. 5. Ovarium parvum in disco decem-
striato immersum. Stylus 1. Stigmata 2-3. Capsula 2-3-valvis loculicido-trivalvis
nempe valvis medio septiferis, septis completis aut incompletis, utrinque in latere
interiore basi gerentibus. Semen 1 rectum, arillo magno carnoso plus minus involutum.__
Frutices foliis alternis, peduncuhs multifloris axillaribus aut in paniculam terminalem
approximatis. DC.
1. C. scandens; inermis, scandens, glaber, foliis ovalibus acuminatis serratis, racemis
terminalibus.—Linn. Sp. P l.p . 285. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 155. Pursk, Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 167.
Bigel. Fl. Bost. ed. 2. p. 57. Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v. 1. p. 262.
Hab. Canada, frequent in woods and thickets. Known under the names of Bitter-Sweet, and Waxwork.
T r IB. III. AgUIFOLIACEiE. DC.
4. MYGINDA. Jacq.
Cal. minimus 4-fidus. Pet. 4, patentia.’ Siam. 4 petalis alterna, iis breviora. Ovarium
subrotundum, liberum aut calycis tubo immersum et in partem adhserens disco corona-
tum, 2-loculare, loculis 1-spermis. Stylus brevis aut nullus. Stigmata 4 (an semper?)
ideo nunc ad apicem styli, nunc subsessilia. Drupa ovata (verosim. abortu) 1-locularis
1-sperma. Semen ex apice loculi pendulum (vel e basi loculi erectum) albuminosum.—
Frutices ramvlis tetragonis, foliis oppositis subconaceis, pediculis axillaribus scepius apice
trifidis trichotomisve, floribus minimis. DC.
1. M. myrtifolia; foliis oblongo-ellipticis brevissime petiolatis coriaceis glabris marls*
116 serratis revolutis, pedunculis brevissimis 1-3-floris, germine disco tecto, stylo elongate,
stigmäte solitario capitate subsulcato. (T ab. X L I .)—Nutt. Gen. v. 1. p. 109. De
Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 13.—Ilex myrsinites. Pursk, Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 119.—*. minor; foliis
minoribus densioribus, pedunculis plerumque trifloris.—fi. major; foliis majoribus spar-
sioribus, pedunculis plerumque unifloris.
Frutex ramosissimus, glaber. Rami juniores tetragoni, dein teretes, rnfo-fusci. Folia opposita, approximate,
oblongo-elliptica in «. densissima, vix unciam, in ß. saepe plusquam sesquiunciam longa, brevissime
petiolata, coriacea, obscure nervosa, pallide viridia, margine paululum recurva, serrate, serraturis nunc argu-
tis, nunc, foliis junioribus, obsoletis. Peduncuhs axillaris, solitarius, 1-3-florus, pedicellis pedunculo longiori-
bos, ex uno puncto pedunculi, basi bibracteatis, lateralibus iterum supra basin singulo bibracteato, bracteis
parvis, subrotundis, erectis, carnosis. Flores parvi, rubicundi. Calycis tubus turbinatus; limbo 4-fido, segmentis
sestivatione imbricatis, demum patentibus late ovatis, obtusis. Corolla 5-petala; petala calycis segmentis
alterna et paulo breviora, ovata, sessilia, concava, basi lata, minime unguiculata. Stamina 4, petalis altemantia
et calycis lobis opposite: Filcanenta e margine disci breviuscula. Antherce subrotundae, flavae, interius rima
longitudinali dehiscentes. Germen subglobosum, calycis tubo immersum, sed plerumque liberum, disco carnoso
pateriformi margine subcrenato staminifero tectum, et cum ore calycis tubi unitum, biloculare, loculis biovu-
latis. Ovala subrotunda, aogulata e basi loculi erecte. Podospermum clavatum, superne dilatatum. Stylus
filamentis subbrevior, erectus. Stigma capita turn, obscure sulcatum.
H ab. North-West coast of America. Menzies, (in Serb, nostr.) On the Rocky Mountains, and near the
Pacific Ocean. Lewis,-.(in Pursk.) Common on subalpine hills of the North-West coast; and/J. valley
of the Rocky Mountains, particularly abundant near the sources of the Columbia, in 52° ,N. lat. and 118°
W. long. Douglas.—■$. Woods of Portage River, east side of the Rocky Mountains. Drummond.—I was much
gratified in finding, both in Mr. Drummond’s and Mr. Douglas’s collections, specimens of this interesting plant,
which I had long ago received from Mr. Menzies under the name of "Ilex vomitoria” of Ait. But that plant it
cannot be; the flower, as figured in Jacq.Ic.Rar. t. 310, being totally at variance with that of the present
species. I still retain it where Nuttall has placed it, in the genus Myginda. In many points, indeed, it differs
from De Candolle’s character of that genus; in none more than in the direction of the ovules. But M. Kunth
has shown, that in his M. myrsinoides the ovules are, as here, erect; still the situation of the disk makes me
think that it ought to be removed from Myginda; for here it covers the mouth of the tube of the calyx, as
in the genus Thamnea of the Order Bruniacece ; there, and there only, uniting the germen with the calyx, in
which that germen is, nevertheless, almost wholly immersed. The fruit was, unfortunately, not detected by
any of our Naturalists. Pursh describes it as a one-seeded, blackish-purple, ovate drupe. But his characters
of the flower are extremely incorrect, nor is their structure at all like that of Myginda Rhacoma, from the
West Indies, to which he compares it.
Tab. XLI. A. Myginda myrtifolia, a. B. var. /3. Fig. 1, Peduncle, with a single flower in bud; fig. 2, a 3-
flowered peduncle; fig. 3, Flower; fig. 4, Anterior view of a stamen; fig. 5, Posterior view of do.»
fig. 6, Vertical section of a calyx and germen; fig. 7, Transverse section of do.; fig. 8, Ovule:—magnified.
5. ILEX. Linn.
Cal. 4-5-dentatus, persistens. Pet. 4-5, hypogyna (ex Kunth), sepalis alterna, nunc
libera, nunc basi in corollam rotatam subcoalita. Siam. 4-5, petalis alterna, hypogyna.
Ovarium sessile, 4-loculare, stigmatibus subsessilibu’s, 4-5, nunc distinctis nunc in 1
coalitis coronatum. Bacca 4-5-pyrena, nucleis oblongis apice umbilicatis 1-spermis.
Semen inversum; albumen carnosum. Embryo in apice nidulans.—Frutices sempervirentes,
foliis scepius coriaceis, pedunculis multifloris, floribus hermaphr., rarissime abortu dioicis aut
polygamis. DC.
1. I. opaca; foliis ovatis planis coriaceis acutis sinuato-dentatis spinosis glabris non
lucidis, floribus ad basin ramulorum annotinorum sparsis, calycinis dentibus acutis. DC.__
Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 1. p. 169. Mich. Am. v. 2. p. 228. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 117. De
Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p . 14. Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v. 1. p. 134. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 62.
Hab. Canada. Pursh.—According to Pursh, this Evergreen-tree reaches to a height of eighty feet, having
a trunk four feet in diameter. Probably it is only in the southern States that it attains this size. Torrey
says that, in the middle States, it is but thirty to forty feet in height, and often only a large shrub.
6. PRINOS. Linn.
Omnia Bids sed flores saspius abortu dioici aut polygami 6-fidi 6-andri, et fructus 6-
pyreni.—Frutices foliis deciduis persistentibusve, pedicellis axillaribus unifloris. DC.
1. P. verticillatus; foliis deciduis ovalibus obovatisve acuminatis serratis subtus reti-
culatis pubescentibus, fasciculis florum masculis axillaribus umbelluliformibus, fcemineis
aggregatis utrinque 6-partitis.—Linn. Sp. P l.p . 471. Pursh, FI. Am. v. l .p . 220. Elliott,
Carol, v. 2. p. 706. Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v. 1. p. 337. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 129. D e
Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 17.—P. Gronovii. Mich. Am. v. 2. p . 236.
■ Hab. Canada. Michccux.—This is the “ Black Alder ” of the United States. Berries red.
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