. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 10. STILLINGIA Garden; L. Mant. i: 19, 126. 1767. Monoecious glabrous herbs or shrubs, with simple or branched stems, alternate or rarely opposite, entire or toothed leaves, often with 2 glands at the base, the flowers bracteolate, in terminal spikes, apetalous, the bractlcts 2-glandular. Staminate flowers several together in the axils of the bractlets, the cal
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 10. STILLINGIA Garden; L. Mant. i: 19, 126. 1767. Monoecious glabrous herbs or shrubs, with simple or branched stems, alternate or rarely opposite, entire or toothed leaves, often with 2 glands at the base, the flowers bracteolate, in terminal spikes, apetalous, the bractlcts 2-glandular. Staminate flowers several together in the axils of the bractlets, the calyx slightly 2-3-lobed; stamens 2-3, exserted. Pistillate flowers solitary in the axils of the lower bractlets; calyx 3-lobed, ovary 2-celled or 3-celled with a solitary ovule in each cavity; styles stout, somewhat united at the base. Capsule 2-lobed or 3-lobed, separating into 2 or 3 two-valved carpels. Seeds ovoid or subglobose. Embryo straight in the fleshy endosperm. [In honor of Dr. B. Stellingfleet, an English botanist] About 15 species, mostly of tropical America and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, the follow- ing typical. I. Stillingia sylvatica L. Queen's De- light. Queen-root. Fig. 2730. Stillingia sylvatica L. Mant. i : 126. 1767. A bright green slightly fleshy perennial herb. Stem rather stout, erect or assurgent, usually branched from the base, i°-32° tall. Leaves obovate, oblong or elliptic, s"-4' long, obtuse, or subacute, serrate with appressed teeth, often nar- rowed at the 2-glandular base, sessile; flowers in terminal spikes, lemon-colored, subtended by small bracts furnished with saucer-shaped glands ; calyx cup-shaped; petals and glandular disk none; cap- sule depressed, s"-7" in diameter, 3-lobed; seeds ovoid. 3" long, light gray, minutely pitted and papillose, the base flattened. In dry soil, Virginia to Florida, Kansas and Texas. Called also Silver-leaf; the root, known as Queen's- root, an alterative. Yaw-root. Nettle-potatoe. Mar
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