. 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 102nd meridian . 10. STILLINGIA Garden ; L. I\rant. 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 bracllets 2-glandular. Staminate flowers several together in the axils of the bractlets, the calyx slightly
. 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 102nd meridian . 10. STILLINGIA Garden ; L. I\rant. 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 bracllets 2-glandular. Staminate flowers several together in the axils of the bractlets, the calyx slightly 2-3-lobcd; stamens 2-^, exserted. Pistillate flowers solitarj- in the axils of the lower bractlets; calyx 3-lobed, ovary 2-cened 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°-3^° 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, 5"-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. March- Oct. Stil
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