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5. CEANOTHUS oznurza. 
C. inermis; ramis foliisque alternis, ovato-oblongis, acutis, subcordatis, 
5-nerviis, supra pubescentibus, subtus ramulisque molliter ferrugineo- 
in ramulis racemosim. dispositis. 
Ceanothus czruleus Lapasca , Gen. et Spec. noy. Diagn. p. 11. n. 148. Rem. et Schult. 
Syst. veg. 5. p. 298. 
Ceanothus bicolor 7Zilld. herb. Rem. et Schult. Syst. veg. 5. p. 3oo. 
Crescit prope Mexico , alt. 1170 hex. f Floret Julio. 
argute. serratis, 
tomentosis; racemis 
Fnvrrx 2-5- orgyalis, ramosus; ramis alternis, inermibus; ramulis teretiusculis, molliter ferrugineo- 
tomentosis, alternis, patulis. Fort alterna, petiolata, ovato-oblonga, vix zquilatera, acuta, basi rotundata 
ct subcordata, argute serrata, reticulato-quinquenervia, nervis venisque primariis subtus prominentibus, 
membranacea, supra pubescentia et viridia, subtus molliter ferrugineo- tomentosa, 22-206 lineas longa, 
11-15 lineas lata. Pzrrozx teretes, interne canaliculati ibique apicem versus denticulis subulatis glandulosis 
glabris aucti, ferrugineo- tomentosi, 5-4 lineas longi. SriPuLz petiolares geminz, lineares, falcatee, externe 
tomentosie, duas lineas long, caduez. Racrxr oblongi, multiflori, breviter pedunculati, in ramulis junio- 
ribus per racemos dispositi, alterni, inferiores remoti, 5-5 lineas longi. Fronzs pedicellati, fasciculati, ca- 
rulei ; fasciculis approximatis ; pedicellis lineam longis, tenuibus, glabris, basi bracteatis ; bracteis linearibus 
vel lanceolatis, tenuiter membranaceis, concavis, pedicellos superantibus, caducis, externe ferrugineo-tómen- 
tosis; exteriore cujuslibet fasciculi longiore et latiore, sesquilineam longa. Caryx hemisphzricus,quinquefidus, 
glaber, membranaceus, ccrulescenti-coloratus; laciniis ovatis, acutis, uninerviis, oqualibus, subconcavis, 
nervo interne carinato-prominente. Profloratio valvata. Discus in fundo calycis annularis, carnosus, sub10-un- 
dulatus, viridis, glaber. PzrAzA5; sub margine disci inserta, unguieulata, interlacinias calycinas rejecta et paten- 
tissimo-reflexa, subrhombea, fornicato-saccata, lateribus compressa, membranacea, ccrulea, glabra, zqualia, 
laciniis calycinis vix longiora. SrAuINA 5, ibidem ante petala inserta, ante apertionem in iis recondita, qualia. 
FirawrwTA linearia, libera, glabra, apice subulata, corulescentia. AxTmmlE cordate, apice obtuso et sub- 
emarginatz, biloculares, dorso affixze, glabro, flavo, aequales, interne secundum longitudinem dehiscentes. 
Ovanmx in fundo calycis, valde depressum, glabrum, triloculare, subtricoccum ; ovulum 1 in quolibet 
loculo, subrotundum, erectum vel subadscendens, glabrum. SrYrvs terminalis, erectus, glaber, apice trilobus, 
ceruleus ; lobis obtusis, equalibus, patulis. Fnvcrus desunt. 
