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BIRCA paluslris. 



Leatherwood. 



OCTANDRIA 



nfo^^' J«™E^E^- Jussieu gen, 16. Brown prod, 1. S58, 

 /^-//iC.^. CaLO. Cor. tubulosa: limbo obsoleto. Stam, taho lonzior^ 

 nrupa l-sperma. WUld. sp. pi. 2. 424. * 



tjutex ahitudine kumanS, Fades Daphnes Mezerei. Flores ath 



JrondescenM iemi J singidd gemmS, pedunculis propriU brevis*ifkU inn- 

 ae/ties, nutantes, Llirni substantia tenacliximn «.t« /iAc«./» -^jb^ f,r^«^^j^ 



Cortex iiidem ienacisdmus. Lin, amoBn. acad. 3. IS. 



ct^6r9 Jrangendi 



Birca palostris, j#ff?o?n. aca^. 3- 12. *. 1./ 7- Lin. sp. pi. 1. B19. Gran. 

 Virg. ed.<L 60. Mill. diet. ed. 8. «• Duham. arb. 1. ^ 212. i/or<. JST^p, 

 2. 27. ee^. 2. 2- 411. Mickaux bor. amer. 1. 236. Pursh amer. sept. I. 

 268. Schkuhr handb. 1. 337. t. 107. 5. 



natis, viminibus et cortice valde tenacibus, unde nomea anglicdm 

 Leatherwood. Clayt. MSS. n. 858. 



Frutex erectusjastigiato-ramosusjuncturis ramulorum tumidiusculis cortice 

 Jusco glaberrimo. Gemmse florales^ albido-lutescentes, semunciam pariim ex- 

 superanteSf longitudine infiorescenti^, ierminales leteralesgue, wqnamm sui* 

 quaterniBy membranos^s^ oUongiss v. ellintica, diutiils persislenteSf venasa, extiis 

 pilis subcinereis sericeo-pubescentes. Flores 3 temato^asdculati^ squamit gem* 

 maceis involucratif cemuo-deflexi^ albido4utescent€s^ pallidi; peounctili breves^ 

 irifidi^ crassiuscuU, teretes, pedicellis unifiorisy cum carolM articulatis. Cor, 

 membranosa^ tTtfera, vix ^ uncia langa^ in/kndibuli/brmis ; faux ^iimaiMi&ta * 

 linibus obsoletus^ subobliaum* lobato-dentatus <Mmus* Stam. ori tubt osauaniiM 



Jhttcetn inserta : anth. erecf^, Ierminales^ breveSfJitamenti apicem adnato^qui* 

 tantes; pollen granulosnm^ grumosum. Gemien mrUe^ glabrum^ twato* 

 tfUipticum, unUoculare^ monospermum^ (squabile; stylos longior staminibuSf 

 setiformis^ infiexo-^assurgens ; Htigma, punctum simplex. FoVmaltema lanceo- 

 lato-ovalia^ acuta^ teneriusculaj, patlidiiu virentia, subtus viUosa, ift/ern^ 

 subangustius attenuata auhm supernh 



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Native of North America, from New York to Virginia, 

 growing in shady boggy woods. Known by the name of 

 *' Leatherwood," from the nature of its stem and branches. 

 Introduced by the Duke of Argyll in 1750. Though per- 

 fectly hardy, by no means common in our shrubberies, 

 owing to the greediness of the Snails for the young plants, 

 which it is difficult to defend from the attacks of this 

 enemy. The blossom, produced long before the leaves are 

 completely evolved, is small, but rendered conspicuous by 

 the whitish yellow durable scales of the buds, vhich sur- 



vc*. IV^ K 



