FRANGULACEAE 151. 
1. Ceanothus microphyllus Michx. A slender evergreen shrub 3-6 dm. tall, 
glabrous, or nearly so. Stems much branched and diffuse: leaf-blades leathery, very : 
small, 8-6 mm. long, suborbicular, oval or oblong, obtuse, often crowded, nearly sessile: : 
panicles rather loosely flowered : sepals 5, triangular, acute, converging, about as long as 
the hypanthium : petals dipper-like, about 1.5 mm. long, long-clawed: stamens 5: fila- 
ments converging: anthers brown: fruit 4-5 mm. in diameter, depressed, 3-lobed, the 
lobes slightly crested on the back. 
In dry sandy pine lands, Georgia and Florida. Spring. 
2. Ceanothus serpyllifólius Nutt. A low slender evergreen shrub. Stems diffusely 
branched, decumbent, the branches very slender or filiform: leaf-blades oblong or ovate- : 
oblong, 5-10 mm. long, obtuse or truncate at the apex, serrulate, obtuse at the base, 
glabrous above, strigose like the short petioles, beneath : flowers 11-15 in corymbose pani- 
cles, the panicles sometimes compound. 
In pine lands, southeastern Georgia and peninsular Florida. Spring. 
3. Ceanothus ovatus Desf. A slender shrub 2-6 dm. tall, with nearly glabrous 
foliage, the twigs and branchlets viscid-puberulent. Leaf-blades varying from narrowly 
oblong to elliptic, oval or ovate, 1.5-6 cm. long, obtuse or acutish, serrate with gland- 
tipped teeth, not very prominently veined, acute or rounded at the base, glabrous or with 
few scattered hairs beneath, slender-petioled : panicles loosely flowered : sepals 5, triangu- 
lar-oyate, longer than the hypanthium, acute, converging: petals dipper-like, 1.5-2 mm. 
long, long-clawed: filaments converging: anthers pale: fruit 4-4.5 mm. in diameter, 
3-lobed, the lobes not crested on the back. 
In sandy soil, Arkansas to Georgia and Florida. Spring. 
4. Ceanothus pubéscens (T. & G.) Rydb. A shrub similar to C. ovatus in habit, 
the twigs and branchlets copiously pubescent. Leaf-blades relatively thick, oblong-ovate to 
narrowly oblong, copiously and permanently pubescent beneath, usually prominently veined. 
On hillsides and in dry soil, Michigan to Iowa, Nebraska and Texas. Spring. 
5. Ceanothus intermédius Pursh. A shrub 3-10 dm. tall, usually much branched, 
and finely pubescent throughout. Leaf-blades ovate to oblong-ovate or nearly oblong, 1-3 
cm. long, blunt or acute, finely serrate, rather thick, prominently nerved beneath ; petioles 
1-5 mm. long: panicle 1-2.5 cm. long: flowers much like those of C. Americanus, but 
somewhat smaller: fruit 4-5 mm. in diameter, less crested than that of the following 
species. 
In pine lands, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Spring. 
6. Ceanothus Americànus L. A shrub 2-9 dm. tall, with pubescent twigs and 
leaves which tend to become glabrous in age. Leaf-blades ovate or ovate-lanceolate or 
rarely orbicular-ovate, 3-10 cm. long, thin, 3-nerved, acute or acutish, or rarely acuminate, 
serrate, abruptly narrowed or subcordate at the base, short-petioled : panicles 1-4 em. long, 
densely flowered : sepals 5, triangular, acute, about as long as the hypanthium, incurved : 
petals 5, dipper-like, 1-1.5 mm. long, long-clawed: anthers chocolate-colored : fruit 5-6 
mm. in diameter, 3-lobed, the lobes crested on the back. 
New D dry woods and on hillsides, Ontario to Manitoba, Florida and Texas. Spring and summer. 
NEW JERSEY TEA. RED-ROOT. ! 
10. COLUBRINA L. C. Rich. 
Tropical shrubs or small trees, with erect or sarmentose stems. Leaves alternate: 
blades sometimes 3-nerved at the base, entire or toothed: stipules deciduous. Flowers 
perfect, in small axillary cymes or clusters. Hypanthium hemispheric. Sepals 5, her- 
us, triangular-ovate, spreading. Disk filling the hypanthium, 5-angled or 5-10- 
lobed. Petals 5, inserted below the disk, the blades hooded. Stamens 5, included : fila- 
ments filiform. Ovary immersed in the disk and merging into it, 3-celled : styles 3, united 
below : stigmas obtuse. Drupe berry-like, slightly 3-lobed, with a dry or slightly fleshy 
$P!carp, separating into 3 membranous crustaceous or cartilaginous capsule-like nutlets. 
Seeds flattened, 3-angled with a smooth, shining, leathery testa. Endosperm thin. 
Flower-clusters sessile or nearly so: leaf-blades toothed : sepals and style long-persistent. 2 j 
Flower-clusters manifestly peduneled : leaf-blades entire: sepals and style deciduous. ea : : 
Leat blades Fusty-toientose beneath aerie ine EIC 
. 1. Colubrina Texénsis A. Gray. A pubescent much branched shrub 1-5 m. tall, its 
zigzag branches unarmed or nearly so. Leaf-blades leathery, ovate, oval, oblong, or obovate, ` 
