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what cuneate, mostly rounded at the apex, err narrowed at t eg bas 
short-petioled: iy a 6— - Es long, tawny-tomentulose: outer pe er 
obovate or oval, . long, rather uo ae without; inner petals 
about 2 ¢ m, long: em mostly oval, or to AR. or obovoid, ET ng: 
seeds 1-1.5 lon [ Asimina a (Michx.) A. Gray A. ee 
Nash] (Phá Dnus \ Pinelands, o Plain, "NÉ Fla. to S ‘Ga. 
3. P. angustifolius (A. Gray) Small. Shrub 1.5 m. tall or less, the erect or 
o often o stems with brown or red bark, or gray when very old, 
the twigs minutely tawny-pubescent: leaf-bla du narrowly linear, often 
emot. -linear, oblanceolate or narrowly spatulate, 6-10 cm. long, acute or 
obtuse, glabrous id ees gradually narrowed to the rem short-petioled: 
sepals ovate, 1—1.5 cm. long, glabrous or rc. so: outer lle elliptic, varying 
to broadest above or ed the middle, long: r petals somewhat 
rU E ae em. long: berry ellipsoid or age ellipsoid. fur em. long: 
eeds 1-2 ong. [Asimina angustifolia A. Gray|—Pinelands, woods, and 
fas id Plain, N pen. Fla. to SE Ala. and S Ga. 
4. P. pygmaeus (Bartr.) Small. Shrub with arching ascending or decum- 
bent stems 2-6 dm. long, pire idis together from the top of the root, the 
bark red or reddish, the twigs wny-pubescent : er scenes dc oblan- 
; o 
to reniform, 6-7 mm. lo 
when young: petals 6, the outer "ei pair but more or less revolute 
and crisped boss the middle, 2—4 em. long or rarely longer, white tinted with 
purple to dark-maroon; inn R Des obovate to "Jan eeolate, 1.5-2.5 
ong, sometimes aeuminate, dark-purple: berry inequilaterally ellipsoid or 
ellipsoid ‘obovoid, 4—7 em. long: seeds mostly less than 1.5 em. long. [Asimina 
a (Bartr.) A. Gray A. secundiflora Shuttlw. 1-— Pinelands, E Fla. and 
5. P. tetramerus Small. Shrub 1-3 m. tall, with irregularly placed, often 
middle, 1.5-2.5 em. long, w xd abov e, reddish- eae e bel ow; inner PRO 
bie or rhombie-ovate, 9—11 mm. lon e eddis h-purple, obtuse, Ubro at the 
ae pes ellipsoid or cylindric- ellipsoid, mostly 5-9 em. lon ng: seeds mostly 
ver 1.5 em —Scrub, near estuary of the St. Lucie River, Fla. 
6. P. obovatus (Willd.) Small. Shrub 3 m. ew or less, with erect branch- 
ing stems, sometimes tree-like, the bark dark-gray or gray-brown, the twigs red- 
or brown-tomentulose: leaf- blades pre due Sau or euneate-obovate, 
4—10 em. long, rounded or notche the apex, with the veins and veinlets red- 
tomentulose bn abruptly narrowed at the base, o etioled: sepals 
ovate, oval, or clipe, 10-16 mm. long, thinly pubescent when young: outer 
petals obovate or oval, 6-11 cm. sine ; inner petals elliptic to obovate, often 
2 pan une Bi 3-6 em. long: berry oval, obovate, or oval-ellipsoid, mostly 
6—12 em. long: seeds 1.5-2 cm. long. [Asimina obovata (Willd.) Nash]— 
(FLAG. pU )—Pinelands and scrub, pen. Fla. 
3. DEERINGOTHAMNUS Small. Shrubs with aromatic foliage and 
imorphous stems, i.e., foliaceous and floriferous. Leaves persistent on the 
slender stems which are longer than the flower stems: blades firm-membranous. 
Flowers very fragrant, on stout stems clustered on the top of a long tap-root, 
