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3. P. gloriosus eign Shrub 2-3 m. high, the bark of the previous sea- 
son’s growth dark brown, exfoliating: leaf-blades ovate or ee se acute at 
the apex, either rounded or narrowed at the base, 4-10 c ong, glabrate or 
with short appressed hairs, pud dentate, 3-veined: Auc and sepals 
glabrous: corolla 3-4 em . broa : stigmas distinct: capsule abruptly contracted 
at the base.—Rocky banks of e Coosa River in the Appalachian Valley, Ga. 
4, P. floridus Beadle. Shrub 2-3 m. high, the bark of last year’s shoots 
rk brown, exfoliating: leaf-blades oval or elliptic, acute, remotely toothed, 
unde 
. broad: stigmas not united.—Rocky slopes and banks of streams, Floyd 
Co. in the a odis Valley, Ga. 
5. P. latifolius Sehrad. Shrub 2 . high, the bark of the shoots gray or 
yellowish, not exfoliating: leaf- blades broadly ovate or elliptie, aeute at the 
apex, rounded or contracted at the base, 3-10 cm. long, mostly ~ n 
and densely pubescent on the sales surface, glabrate or Ta above, 3—4 
nerved: flowers ose OW 
race the low D ax ee ee hypanthium, ae 
exterior of the sepals agente oil la 3-4 c stigmas not united.— 
Rocky banks of streams, Interior Low ‘Plateaus, Tenn. —P. pubescens inden 
Jeepers the last but with brown bark and more numerous flowers, the low 
two or three pairs of which are axillary, is unknown in a wild state. 
. P. intectus Beadle. Shrub 2-3 m. tall, the bark pa the shoots gray or 
ochre-color, not exfoliating: | iene bine: ovate, oval elliptic, a ae or 
acuminate at the apex, either rounded or narrowed at the du .9-12 c ong, 
glabrous or glabrate on both surfaces, prominently 3-nerved eithe r Rm Or 
omin 0 itary or i nd 
panthium, and exterior of the sepals glabrous: corolla em e: stigm 
distinet. — Bluffs of the Cumberland River, Interior Low Plateaus, CUR 
7. P. hirsutus Nutt. Shrub 1-2.5 m. tall, the bark of the previous season's 
growth brown, exfoliating: leaf-blades ovate or ovate-acuminate, either rounded 
or narrowed at the base, gray-pubeseent on the lower surface, appressed- 
pubescent or eventually glabrate or glabrous above, 3-8 cm. long, dentate, 
ie arian -nerved: flowers solitary or in twos and threes; ee hy- 
panthium, and sepals pubescent: corolla 2-3 cm. wide: stigmas united.— 
Rocky Boe. ip banks of streams, various provinces N of iem Plain, Ga. 
to Ala., Tenn., N. C. 
3. DECUMARIA L. Woody vines. Leaves opposite, deciduous: blades 
entire or sparingly toothed. Flowers numerous in corymbose panicles, small. 
eta v 
S minut als 
Stamens 20-30. Styles united. Cap 
sule opening between the ribs.—One species. 
1. D. aL. Stem with aerial rootlets: 
leaf-blades tender, ovate, oval or suborbieu- 
lar or rarely obov Uc 10 e ams ong; toothe d: 
n pro order 
flowers Pi pd petals a "elliptic a 
linear-elliptic, 3-4 mm. long: capsule-body 
4-5 mm long, with a capitate bea 
Coastal "Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. to 
La., Tenn., and Va.—Spr. 
