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obovate or oval, 1.5-2 em. long, reticulate and sparingly alge beneath 
with red hairs: ealyx-lobes suborbicular, nearly 1.5 mm. long: olla about 
3 mm. wide: lateral divisions E the lo bes ovate or agate du icu 
staminodia slightly over 1 mm. long: berry about 5 mm. in diame ter.—Pin 
s, pen. Fla.—Spr.-sum. — 
3. B. microcarpa Small. Evergreen shrub, the twigs nie s 
- leaf- o spatulate, oblanceolate, or rarely oblong-obovate, 1-3.5 . long, 
cobwebby ee beneath: calyx-lobes suborbicular, about 1.5 long: 
corolla abou wide; lateral divisions of the lobes ae lanceolate 
almost 1 m ea pm odia 1.5 mm LR cares berry subglobose, 5 m 
in ene x woods, pen. Fla. — Spr.- 
4. B. reclinata Vent. Evergreen ind. diffuse, or bodie shrub, the nes 
glabrous leaf-blades thinnish, oblanceolate, varying to spatulate, obov rate, 
em. E ng, som A “reticulate à nd glabrous benea th: ca -lobes 
b adi y ovate orbieular-ov 1.8 mm. long: corolla about 4 m 
2 divisions of s lobes Dou jx fully 1.5 em. long: nod 
ong, erose: berry oval, 6-7 mm. long.—Pinelands, Dm. 
2r ME DAE Plain, Fla. to La. and Ga. nod —sum. or all year 
5. B. megacocca Small Ever A shrub, Es wigs glabrous: leaf-blades 
thick, oe to elliptic-oblanceolate, 1-3.5 E reticulate and Sead 
ben eath: flowers not seen: ue globose to pode oval, 11-13 mm. lon 
deme "ode. pen. Fla.—Spr.- 
6. B. lycioides (L.) Gaertn. Deciduous-leaved or partly evergreen shrub or 
small tree, the twigs glabrous: ien blade es pen or rarely oblanceolate, es 
em. l ] i 
ong, dull and prominently reticulate on both sides: calyx-lobes oval o 
orbicular-ovate, 2 mm. long: ER about 5 mm. wide; lateral divisions of 
the lobes lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 1.5 . long, entire: staminodia 
ovate, 2-2.5 mm. long, entire: berry oval, fully "io mm. long.— (BUCKTHORN. 
Spr.—The yellow or light-brown heart-wood is close- -grained, heavy, and hard. 
7. B. ae dn (Michx.) Pers. Evergreen (or deciduous-leaved northward) 
shrub, o e becoming 20 m. tall, the twigs dull-tomentose: leaf-blades elliptic- 
Due elliptic- dian. Or ellipti ic, 29-8 em. long, dull-tomentose beneath: 
ealyx-lobes, suborbieular orbieular-ovate, about 3 mm. long: corolla about 5 
mm. wide;, 5E P divisions E the lobes lanceolate, fully 1.5 mm. long: undu- 
late: st MET ,2m Vua d 2 acutish: berry oval i SC 
ellipsoid, “on eae ELAS BLACK-HAW. SHITT D.)— 
Rocky, ea at pcs “woods, pn "Plain m Aso enue pone prov- 
inces, Fla., to Tex., Kans., Ill., and Ga.—Sum yellow or light-bro 
heart-wood is close- ‘grained, but dec soft. 
8. B. tenax (L.) Willd. ie ien (or deeiduous-leaved northward) shrub, 
or a ee 9 m. tall, the twigs lustrous-silky, the hairs white, becoming 
tawny or copper-colored: Iuba oblaneeolate, obovate-spatulate, or obovate, 
-7 em. long, lustrous-silky beneath: calyx-lobes suborbicular to orbicular- 
ovate, about 2 mm. lo t urity: epu m. wide; lateral divi 
sions of the lobes ovate or ovate, fully 1. ong, undul ate: stamino A 
ee 2 mm. long, obtuse: berry o E or M uper iru. 11-14 
mm. long m UGH-BUCKTHORN.  IRONWOOD.  BLACK-HAW.)— y. woods 
and d 
and ham Coastal Plain, “Fla. to N. C.—Spr.—The T -brown and 
white- pan dicar wood is hard and elose-grained. 
lacuum Small. Evergreen shrub, 0.5-3 m. tall, the twigs copper-colored 
or dark-tawny: leaf-blades cuneate to spatulate, 1-2.5 em. long, or larger on 
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