28 SYLVA TELLUR, 



dune. — Louisiana, shrub 15 feet high, calix ur- ^ 

 ceolate Sdent. stigma 31obed, pentandrous &c. 



112. GiRTANNERiA Raf. Herm. cal. persistens 

 campan, 4-5!obo, petalis nullis, discus incrassa- 

 tus cal. coalito, stam. 4-5 cal. alt. ov. Slobo, 

 bacca uniloc? Ssperma — I confine the name of 

 Necker to this Sp. the characters are from L'her, 



and Hooker ; the persistent cahx and disk are 

 pecuHar, 2 types. 



114. Girtan. alnifoUa Raf. Rhamnus do 

 Lher. t. 42 auct. fol. ovat. subcord. subacum. 

 dentic. nervis puberis, pedunc. dichot. cal. obt. 

 baccis globosis purpureis — Missouri and Hud- 

 son bay, fruits edible. 



115. Girtan. frangaloides Raf. Rh. do Mx, 

 Pursh &c — fol. ovat. acum. scrrulatis, nervis 

 puberis, pedunc, unifl. cal. acutis, baccis turbi- 

 natis nigris — Lake Champlain Mx, wrongly 

 united to last by Hooker and others, perhaps not 

 even of this G. deemed dioical by Mx. 



106. Cardiolepis Raf, neog. Hermaphr. caL 



campan. 5fidus, lac. Sgonis intus carinatis, pe- 

 talis 5 minutis squamif obcord. cuculatis, stam. 

 5 involvens, antheris sess, ov. Slobo, stylo crasso, 

 stigma 3lobo. Baccis globosis 31oc. 3Sp. — very 

 distinct G. of mine disc, in 1820 published 1825, 

 leaves commonly distichal, ^n>axil. fasciculate, 

 several types of North America. 



117. Cardiolepis nigra Raf. fol. ellipt. utrin- 

 que acutis subintegris^ subtus glabris, baccis ni- 

 gris — Kentucky on rocks, minute green flowers. 



118. Cardial, rubra Raf. fol. ellipt. acutis in- 

 tegris subundul. subtus pubescens, baccis rubris 



Kentucky, margin of streams, larger shrub. 

 Is it the Rhamn. lanceolatus of Pursh ? 



119. CardioL ohtusa Raf. (Rhamnus ainif 

 .Pursh. Rh. purshianus Dec. Hook. fl. t. 48) fol 



