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CERATIOLA ERICOIDES. HEaAtTH-LIKkE CERA- 
TIOLA. 
Class and Order. 
Dicacra DriAnpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Emrerres. ) 
Generic Character. 
Masc. Perianthium e squamis 5—7, imbricatis, fimbri- 
ato-ciliatis. Stam. 2. Pistillum nullum. | 
Fam. Perianthium, ut in mari. Pistillum unicum. 
Stylus incrassatus, deciduus. Stigma radiato-multifidum. 
Bacca nucibus duabus monospermis. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
CERATIOLA ericoides. ' 
Ceratioia ericoides. Mich. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 222. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 712. Pursh N. Am. Fl. v. 1. 
p. 21. Nutt. Gen. N. Am. v. 2. p. 232. Elliott Bot. 
of S. Carol. and Georgia. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 1. 
p. 95. D. Don. in Edin. New Phil. Journ. 1826. p. 63. 
Descr. An upright, much branched, twiggy shrub, from 
two to four, and even eight feet high: branches subverti- 
cillate, erect, marked with the scars whence the numerous 
leaves have fallen, the younger and upper branches alone 
retaining their leaves, and those are — tomentose. 
Leaves verticillate, quaternate, patent, half to three-quarters 
_ of an ‘nch long, linear, rigid, acerose, shining, pale, the 
den side semicylindrical, the under, grooved in the mid- 
d e, the base narrowed into a very short petiole, which is 
Jointed upon a little tooth or projection of the bark, and 
this gives the scarred appearance to the stems and branches 
when the leaves have fallen away. Flowers in the axils 
of the upper leaves solitary, with a small (abortive?) one 
on each side, the males on one plant, the females on a se- 
Parate plant. .Perianth of each forming an imbricated 
gemma, or bud, resembling a minute catkin, ovate, com- 
Posed of about five or six erect, brownish, thin, membrana- 
ceous scales, all originating from the same point, the inner 
much the largest, convolute, all fimbricated at the seg 
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