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2. Calycanthus Mohrii Small. 
Buineria Mohrit Small, F1. SE. U.S. 528. 1903. 
A branching shrub, 1-2 m. high, with pubescent twigs and branchlets; leaf-blades ovate 
or oblong-ovate, 5-20 cm. long, acute or acuminate at apex, rounded or subcordate at base, 
pubescent on both surfaces when young, becoming at maturity bright-green and somewhat 
scabrous above, tomentose beneath; flowers purple, fragrant, on short peduncles; sepals and 
petals pubescent, linear or linear-oblanceolate, 2-3 cm. long, often green-tipped ; mature 
pseudocarp unknown. 
TYPE LOCALITY : Lookout Mountain, Alabama. 
DISTRIBUTION: Mountains, southern Tennessee and northern Alabama. 
3. Calycanthus fertilis Walt. Fl. Car. 151. 1788. 
Calycanthus nanus Loisel. Nouv. Duham. 1: 219. ee a 1803. 
Calycanthus ferax Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 305. 180. 
Calycanthus glaucus Willd. Enum. 559. 1809. 
Calycanthus laevigatus Willd. Enum. 559. 1809. 
Calycanthus inodorus Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 576. 1821. 
Beuvrera fertilis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 5. 1891. 
Beurera ferax Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 5. 1891. 
Butneria fertilis Kearney, Bull. Torrey Club 21: 175. 1894. 
Butneria nana Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 528. 1903. 
A branching, aromatic shrub, 1-3 m. high, glabrous or with little pubescence; leaf- 
blades rather thin or even membranaceous, oblong-lanceolate, ovate or elliptic, 6-20 cm. 
long, acute or acuminate at apex, rounded or subacute at base, bright-green and scabrescent 
above, paler or glaucous beneath; flowers greenish-purple, often inodorous; sepals and 
petals pubescent, linear or linear-oblanceolate, 0.5-3 cm. long: pseudocarp obovoid or 
oblong, nearly glabrous; seed oblong, 10-14 mm. long, obscurely flattened, slightly 
pubescent. 
TYPE LOCALITY: South Carolina. 
DISTRIBUTION : Pennsylvania to North Carolina, eastern Kentucky and Tennessee and north- 
ern Alabama, in mountainous regions, 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Andr. Rep. 8: #/. 539; Bot. Reg. 5: pl. 404; Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. f. 1651. 
4. Calycanthus occidentalis H. & A. Bot. Beech. Voy. 340. 1838. 
Butneria occidentalis Greene, Erythea 1: 207. 1893. 
A branching shrub, 1-3 m. high; leaf-blades thick, oblong-lanceolate, ovate or broadly 
ovate, 7-20 cm. long, acute at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, glabrous on 
both surfaces and strongly scabrous above when mature ; flowers brownish-purple, the upper 
portion often fading tawny-brown when drying ; sepals and petals linear-spatulate, 1-3 cm. 
long; pseudocarp campanulate or ovoid-campanulate. 
TYPE LOCALITY: California. 
DISTRIBUTION : California, in the Coast Range. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: H. & A. Bot. Beech. Voy. p/. 84; Bot. Mag. p/. 4808; Fl. Serres pl, 1123. 
