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Han. In woods. Fl. March. 
Arbor parva. Folia 3-4} poll longa, 1-1} poll lata. 
Petioli 3-6-lin. longi. Calyx campanulatus, 5-dentatus. Petala 
alba. Styli filiformes. Stigma capitatum. Fructus grani 
piperis nigri magnitudine, depresso-globosus, 10-striatus. 
Semina angulata. 
Near M. eriodonta, D.C, 
396. Cremanium paludosum, (sp. n.); glaberrimum, ramis 
tetragonis, foliis petiolatis elliptico-oblongis acuminatis 
basi acutis glanduloso-serrulatis 3-nerviis, panicula termi- 
nali, calycis globosi dentibus 5 brevibus obtusis. 
Han. In moist bushy places. Fi. Jan. 
Frutex 4-pedalis. Folia 5-6 poll. longa, 18-21 lin. lata, 
subtus pallidé viridia. Petioli 9 lin. longi. Panicule folio 
breviores. Petala subrotunda, alba. Styli apice incrassati. 
Stigma subcapitatum. 
397. Oxymeris velutina, (sp. n.); ramis teretibus, petiolis 
foliisque subtus junioribus, paniculis pube stellata brevi- 
vellutinis, foliis petiolatis ovali-lanceolatis acuminatis basi 
obtusiusculis 3-nerviis integerrimis margine subrevolutis, 
thyrso terminali paniculato, calycis tubo obovato limbo 5- 
fido, lobis obtusis deciduis extus callosis, petalis ovatis 
acuminatis. 
Has. In bushy places, at an elevation of about 6,000 feet. 
Fi. March and April. 
Frutex bipedalis. Folia 2-3 poll. longa, 8-12 lin. lu 
Petioli 6-lin. longi.  Panicule pauciflore folio longiores. 
Petala alba. Styli filiformes, longe exserti, obtusi. Capsula 
5-locularis. Semina cochleata. 
398. Pleroma albiflorum, (sp. n.) ; fruticosa, ramulis tetragonis 
adpresso-setulosis demum glabratis, folis ovato-ellipticis 
acutis 3-nerviis utrinque petiolisque adpresso-setulosis, 
floribus ternis terminalibus tetrameris, calycis tubo ovato 
setuloso lobis longiore, filamentis glabris. 
Has. In dry bushy places, abundant at an elevation of about 
6,500 feet. Fi. March and April. 
Frutex 3-pedalis. Folia 18-20 lin. longa, 7 lin. circiter 
