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iv. 513; Griseb. Fl. W. Ind. .342. P. ncn-osa, Swartz, FI. Ind. Occ. i. 403. P. lanceolata, 

 Nutt. in Am. Jour. Sci. v. 290, ferruginous-pubescent form, in fruit, and glabrous form also 

 mentioned ; DC. 1. c. 513. P. chiu/anitoid<s, & P. oligotrich/t, DC. 1. c. 514, glabrous or nearly 

 glabrous forms. P. ru/'escens, HBK. ''. Griseb. 1. c., the ferruginous-pubescent form. Woods 

 of E. and S. Florida along the coast, first coll. by Michuux and Ware. (W. Ind., Mex.?) 

 P. tenuifolia, S\VARTZ. Shrub 1 to 4 feet high, with more simple and erect partly herba- 

 ceous flowering branches, glabrous or commonly with a very minute pruiuose pubcrulence, 

 no ferruginous hairiness: stipules distinct, ovate, often acute, sometimes setaceously -acumi- 

 nate, caducous : leaves oblong-lanceolate or broader (3 to 6 inches long), acuminate at both 

 ends : cvme. either short-peduncled or sessile, compactly manv-flowered : flowers nearlv of tle 

 preceding : drupes not seen in the Florida plant, according to Swart/ " oblong," (ellipsoidal, 

 Grisebacii,) in Cuban specimens globose. Fl. Ind. Occ. i. 402 (ex char.) ; Griseb. 1. c. 341. 

 P. lanctoltitfi, in distrib. coll. Rugel, in part, & coll. Curtiss ; also Chapm. Fl. 1. c. in part; 

 Griseb. Cat. Cub. 135, not Nutt. (Near P. /wbcsctns. Swart/, but has different stipules.) 

 Rich woods, 8. Florida ; Tampa and Manatee River, Leavemcortk, lim/tl, Indian River, 

 Curtiss. (W. Ind.) 



17. STPwtJMPFIA, Jucq. (C. C. Sirumpf, who edited the fourth edition 

 of Linn. Genera Plunhirum.) Stirp. Amer. 218; Lam. 111. t. 731; A. Ivich. 

 Mem. Rub. t. 9 ; Beuth. & Hook. Gen. ii. 117. Single species. 



S. maritima, JACQ. Low shrub, much branched, erect, exceedingly leafy : branches where 

 the leaves have fallen annulate-roughened by the squarrose remains of the stipules, which 

 closely approximate : leaves more commonly in threes, firm-coriaceous and rigid, linear, with 

 strongly re volute margins, glabrous or puberuleut, at length shining, inch or less long, 

 mostlv exceeding the flower-clusters: corolla white: fruit white. Desc. Fl. Ant. t. 208 ; 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 470; Chapm. Fl. 178; Griseb. 1. c. 336. Touniffortia, &c., Plum. Arner. ed. 

 Burm. t. 251, f. 1. Rocks on the sea-shore, Keys of Florida. (W. Ind.) 



18. ERNCJDEA, Swartz. ('Epvaxfys, sprouting or branching.) Prodr. 29, 

 & Fl. Ind. Occ. i. 223, t. 4. Knoxia, P. Browne, Jam. 140. Tltymelea, Sloane, 

 Hist. Jam. t. 169. Single species. 



E. littoralis, SWARTZ, 1. c. Procumbent, sufrruticose, glabrous: leaves fleshy-coriaceous, 

 lanceolate, acute, inch or less long, crowded on the brauchlets, obscurely nervose-veined : 

 stipules short-vagiuate, produced between the leaf-bases into cuspidate points : corolla yel- 

 lowish, half-inch or less long : drupe yellow, pisiform, crowned by the conspicuous calyx- 

 lobes. A. Rich. Mem. Rub. t. 5, f. 2; Torr. & Gray, Fl. ii. 30; Griseb. Fl. W. Ind. 347.' 

 Shores of S. Florida. (W. Ind.) 



19. MITCHELLA, L. PAUTRIDGE-BERRY. (Dr. J<>hn Mitchell of Vir- 

 ginia, earliest N. American botanical author, founder of several new genera in 

 1741.) Gen. ed. 5, 49; Lam. 111. t. 63. C/tamcedap/tne, Mitch. Of a single 

 species, for that of Japan seems not different. 



M. repens, L Small creeping evergreen, glabrous or nearly so : leaves deep green, ovate or 

 subcordate, half-inch to near an inch in length, sleudeii-petioled : stipules triangular-subulate, 

 minute : peduncle short, terminal : corollas white or tinged with rose outside ; tube half- 

 inch long, surpassing the oblong lobes; two-eyed "berry" rather dry and tasteless, bright 

 red, sometimes white. Spec. i. Ill (Lonicera, &c., Gronov. ; Syrinya baccifem, &c., Pluk. 

 Amalth. t, 444, Catesb. Car. t. 20) ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 979 ; Bart. FL Am. Sept, t, 95, f. 1 ; 

 Torr. & Gray, Fl. ii. 34 ; Grav, Struct. Bot. ed. 6, fig. 467-469. J/. inn/n/itta, Sieb. & Xucc.; 

 Miquel, Prolus. Jap. 275. Woods, especially under Coniferse, Nova Scotia and Canada to 

 Florida and Texas. (Mex., Japan.) 



20. KELL.6GGIA, Torr. (Dr. Albert Kellorjg, of California.) -- Wilkes, 

 S. Pacif. Ex. Exped. xvii. 332 (1874), t. 6 (1862) ; Benth. & Hook. Gen. ii. 137; 



