i aaa eek aie ae 
ehysocarnus liexim,. ..inebark, 
and brovm Paine or flaking bark. 
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shrubs with elternate simole leaves 
Stipules deciduous, -ubescence branchém€e -lovers in terminsl /corynbs 
short sice branches. Usilvx camoanulate, the tube hemispherical; 
seoals versistent, enclosing the fruit. Yetals white, spreading, Stamens 
3 3 £ 
60-50 or more, verigynous, Fistils “-5, more or less united; styles filiforn, 
mas capitate; vee carpels blacdcry at maturity. seeds 2-4, pyriforn, 
smooth and shininge 
9 Carpels 2-3, strongly flattened, 5 mn, long, aensely pubescent. 
4 with branched hairs; sepals obtuse; style 2mm, long 1.P,. paucifloru 
5 4. 
O Coaroels 5-5, somewhat surgid, 7-9 mn. longynearliy or quite : 
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glabrous and shining; sepals subacute; styles o-¢ mn, 
4 : 
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ths 
le Pe pauciflorus ‘Torr.) Piver Shrub 1-5 m. tallg stems ascending, young 
\ Long 
erowth brovm, sveringly vubescent with branched hairs, becoming glabrous; 4 
leaves broadly ovete or subrotund, 4-6 em, long, 3eo-lobed, the lovernmost 
lobes obscure or wanting, the middle largest, lightly rounded-cordate or 
truncate, the margin crenateeserrate, the lobes mostly blunt or rounded, both 
surfaces or one pubescent, the lover pele§ cetioles lec com, longs bracts o-4 
ma, long, spetulnate, caducous; pedicels slendur, lee cm, lonz, densely 
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subescents calyx cam nnulate, the lobes rotund, ovece to ovate-obtuse, densely 7 
i 
17 > a ' ‘ 7 od - ; Ee . ee ee * ie . A . ul 
-sbascoent on both surfaces, ve4 mm, long; »etals white, suborbicular, 4-0 mm, 
. 7 : ee ee ; 
stemens about 25, somewnat shorter than the 
at P * ager 3 pee 
long, the cu» yellovysnen oranges 
tay ‘4, ps een Pron yr Sami ese of a ee, Z Sean - a. 
metals, the filanents slondcr; iruiting carnels 2 (or 5), densely »ubescent, 
- “ be Shan Re Dao es 3 ea ie Tm went. As J. sad aA aa ees 
5 mi. long, transversely flettened, joined at lens to the middle, surrassed 
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and cnelosed by the versistent somewhat en] ed calyx; 5 s 2 in cach carnel, 
“hrow bers our romion, 2000-5!.CO feet, particulerly on sunny slo os 
