22 Addisonia 



at the base or subhastate, mostly short-petioled. The stipules 

 (ocreae) are cylindric, loose around the mouth, usually approximate 

 or overlapping and thus sheathing the branchlets. The plume-like 

 inflorescence terminates the branches. The panicles are much 

 branched, leafy-bracted below, inconspicuously bracted above. 

 The flowers are white or pink, numerous, on slender pedicels which 

 are subtended by scoop-like bractlets. The perianth is about a fifth 

 of an inch wide, with the lobes broadly rounded, especially the three 

 inner which are much broader than the two outer. The fruit is 

 loosely surrounded by the persistent perianth. 



John K. Small. 



Explanation op Plate. Fig. 1. — Inflorescence. Fig. 2. — Lower leaf. Fig. 

 3.— Flower, X 4. 



