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only a small one, there are about thirty-five known species. Related 

 genera are Benihamia and Cynoxylon, both with large showy invo- i 

 lucres, the former an Asiatic genus of a single species, illustrated at | 

 plate 43 of this work, the latter of two species, both natives of the i 

 United States. These genera are by some considered a part of 



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George V. Nash. 



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Explanation of Plate. Fig. 1.— Flowering branch. Fig. 2.— Flower, X 4. ' 

 Pig 3. —Fruiting branch. Fig. 4.— Leaf, showing masses of brown hairs in the j 

 axils of the lower surface. \ 



