- COMPTONIA ASPLENIFOLIA. 
SWEET-FERN. 
2 2 Sweet-Ferry. Sweet Fern-bush. Nalsieelictineid iets neigh Sweet-F 
‘fbr. Streifenfarrenblittrige Comptonia. (Willd.) : 
| Comrzosra asplenitilia, Ait. Kew. 3. p. 334. Syst. Veg. 860. Sp. Pl. 1418. Willa. 8p: Pl. 4. p. 320. 
a pratt, Sth. Bey. 2. yp. G36. Mich. Am. 2. p. 203. Duham. Arb. 1. p. 366. Hort. Cliff. 456. 
_ Gron. Virg. 153. Cold. Noveb. 224. Petiv. Mus.775. Pluk. Alm. 250. t. 100. £67. Houttuyn 
__ Lin. Pf. Syst. 2. p.346. Coxe. Disp. 3d ed. p. 399, Big. Floru. Bost. p. 219. Bart. Pr. Fl. Ph 
= 2 yp, 88. Shoepf. Mat. Med. Am. p. 141. Amen. Acad. 4. p. 522. Barton’s Collec. part 1. p. 10. 
Se, 
COMPTONIA. 
Gen. Plant. ed. Schreb. n. 1764. 
Masculi: mentum. Cal. squama. Cor. 2-petala. Fil. bifurca. 
Feminei : mentum. Cal. squama. Cor. hexapetala. Styli 2. Nusx: ovate. 
Nat. Syst. Juss. mentacee. Classis XV. Ordo IV. 
Nat. Ord. Linnzi- Amentacee. . 
Gen.Ch. Male flowers. Catkin cylindrical; loosely imbricated all round with concave, kidney-shaped, 
acuminate, caducous, one-flowered scales, Cal. Perianth two-leaved; leaves equal, boat-shaped, 
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