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332. CALYCANTHUS. L. 



Calyx urceolate, many- cleft above ; segments squar» 

 rose, coloured, petaloid. Corolla 0. Styles numerous. 

 Seeds numerous, naked, smooth, included in the ven* 

 tricose succulent calyx. Geji. pi 870. Nu 1 1. Gen. 

 I. p. 311. /?/,s^. p. 342. Lam.Ill.t.44>5. Nat. 

 Ord.RosACEJE Jus s. Carolina Allspice. 



C. Icevigatus Willd.: segments of the calyx lanceo« 

 ate; leaves oblong or oval, gradually acuminate, somewhat 

 ruf'-ose, smooth and green on both sides ; branches straight, 

 yrect. Willd. Enum. p. 559. Pursh FL I. p. 358. 

 Elliott Sk. 1.1^.517. JV* If U. Gen. I. p. 312. C, feract 

 Mich. FL I. p. 305. 



A shrub 4 — 6 feet high. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers 

 large, terminal, solitary. Calyx brownish-purple, odoriferons* 

 Hab. in the mountains of Pennsylvania. Furs h. 



