PENTAXDRIA MONOGYNIA. Aznlca. 155 



Ledum being an upright little shrub, with decandrous 

 flowers which are white, whereas the present species 

 has procumbent stems and pentandrous red flowers. 

 It most certainly ought to be taken from this genus, 

 or else all the rest but this one united with Rhodo' 

 dendron. 



191. BUMELIA. Gen. pi. 1/3(5. 



B. spinosa, erecta ; foliis deciduis lato-lanccolatis utrin- lycioides. 



que glabris, peduncnlis aggregatis unifluris, laciniis 



corolhe {x\M\9.. —Mkh.fi. amer. l.p. 122. 

 Sideroxvlum lycioides. JFUld. fp. pi. I. p. IO9O. 

 Sideroxyium la;ve. lFull.fi. car. 100. 

 Icon. Duham. arh. 2. t. t)8. 

 In shady woods : Carolina and Georgia. Tj . July, Aug, 



V. V. s. fl. A small tree, with minute greenish 



flowers. 

 B. spinosa, dumosa, difTuse reclinata ; ramis sterilibus 



divaricato-ramosis, foliis parvis obovalibus glaberrimis. 



Pers. syn. 1. p. 23/. 

 Sidero.xylum redinatum. Mkh.fi. amer. 1. p. 122. 

 Icon, Fent. cho'ix de plant, t. 22 

 On the banks of rivers in Georgia. Michirix. Tj . 



July, Aug. V. V. s.fi. A small straggling shrub. 

 B. subspinosa ; ramulis patentissimis pubescentibus, 



foliis ovali-lanceolatis, supra glabris, subtus hinugino- 



sis. Pers. syn. 1. p. 23/. 

 Sideroxylum lanuginosum. Mkh.fi. amer. l.p. 122. 

 Sideroxylnm tenax. IFult. fl. car. 100. 

 In wet copses of Georgia. Mkhaux. T2 . +. 

 , B. subspinosa ; foliis cuneato-lanceolatis plerumque ob- 



tusis, subtus sericeo-nitcntibus. Pers. syn. I. p. 23/. 



IF'tUd. sp.pl. l.p. ] 085. 

 Sideroxylum tenax. Lvtn. sy^t.veg. 

 Sideroxylum sericeum. lFali.fi,. car. 100. 

 Sideroxylum chrysophylloides. Mkh.fi. amer. l.p. 123. 

 In hedges and copses near the sea-coast of Carolina and 



Georgia. V^ • June. v. v. A small tree 3 leaves very 



handsome. 

 . B. inermis ; foliis sempervirentibus oblongo-lanceolatis , serrata 



utrinque acutis glabris subaculeato-serratis, racerais 

 axillaribus sessilibus multitloris. 

 On the banks of the Missouri. Nut tall Pj . July. v. s, 



in Herb. Nutlall. Berries black, large. 



dhiata. 



lanuoinosa. 



chrysophyl- 

 loides. 



