ocTANDRiA MONOGYNiA, Menzicsia. 



dris, calycibus obtusis. Smith in linn, trans. 10. 

 p. 380. 



On the north-west coast. Menzies. On the Rocky- 

 mountains and near the raouth of Columbia river, 

 M. Lewis. Tj . July. v. s. Flowers pale red. 

 4. M. foliis sparsis confertis linearibus obtusis cartilagineo- 

 denticulatis, pedunculis terminalibus aggregatis uni- 

 floris, floribus campanulatis 10-andris, calycibus acu- 

 tissimis. — Swartx in linn, trans. 10. p. 37/. t. 30. J. 1. 



Andromeda taxifolia. Pall. Ji. ross. t. 7'l.f. 2, 



Erica caerulea. Willd. sp. pi 2. p. 3g3. 



Phyllodoce taxifolia. Parad. land. 36. 



On the White Hills of New Hampshire. Prof. Peck. 

 On the north-west coast and Labrador. Herb. Banks. 

 ^2 . July. V. s. Flowers red. 



265 



cceruha. 



341. DIOSPYROS. Gen. pi. \5gS. 



D. foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis glabris reticulato-ve- virginiancu 

 nosis, petiolis pubescentibus, gemmis glabris. — JVilld. 

 sp. pi. 4. p. 110/. 



Icon. Mill. ic. 126. Calesb. car. 2. t. 76. Mich arl. 12. 



In woods and old fields : New York to Louisiana, fj . 

 May. V. V. A middle-sized tree ; flowers pa'e yel- 

 low ; fruic known by the name of Persimon, the size 

 of a common plum, golden-yellow, of an agreeable 

 taste, when perfectly ripe, but extremely astringent 

 before that time. In the Northern States the fruits are 

 not eatable till the frost has mellowed them. 

 , D. foliis oblongis acutis subtus pubescentibus, petiolis pubescent. 

 longis, fructibus oligospermis. 



In the lower counties of Virginia, Carolina and Georgia. 

 P? . Ajiril. V V. I'hough Michaux in his Arbres 

 forestiers considers this only as a variety, I am inclined 

 to take it as a distinct species ; not only shape and pu- 

 bescence of the leaf, but difference in the structure of 

 the fruit and seeds, indicate it sufficiently. 



342. ACER. Gen. pi. \5Q0. 



A. foliis palmato subquinquelobis basi cordatis inaequali- 

 ter inciso-dentatis subtus glaucis, incisuris acutis, um- 

 bellis sessilibus, pedicellis elongatis, germinibus gla- 

 bris.— ^i/W. sp. pi. 4. p. 984. 



rubrum. 



