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and Hamiltonia by the opposite leaves. I sus- 

 pect that the Rhamnus / cuneatus of Hooker 

 flora and Origon may be a third sp. having op- 

 posite leaves it can be no Rhamnus ! Hooker 

 did not even see the unfolded flowers. It might 

 be called TV. cuneata Raf leaves petiolate cun- 

 eate entire, smooth above, pubescent beneath, 

 branches rusty pubescent, fl. capitate axillary 

 peduncled bracteate. 



208. Celastrus acuminattts Raf. Autikon, 

 an C. myrtifolius ? L. ad Virg. not Jamaica! 

 erect ? branches subangular, leaves petiolate 

 ovate or oblong, serrulate, base acute obliquate, 

 end long acuminate falcate ; flowers terminal 

 racemose paniculate peduncles ramose— disco- 

 vered in 1825 in the Apalachian Mts, of Vir- 

 ginia, where also Linneus indicates the locality 

 o^ the C. mi/rt if ollus ; but this Jamaica plant 

 of Sloane differs by ovate acute leaves not acu- 

 minate nor oblique. Both C. mtfrtifoUus and 

 hullatus are omitted or denyed by our compi- 

 lers, but the last is now cultivated in Europe, 

 and has entire oval leaves. Because Nuttal 

 and Elliot have not yet found them, they are 

 doubted ; let them be sought where they grow, 

 in the Unaka Mts. This is a tall weak shrub 

 with thin smooth leaves larger than in C. 

 scandens 3 to 5 inches long, the lower oval, 

 the upper nearly lanceolate, flowers white size 

 and form of C. scandens, raceme not simple 

 but compound. 



507. AiioRPHA PUNCTATA Raf Autikon. 

 Smooth, folioles elliptical obtuse, but cuspidate, 

 punctate beneath, base petiolate with a subu- 

 late stipule ; spikes terminal curved cylindri- 

 cal — a fine shrub with purple flowers, folioles 

 small, spikes 3 or 4 inches long. Discovered 

 by Bradbury in the upper Missouri. 



