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branches brown, villose above, leaves all ses- 

 sile smooth ovate mucronate, fuscate above, 

 pale and reticulate beueath ; bracts ovate vil- 

 lose, flowers villose outside — on the shores of 

 Lake Erie, flowers large white and red : near 

 to L. hirsuia but this is quite hairy with obo- 

 vate acum. leaves, the floral connate. 



521. L. AcuTiioLiA Raf. Autikon. Climb- 

 ing flexuose smooth, leaves all connate subo- 

 vate acute, terminal cycloidal biacute, glau- 

 cous beneath ; flowers axillary and terminal pe- 

 dicelate corymbose, corol small gibbose incar- 

 nate — in the Mts. Alleghany, leaves ample 3 

 to 4 inches long. Near to L. parvijlora, 

 and L. eUiptica 516, distinct from both by 

 acute leaves and corymbose flowers, 



522. L. DENTATA Raf. Autikon. Erect 

 smooth, leaves all connate oblong acute, re- 

 motely toothed, glaucous beneath, terminal 

 united like a bell biacute ; berries sessile ter- 

 nate red at the bottom of the bell — near the 

 last by acute leaves, yet different from all by 

 toothed leaves. Flowers not seen. In the up- 

 per Alleghanies and Kiskatom Mts. 



523. L. ANGusTiFOLiA Raf. or Kantemon do 

 Raf. Autikon. Erect evergreen, branches 

 round, leaves elliptic or cuneate all sessile, base 

 acute, end obtuse, lucid above, glaucous and 

 reticulate beneath : flowers naked verticillate, 

 4-6sessile, berries oval with a marginal crown — 

 in Florida, sent to me dr}^ in fruit. Leaves 2 

 inches long, some very narrow, none connate, 

 the entire marginal calix appears to persist on 

 the berries. Near to L. or K. cUiosum, but 

 leaves neither ciliated nor ovate nor any con- 

 nate. 



This pretty Genus will thus be more than 



