eCTANDRIA.— MONOGYNIA. i«y 



HAB. Sphagnous swamps. June. 1J. . Stejn long. 

 Jilif. ; fl. red ; ber. scarl. 



O. vulgaris ; leaves ovate, entire, revolute ; seg- 

 ments of the corolla oval ; stem filiform, creeping, 

 naked. 



HAB. Mountain bogs. U . -f. 



273. MENZIESIA. Ericece. 



M. cozrulea : leaves scattered, crowded, lineal, 

 toothed ; pedicels terminal, aggregate, 1 -flowered : 

 flowers campanulate, decandrous, 1-flowered, ca 

 lyx very acute. 



HAB. High mountains. July. V Evergreen, branch, 

 fl. large, pur p. 



M. globularis: leaves lanceolate, glaucous beneath, 

 except the nerves, pubescent ; calyx 4-cleft ; flow- 

 ers globose, octandrous. 



HAB. Mountains. June. Tj. Stem 4 in. high ; fl 

 yell, brown. 



274. ACER. Maple. Aceracece. 



A. rubrum: leaves palmately about 5-lobed, cordate 

 at the base, unequally and incisely toothed, glau- 

 cous beneath ; the sinuses acute ; flowers aggregated 

 in about fives, on rather long pedicels ; germens 

 glabrous. 



HAB. Woods. April. A large tree ; precocious ; fl. 

 red ; slam. 5 — 6. 



A. dasycarpon : leaves palmately 5-lobed ; truncate 

 at the base, incisely toothed, smooth and whitish 

 beneath ; sinuses obtuse ; pedicels short ; germens 

 tomentose. 



HAB. Banks of rivers. April. A large tree; fl. gr. 

 yel. : pet. ; fruit large. 



A. barbatum : leaves ovate-cordate, with 3 short 

 lobes, unequally serrate, glaucous beneath, and pu- 

 bescent on the nerves ; peduncles hairy ; those of 

 the staminiferous flower* branched : of the pistil 

 liferous simple ; wings of the samara?, erect. 



HAB. Cedar swamps. A small tree ; leav. small : fl 

 vale green, -f-. 



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