Sageretia. RHAMNACEiE. 2G3 



luiifj and li-2 inches in diameter, sometimes slightly cordate at the base, 

 rarely acute or with a slight acuniination ; the lower surface strongly pulies- 

 cent; the lateral veins (14-lG) prominent. Umbels 10-20-(iowcred. Petals 

 2-lobed. Styles rather short. Fruit the size of a large pea, black. Seeds 

 plano-convex, shining, without a groove.— Resembles R. Carohnianus but 

 differs in its broader leaves, more numerous veins, longer peduncles, and 

 larger pyriform fruit. 



10. R. ferrugineus (Nutt.) : leaves oblong-elliptical, acute, entire, the 

 younger ones and calyx ferrugineous-tomentose ; umbels axillary, sessile ; 

 Howers perfect, pentandrous; petals minute; style short; stigmas 3. ISutl. 

 in jour. acad. PhUad. 7. p. 90. 



Near Key West, Florida, Mr. T. R. Penh, (ex NuU.).—A shrub or small 

 tree. Leaves about 2 inches long, slightly pubescent beneath in the adult 

 state. Umbels 10-20-flowered in the axils 'of the petioles towards the end ot 

 the branches: pedicels 2-3 lines long. Calyx thickly clothed with rusty 

 down. Petals at first involving the stamens. NuU.—Vv'q have not seen this 

 plant. Some of our specimens of R. Carolinianus agree very well with the 

 description. 



11. R. CaUfornicus (Eschs.) : branches angular, grayish-tomentose ; 

 leaves oval, serriilate, mostly acute, reticulately veined, glabrous on both sides ; 

 flowers fasciculate-umbelled ; pedicels tomcntose, as long as the petioles; 

 calyx 5-cleft ; petals 5, scale-like ; style 5-cleft ; fruit 2-seeded. EschschoUz, 

 in mem. acad. St. Petersb. 10. /;. 281. 



In bushy places, California, ^.^c/isc/io/^^;.— A shrub about 12 feet high: 

 stem terete, fuscpus, nearly glabrous. Leaves li inch long : petioles tomen- 

 tose. Fascicles about 3-flowered. Petals yellowish-green. Eschscholtz. 



12. R.? Texensis: much branched and straggling ; branches pubescent; 

 leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, somewhat acute, villous-pubescent on both sides, 

 denticulate-serrulate, the veins prominent and very oblique (flowers solita- 

 ry ?) ; fruit broadlv turbinate, 2-3-seeded ; seeds tumid, without a furrow. 



Texas, Drummond! (coll. 2. no. 67.) —Branches whitish, flexuous. 

 Leaves about ^ of an inch long, somewhat coriaceous, obtuse or a little acute 

 at the base : petioles 1-2 lines "long. Fruit 3-4 lines in diameter, wuh a very 

 thin black pulp, obscurely lobed. Seed very smooth and shming.— AVe have 

 not seen the flowers, but'ihe plant appears to be a Rhammis,and is very dis- 

 tinct from any species with which we are acquainted. 



3. SAGERETIA. Brongn. in ann. sci. nat. 10. p. 359, t. 13. / 2. 



Calyx urceolate, 5-cleft. Petals convolute or cucuUate. Stamens 5: an- 

 thers ovate, 2-celled. Ovary partly immersed in the slightly concave and 

 entire disk, 3-ceUed : style short and thick, 3-lobed at the summit. Fruit 

 somewhat baccate, indehiscent, 3-celled.— Shrubs with slender often spines- 

 cent branches. Leaves somewhat opposite, on short petioles. FloAvers in 

 simple or branched interrupted rigid spikes. 



The charncter of the fruit (which was unknown to Brongniart) is drawn solely 

 from E. Michauxii, and may not apply to all the species. 



1. S. Michauxii (Bwn^n.): branches thorny when old; leaves opposite, 

 membranaceous, ovate or oblong-ovate, nearly sessile, remotely denticulate- 

 serrate, shining; flowers very minute, in paniculate spikes; petals mmute, 

 enclosing the stamens ; stigmas nearly sessile ; fruit 3-seeded.—Bro7igri. 1. c. 

 Rhamnus minutiflorus, Mic/ix. ! f. 1. p. 154 ; Pnrsh,fi. 1. p. 166 ; Ellsk.. 

 1. p. 289 J DC. prodr. 2. p. 28. . 



