8 AUT. BOT. 
oblong and elliptic, acute acuminate or ob- 
tuse; there is nothing permanent but tbe 
short petiols, margin serrulate, and pale or 
glaucous lower surface. Capsules conteal 
villose in all. 
Cyrrinta L. &c, the racemiflora of Mx. dis- 
tinguished from the antillana is as variable 
in leaves as the last G. tne only permanent 
characters are the entire leaves with reticu- 
late nerves on both sides; but I have found 
in the fruit characters for 3 distinct blended 
species. 
24, Cyr. polystachia Raf. fol. reticul. pallidis 
mediocris petiolatis, infimis obov. obtusis, 
imis cuneatis acutis; racemis fascicul. elon- 
gatis, bracteis subul. brevis, capsulis subglo- 
bosis—Louisiana and Florida near watérs, 
leaves 2 or 3 inches long, of a yellowish green, 
racemes 6 to 8 inches. 
25, Cyr. parvifolia Raf. fol.retic. subsessilib. 
virens parvis, oblongis vel cuneatis obt, vel 
acutis vel acum, racemis fascie. abbreviatis, 
bract. subul. ped. subeq. capsulis ovatis— 
Florida and Alabama, leaves small mostly 
uncial, racemes 3 to 5 inches long. 
26, Cyr. fuscata Raf. fol. reticul. brevipetiol. 
fuscatis amplis, sepe ellipt. obtusis, nonnulis 
obl. cuneatis; racemis geminis ternisque ab- 
breviatis, bracteis subul. pedic. eq. capsulis 
oblongis—Alabama and Georgia, leaves most 
ly 3 to 4 inches long of a dark fuscate color 
above, paler beneath, racemes 4 or 5 inches 
long—ali these shrubs have evergreen coria- 
ceous leaves; but their shapes and color, 
with bracts and capsules are permanent dis- 
tinctions. i 
27, FLoRKEA uliginosa W. &c—Pennsylv. to 
