100 RiniAcK-K. (maddkk faimilv.) 



pctiolcd ; cyme loii^i^-ped uncled, nioHtly leafy and corymlxiso, the divisions 

 very slender, tidwers very small, the filaments slij;liily cNserii-d. — I,<i\v pine 

 barrens near Darien, Georgia. Oct. -Nov. 



7. V. cassinoides, L. Leaves thickisli, ovate, ohuvate, or ohloug, ab- 

 ru|)tly sln>rt-](i)iiited, entire or crenulate-serratc, 2' -3' long, smooth al)ove, 

 the lower surface, like the jjeticjles and hranciilets, scurfy ; cymes 4-rayed ; 

 fruit 3" long, ovoid, black. — Low ground, Is'orth Alahauia to North 

 Carolina. 



8. V. dentatum, L. Veins of the leaves beneath with tufted hairs in 

 their axils, otlicrwise smooth ; leaves round-ovate, sliglitly conlate, coarsely 

 serrate, acute, plicate by the strong impressed veins; cymes long-jicduncled, 

 7-rayed; calyx smooth, witli the lobes ol)tuse; fruit small, roundish, deep 

 blue. — Rich damp soil. March- May. — A large shrub. 



9. V. molle, Michx. Stellate-pubescent; leaves 3'-4' long, thin, or- 

 bicular-cordate, dentate-serrate, acute, hairy on the impressed veins, the short 

 petiole, with the setaceous stipule-like appendages, and bracted cyme glandu- 

 lar; calyx ciliate ; corolla large, the lol)es round; fruit "oldong-ovate." — 

 Cliffs of the Coosa Kiver, near Rome, Georgia May. — Shruli 6° -8° high. 



Var. ? tomentOSUm. Leaves smaller (\y-2V long) and thicker, ovate 

 or oblong-ovate, seldom cordate, softly pubescent beneath ; petioles and cymes 

 glandless ; stipule-like appendages none ; corolla smaller ; fruit roundisii, blue. 

 (V. scabrellum, /'/ora.) — Mostly in low groimd in tlie lower districts. — 

 Shrub 8° -12° high. 



10. V. pubescens, Pursh. Leaves small, ovate or oblong-ovato, coarsely 

 serrate, hairy above, tomentose beneath, on very short petioles or the upper- 

 most subsessile; cymes small, smoothish, 7-rayed; fruit oblong, black. — 

 Mountains of North Carolina. June. — A shrub 2° -3° high. Leaves r-2' 

 long. 



* * Marginal flowers radiant and sterile. 



11. V. lantanoides, Michx. Stem smooth and straggling; branches, 

 cymes, and lower surface of the round-ovate, cordate, serrate leaves covered 

 with tufted down ; cymes sessile ; fruit ovoid, black. — Deep shades on the 

 mountains of North Carolina. June. — Stem 2° -4° long. Leaves 4' — 6' 

 long. Sterile flowers 1' in diameter. 



Order 71. RUBIACE..^. (Madder Family.) 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves entire, opposite and united by in- 

 terposed stipules, or whorled. — Calyx tube adherent to the ovary ; the 

 limb 4 - 6-toothed or lobed, or obsolete. Corolla 4 - (3-lobed, inserted 

 on the throat of the calyx. Stamens 4-6, inserted on the tube of the 

 corolla, and alternate with its lobes. Ovary 2- 10-celled, with 1 -sev- 

 eral anatropous or amphitropous ovules in each cell. Style mostly 

 solitary. Albumen hard or fleshy. 



