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ghrob, apparently very distinct from CL alni- 

 folia^ leaves quite narrow altbough as long. 



19, C/. hradeata Raf. ramulis teretib. fulvo to- 

 mentosis» fbl. petiol. latoblongis, basi jieutis; 

 apice acum. ineq. serrulatis, subtus fulvescens 

 granulatis, nervis tomentosis : racemis laxis^ 

 bracteis lanceolatis ii. longior, calicib. fulvis, 

 toment. acutis — very peculiar sp. of Florida, 

 leaves about 2 inches long and one wide, some 

 bracts one inch long. t 



20,0, pumiia Raf. repens, caulib. erectis bre- 

 vis slmpl. apice angul. pubens, fol. petiolis 

 hirsutis. obovatis utrinque acutis^ mucroDato- 

 serrulatis, glabris, nervis subtus hirsutis : ra- 

 cemo brevis basi laxo, bracteis linear. ped. 

 eq. calicib. obtusis furfuraceis — m South New 

 Jersey, stem only 4 to 10 inches high with a 

 singld taceme and few small uncial leaves. If 

 it is a var. of C/. alnifoliat it i^ a singtilar de- 

 viation. 



21^ Cl ootrdatn Raf. ramuiis angul. villosis, fol. 

 ovatis, basi oordatis, apice. obtuse acum. sub- 

 integris vix erosis glabris, sabtus reticul. ner- 

 vis puberis : racemis laxis ebracteatis, cano 

 villosis, calicib. obtusis Canis furfuraceis — 

 sent me as the CL arborea, but totaHy un- 

 like, by cordate leaves 3 or 4 inches loag, 2 

 broad, not serrate nor oblong, racemes not 

 spiked with rather long pedicels. Probably 

 African. t 



23, DicoNANGiA heterophyla Raf. Itea Virgin- 

 ica L. &c. from New Jersey to Louisiana. I 

 restore the excellent generic name of Mit- 

 chell and Adanson, th« bad one of Lmneus 

 being tooshort and meaning a Willow ! Igive 

 it a new specific name quite appropriate,since 

 the same shrub has leaves ovate and obovate, 



