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Shrub 2 — 5 feet high • *Branc/«es very much compressed. Leavesl^m^ 

 ceolate J ratlier narroAv, generally acute^ about 2 inches long. Peduncles near 

 the summit of tlie branches axillary, opposite^ generally 3 flowered^ the in- 

 termediate flower almost sessile, the others on peduncles nearly an inch 

 long. Calyx leaflike, segments lanceolate, acute. Corolla and Styles 

 rather longer than the stamens. 



Grows near Columbia, South-Carolina. 



Flowers June — August. 



14. Amoenum. Pursli. 



H. diffusum; ramis 

 ancipitibus; foliis ova- 

 libiis, subtus glaucis; 

 floribus axillaribus, 



^ubsolitariis 



? 



calycis 



foliolis ovatis, acutis ; 

 petalis deflexis, sta 

 minibus longioribus. 



Pursh. 2. p. 374. 



Diffuse^ with branch- 

 es compressed 5 leaves 

 oval, glaucous under- 

 neath; flowers axilla- 

 ry, in general solitary; 

 leaves of the calyx ova- 

 te, acute; petals deflec- 



longer than the 



ted 



? 



stamens. 



A small slirub rarely exceeding 2 feet in height, but very much diffused 

 and divided. Leaves rather large, somewhat attenuated at base, with the 

 margins slightly undulate. Flowers much larger than those of uny other 

 pf our species, solitary, generally opposite, on short peduncles. Stamens 

 very numerous, forming a ball in tlie centre of the fio^ver, and apparently 

 depressing the petals by then: number. Sti/tes 3, at first united, separating 

 as the fruit matures. 



s 



river in Georgia. 



found to the north of the Oakmulgee 



Grows abundantly on the Flint river- 

 Flowers June — August. 



15. Fastigiatum. 



E. 



H. ramulis paulo 

 compressis ; foliis an 



Branches somewhat 



compressed; 



leavest 



gusto-lanceolatis, acu- narrow-lanceolate,ve 



tissimisj corymbis ter- 

 minalibus, muhifloris, 

 fastigiatis; stylis co- 



adunatis.. E. 



ry acute 



5 



corymbs 



terminal, many flow 

 ered, fastigiate,* styles 



miited. 



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