MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 



567 



V 



bi*evibus, subulato-ensr 

 formibus, nervosis 

 pitulo 



ca- 



convexo; 



squa- 

 mis involiicri suborbi- 

 culatis. 



leaves short, subtilate- 

 ensiform, nerved^ head 



scales of the 



convex; 



iiivohicrum nearly or 

 bicular. 



Mich. 2. p. 166. Pursh, 1. p. 92. Nutt. i. p. 90. 



Perennial. Leaves one to two inches long, subulate, nerved somewhat 

 pe luc.d, sprinkled with a i... hairs, and shewing ver/ dS nc^; b t^e, 

 the nerves the numerous transverse partitions which are common In this Te" 

 nus Scape three to four inches high, furrowed, nearly glabrous Scale; 



oiate. Siifle one. Sttgmm two. Ca/>*«/e.s two, united, (didymous.) - 



not mrwi'th ;r''''' '"^' ^r^- '« ^^^^"°^- ^l-l'-P-sh Vhave 

 not met with this species m the low country of Carolina. 



r lowers — 



J 



ALNUS. 



wiiid 



■ 



Masculi amentum 



re 



Sterile florets 



ceptaculis cuneiformi- ment, with the recent 

 bus, truncatis, trifloris cles '" 



A 



cuneifo 



compositum. Cuhjx cate, 3-flowered 

 squama. Corolla qua- pound. Caly 



trun 

 com 



dripartita. 



Foeminei amentum, 



yds squamae biflo- 



Coro lla 0. Sem i- 



compressa, ovata 



na 



nuda. 



■i 



Corolla 4-parled. 

 Fertile florets, 

 meiitum. .Scales of the 



J d . Co-' 



lyx 2-fl 



//«0 



Seed compi 



sed, ovate^ naked 



1. Serrulata. 

 A. fohis 



Alton 



ijcuminatis, venis et ax 



obovatisJ leaves obovate/a 



illis 

 pilosi 



cuminate, 



with 



the 



IS 



^'s, obtusis. 



venarum subtus veins and axils of the 

 stipuhs ellipti- 1 veins on th« under sur- 

 face hairy; stipules el- 

 liptic, obtuse. 



