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MONOECIA POLYANDRIA, 



calycibiis fiiictus subro 

 tiindis, campanulatis, 

 mice majoribus, limbo 

 dilatalo, multifido. 



lyx of the fruit nearly 



campanulate, 



the nut, 



roun 



larger 



than 



with the border dilated 

 many cleft. 



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Mich. 2. p. 201. 



Pursh, 2. p. 634. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 471. Walt. p. 236. 

 Nutt. 2. p. 216. 



A shrub C — S feet high, with erect virgate branches, pubescent when 

 young. Leaves alternate, on short petioles, cordate, ovate, broad, acumi- 

 nate, angled, serrate, pubescent particularly on the under surface. Aments of 

 sterile flowers near the summit of the branches, 1 — 2 inclies long, scales of 

 the calj'x 3, one nearly enveloping the other two. Fertile florets axillary. 

 Calyx 2-parted, persistent, with the border dilated, many cleft. • Nut ovate, 

 compressed, acuminate, edible. 



Grows in moderately rich soils; common in the upper districts of Carohna 

 and Georgia; foimd sparingly within 40 or 50 miles of the sea-coast, but ne- 

 ver, I believe, in its immediate vicinity. 



Flovveis February — March. 



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2. RosTRATA. Aiton. 



C. 



fohis 



o])longo- 



ovatisovahbusque, sub- 

 cordatis, acuminatls 



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calycibus fructus nuce 

 majoribus, hirsutissimis, 

 sum mitate tubulosis bi- 

 partitis, laciniis incisis. 



Leaves oblong-ovate 

 and oval, shghtly cor- 

 date, acuminate; calyx 

 of the fruit larger than 

 the nut, very hirsute, at 

 the summit tubular and 

 2-parted, the segments 

 notched. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 635. Mich. 2. p. 201. Pursh, 2. p. 635. Nutt. 2. 2l6. 



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j). small shrub rarely exceeding 3 — 4 feet in height. Leaves on short pe- 

 fides slightly cordate, nearly oval^ acuminate, finely and doubly serrate, pu- 

 bescent particularly on the under surface, thinner than those of the preceding 

 Species. Cali/x of the fruit somewhat globular, very hirsute, terminating m 

 a tube one and a half inches long, 2.parted for about half of its length, the 

 summits many cleft. 



Grows on the mountains of Cai'olina. Pursh. 

 Flowers March — April, 



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