PIOECIA HEXANDRIA* 



^97 



S. QUADRANGULARIS. Mulll. 



s. 



caule 



t€tragono 



9 



aciileato, 



foil is iner- 



gied; 



Stem prickly, 4-an 



leaves unarmed, 

 mibus, ovalis, acutis, j ovate, acute, 5-nerved. 

 quinquenervibus. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 775. Pursh, 1. p. 249. Nutt. 2. p. 233. 



stem 4-angled, unarmed towards the summit, bearing a fe>v scattered 

 prickles near the base. Leaves ovate, slightly cordate, acute, 5-nervedj 

 reticulate. Willd. Berries black. Pursh. ' . 



-Grows in dry woods along the edges of ponds from Pennsylyania to Ca- 

 rolina. Pursh, 



Flowers June — July. 



4. Walteri* Pursh. 



s. 



aculeata 



J 



foliis 

 laevi- 



cordato-ovatis, 



bus, 3-nervibus; baccis 



acuminatis. 



Prickly; leaves cor 

 date ovate, smooth, 3 



nerved^ berries acumi 

 nate. ^ 



Pursh, i. p. 249. 



S. China, Walt. p. 245. 



^ 



^em 



angled, spiny. Leaves cordate ovate, 3-nerved, smooth. Berries 



red, acuminate, 3-seeded- Walt. 



Of this species of Walter 1 have no knowledge; I insert it to excite inqui- 

 ry. Walter lived in a situation favourable to the examination of this genu^ 

 and appear? to have paid it much attention. 



Grows along the rivers in the low country of Virginia and Carolina. Ber- 

 ries red. Pursh. 



J- ■ 



> 



Flowers July. Pursh. 



\ 



5. Sarsaparilla. Lin. 



s. 



caule 



actileato 



9 



subtetragono; foliis in- 

 ermibus, ovato-lanceo- 

 latis, cuspidatis, sub- 

 quinquenervibns, sub- 

 tus glaucis; pedunculis 

 elongatis. 





Stem prickly, slight- 

 ly 4-aiigled; leaves un- 

 armed, ovate lanceo- 

 late, cuspidate, 



sonie- 



wliat 



5-nerved, glau- 



cous underneath 

 duncles lonji. 



pe 



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