DIOECIA HEXANDRIA. 



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PRINOS. 



EN. 



P 



L. 



594. 



^■^SS 



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Mas cull. 



Calyx 4 



4 



8 fid us. Cor'oUa 4 

 8 partita. Stamina 



8. 



Rudimentiim 



pistilli. 



et 



Foeminei, 

 Corolla 



Calyx 

 maris. 



Stigma sessile 

 fidum. 



9 



4 



Bacca 



sperm a 



^t 



lyx 4 

 la 4 



Sterile Jlorets, Ca 



8 cleft. Coro/- 



8 parted. 



Si 



a 



mens 4 



8. 



A r u di 



meut of a pistil. 



Fertile Jlorets. 

 lyx and Corolla as in 



Ca- 



8 the sterile. 



1 iM 



8 sessile. 



4 



8 



Stigma 

 cleft. 



Berry 4 — 8 seeded. 



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1. Ambiguus. Mich. 



P. 



foliis 



deciduisj 



Leaves 



deciduous, 



ovali-lanceolatis, utrin- oval-lanceolate, acumi 



que acuminatis, laevissi- f nate 



at 



each 



end, 



me crenato serrulatis, slightly and crenately 



subtus pubescentibus; 

 floribus 4 — 5 fidis, 

 masculis 



aggregatis 



foemineis axillaribus 



subsolitariis. 



E. 



serrulate, pubescent un- 

 derneath: flowers 4 



5 



cleft, the sterile aegre 



gate, the fertile axilla 

 ry, generally solitary. 



Mich. 2. p. 236. Pursh, 1. p. 220. 

 Cassine Caroliniana, Walt. p. 242. 



^ A small shrub rarely exceeding 3 — 4 feet in height, wnth -terete, somewhat 

 virgate branches. Leaves on very short petioles, very pubescent under- 

 neath. Sterile florets in clusters of 20 — 30, axillary, but appearing to spring 

 from the summit of the last year's buds, each pedicel l-flovvered. Teeth of 

 the calyx, segments of the corolla and stamens sometimes 5, but much more 

 frequently 4, hence it was arranged by Dr. Macbride, perhaps correctly, as 

 an ilex. Fertile florets soraoti^mes 3 — 4 in an axil. Corolla of the fertile 

 floiet withering slowly. Stigma obscurely 4 or 5 furrowed. JSeeds corres- 

 ponding in number with the divisions of the stigma. Berry red. 



Sufficiently distinct from P. Verticillatus. 



Grows in St. John^s, Berkeley. Dr. Macbride. St- 3Iary^s. Georgia. Dr. 

 Baldwin. 



Flowers April — May. * - 



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