A 



708 



DIOECIA HEXANDRIA. 



F 



the base of the rotate corolla, between the segments^ and bearing the rudi- 

 ments of a germ. Fertile florets often 7 — 8 parted/ bearing abortive sta- 

 mens. Style shortj thick. Stigma somewhat 3-lobed. Berry black; 6, 7, 



8 seeded- . 



Grows in damp poor soils. ' 



Flowers April — May. 



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6. CoRiACEUs. Pursli. 



■ 



p. foliis perennanti- 1 Leaves perennial, 

 bus, lato ovalibus acu- | broad oval, acute, ser- 

 tis, apice serratis, su 



rate near the summit, 

 nitidis, subtus | lucid on the upper sur- 

 face, minutely dotted 

 underneath; fertile flo- 

 rets solitary, generally 



perne 



atomiferis; floribus fo- 



emineis solitariis, ple- 



rumque octo-partitis 



9 



mascuUs 

 tis 8-andris. 



subag 



rega 



8-parted; sterile aggre 



gate octandrous. 



Pursh, 1. p. 221. 



P. Atoraarius, Nutt. 1. p. 213. » 



A shrub generally 5—6 feet high with virgate branches, (viscid when 

 young, Nutt.) Leaves perennial, somewhat oval but very wide for their 

 length, coriaceous, acutely serrate near the summit, sprinkled frequently on 

 the under surface with minute dark coloured atoms. Floicers very com- 

 monly 8-parted and 8-androus. Berry 6, 7, 8 seeded. 



Grows in rich high lands; near the margin of swamps, Chatham County, 

 Georgia. 



Flowers May. . 



GLEDITSCHIA. Gen. Pl. 1596. 



3Iascu(i. 



a 



5 



mtna 6 



8 partitus. 



li/x 3 

 Sta- 



8. 



Foemineu Calyx 5 



10 partitus 

 Legumen, 



Stylus 



HermaphroditL Ca- 



'^ partitus, Sla- 



Sterile florets 



lyx 3 — 5 

 Stamens 6 



8 

 8. 



Ch- 

 arted. 



Fertile florets 



Ca 



lyx 5 

 Style 1. 



10 



par 



ted. 



Legumen 



Hermaphrodite* Ca 



lyx 6 



8 parted 



Sta 



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