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DIOECIA OCTANDRIA. 



3. Heterophylla. Lin. 



P. foliis subrotundo- I Leaves ovate, near- 

 ovatis, obtusis, subau- ly round, obtuse, slight- 



riculatis, serratis^ juni- ( ly auriculate, serrate 

 oribus tomentosis. 



when young tomentose. 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 806. Walt 

 Nutt 2. p. 239. 



Mich 



244. Pursh, 2. p. 6l9. 



meter. 



P. Argentea, Mich. arb. for. 3. p. 290. 



A large tree growing sometimes 60—80 feet in height and 2—3 in dla- 



Branches not angled as in the pre^^eding species. Leaves dehoid 

 ovate, serrate at base, slightly cordate, with lobes or auricles that often con- 

 ceal the insertion of the petiole, when young tomentose. (Sterile florets po- 

 lyandrous; flowers of the glabrous fertile ament remote, pedicelled. Mich.) 



Grows along the margins of rivers. Common in the middle and upper 

 districts of Carolina and Georgia. 



Flowers March. 



DIOSPYROS. Gen. Pl. 1598. 



Mascu li, 

 6 fidus. 



ceolata 4—6 fid a. Sta- 



Calyx 4 I Steinle florets 

 Corolla ur- lyx 4 — 6 cleft 



Coral' 



mina 8 



16, lilameiitis 



plerumque biantherife 



ns. 



Foeminei, 



Corolla maris. 



r 



Calyx et 



mala 4 



5. 



12 sperm a. 



Sll'o- 



Uacca 8 



la urceolate 4 — 6 cleft 

 Stamens 8—16, the fil- 

 aments frequently bear 

 ing 2 anthere. 

 Fertile florets 



Ivx 



d Corolla as in 



sterile 



5 



seeded 



Berry 



Stif^mas 4 



8^12 



JU) 



1. VlRGINlANA. Li 



D. foliis ovatis 

 usque. 



ova 



acummatis, 



retlculato-venosis, sub 

 glabris, petiolis pubes- 



Leaves ovate 



and 

 reti- 



oval, acumioate, 



culately veined, sonie- 



wli at 



glabrous 



9 



petioles 



1 



