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De Candolle, reg, veg. 1. p. 540. 



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Sp. pi, 4, p. 824. Mich. 2. p. 241. Pursh, 2. p. 370. Nutt/2. p. 244. 



St€7n climbing over small shrubs, glabrous, when young pubescent. Pe- 

 tioles 1 — 3 inches long, young leaves pubescent, \yhen old glabrous, all pel- 

 tate, with the petiole inserted near the margin. Sterile florets racemose, 

 sometimes paniculate, solitary, often shorter than the petiole, shooting out a 

 little above the axil/ Calyx 8-leaved. Corolla yeIlo\y, 8-petalled, smaller 

 than the calyx. Stamens 18 — 20. Anthers ohXns^Xy 4-angIpd, 4-furrowcd, 

 Fertile florets few, corymbose. De Cand. 



Grows from Canada to Carolina. Mich. I have never seen this plant in 

 the low country of Carolina. 



Flowers in July. Pursh. 



It probably inhabits our mountains. 



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2, Smilacinum. 



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M. foliis peltatis sub- 

 glabris^ cordato subro- 

 tundis, obtuse angula- 



Leaves peltate^ some- 

 what glabrous, cord^te^ 

 nearly rounds obtusely 



tis, subtus glaucis, ra- angled, glaucous 



cemis 



petalis 4. 



subsimplicibus, derneath; racemes 



un- 



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nerally simple; petals 



4. 



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De Cand- reg. veg, 1. p. 541. 



Cissarapelos Smilacina, Willd. Sp. pi. 4. p. 863. • 



This species only differs from the preceding by its pale glaucous leaves 

 and its petals, which are 4 and not 8. De Cand. 

 Grows in Carolina in rich moderately dry soils. 

 Flowers June to August. 



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JUNIPERUS. Gen. Pl. 1552. 



Masculu Amentum 



Sterile Jlorets 



ovatum. Calyx squa- | meiit ovate. 



Calyx 



a 



