SOS TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



sinus callous, sessile at the bas6 of each head, and enclosing it beftre 

 the time of flowering. Calyx 1 leaved, small, tubular, border 4 cleft^ 

 segments erect, obtuse, shorter than the tube. Fetah 4, linear-lance- 

 olate, inserted into the summit of the germ, yellowish. FilamntsA^ 

 as long as the corolla, alternating with the petals. Anthers incum- 

 bent, 2 lobed. Germ inferior, slightly angled. Style shorter thai 

 the stamens, surrounded at base by a glandular ring* around whick 

 the petals and filaments are inserted. Utigma capitate. Drupe rei 



Grows in light rich soils. 



March — April. 





The bark of the trunk and branches of this tree has been lonj 



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employed as a substitute for the Peruvian bark. Its tonic power * 

 considerable, but in its recent state it is apt to disorder thf 

 stomach and bowels. To obviate this effect, it is recommended nut 

 to use it for a year after it has been strij)ped from the tree. It mar 

 be given in powder in the same doses with the Peruvian bark. A 

 decoction of the buds and small branches agrees well witli a ww 

 stomach, and is probably the most eligible form of using this article. 

 The wood is much used by mill-wrights, cai-penters, &c. 



** Flonbus niidis^ cy- \ ** Floxccrs naked, in 



mosis, I cymes 



3. Sericea 



C. ramis patulis ; Mis I Branches expa 



nk^ 



» 



ovatis, acuminatis, subtus | leaves ovate, acuminate, 

 ferrugineo-sericeis ; cy- the under surface clollica 

 misdepressisjlanuginosis. j with a silky ferruginou 

 Sp. pL 1. p. 665. down J cymes deprcssea, 



Pursh, 1. p; 108. 



Mich 



woolly 



A shrub 5—10 feet high. Leaves oblong, smooth on >^<^ "PP^J^je*. 

 face, sometimes slightly cordate. Flowers crowded in w«= 1 



'ernes bng 



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Flowers June. 



4. Sancuinea. 



C. ramis strictis ; foliis | Branches strai^nj^ » 

 ovatis, concoloribus u- leaves ovate, ¥^^^^^^^^ 

 trinque pubescentibus ; and of the same 

 cymis patentibus. Pursh, on both surfaces ^ <7 

 1. p. 109. 1 expanding. 



Sp. pi. p. 662, 



