JSIO TETRANDRIA MONOGYNI* 



ceolatis, acuminatis, su. I olate, acuminate, sea. 

 pra hispidis. brous, almost hispid on 



I the upper surface. 



Mich. 1. p. 93. Pursli^ 1. p. 108. 



A shrub 4—10 feet high, stolonlferous ; branches virgate, the jounj 



rough, the old glabrous. Leaves verj entire, scabrous, toraentose 



on the under surface. Petioles 3 — 4 lines long, hairj. £fm 



terminate, fastigiate. Peduncles pubescent-, slightly colouml, 



Petals o log lanceolate, white, pubescent. Filaments shorter thn 



the pet; Is. Jnthers purple. Germ villous. Style thick^ as long u 



the stamen , somewhat persistent. 



Grows in dry, sandy soils, moderately fertile. Common nearBcaa* 

 fort. 



r 



Flowers June. 



8. A1.TERN1FOLTA. 



C. rami's verrucosis;! Branches warty; leaves 

 foliis alternis, ovatis, acu- [ alternate, ovate, acute, 

 tis, subtus canis ; vyims | hoary underneath ; cy- 

 depress?is, patentibus. j mes depressed, expaiiJ- 

 Pursh, 1 p. 109. f ing. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 664. Mich. 1. p 93. 



A small tree 15—20 feet hij^h. Leaves on long slender pcfi"'*'-;^* 

 young tapering to a point, tlie old uitli a long acuminatlon. i/fJ"- 

 purple. 



Grows along the margin of rivulets, among the mountain?* 



Flowers Maj — June. 



PTELEA. 



CoroUa 4-petala. Ca- \ Corolla 4 petalled. Ca- 



inferwr, 



lyx 4-partitus, inferus. ] lyx 4 parted. 



JStigmafa §. Samara Stigmas 2. S(jmar^!^^^l 



subrolunda, centre mono- I \y round, 1 seeded w 



sperm a. | centre. 



1. Trifoltata. fl ^v 



P. foliis trifoliatis ; flo- I Leaves trifoliate ; nu^^ 



libus paniculatis, dioicis. i ers in panicles, dio* 



E. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 670. 

 Walt- p. 



Mich. 1. p. 99. Pursh, I. p. 10 



4 m 



