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PENTANDRIA MONOG^NIA 



1.' VOLUBILIS. 



Z. inermis : folii 



Unarmed 



le 



0, 



uinhellis 



vate, libbed, very 

 slightly undulate 



uni 



Sn.pl 



■y 



on peduncles, axilla 

 stem twining:. 



& 



tis, costatij, int( 

 subundulatis ; 

 pedunculatis, a> 

 caule volubili. 

 11 OS. 



Pursh, 1. p. 188. 



Rhamnus volubilis, Walt. p. 101. Mich. 1. p. 153. 



Stem twining over shrubs and small trees, with manj small branches^. 

 Leaves alternate, oval and ovate, acute, glabrous. Flowers in small 

 iimbels or racemes, axillary and terminal, dioicous. Drupe oval, 

 generally one seeded, purple. 



In the structure of its leaves and in its mode of flowering, very 

 nearly allied to tlie Rhamnus Carolinianus, from which it has been sepa- 

 rated perhaps unnecessarily on account of its fruit. 



Grows in damp, rich clayey soils. The stem v/lien green is very 



Supple Jack.. 



flexible and lough. 

 Flowers May— June. 



CEANOTHUa Gen. PL. 361. 



Petala 5, saccata, forni- 



Petals 5, sack-like and 



^acca (capsula .?) j arched. Berry (or cap- 

 sule ?) dry, 3 celled, 3 

 seeded. 



cata. 



sicca, 3-locuIaris, 3-sper- 

 nia. 



i. 4lVIERICANUS. 



C. foliis ovato-lanceo- 



Leaves ovate lanceo- 



latis, acutis, triplinervi- late, triply nerved, acute 

 bus, serratis, pilosis ; pan- | senate, hairy; panicles 



iculis 

 pedunculatis. 



axilla ri bus, longe 



E. 



Sp.pl. 1. p. Walt. p. 101. M 



axillary, on long pedun- 

 cles. 



p. 154. Pursh, l.p. I6r. 



Boot very large for the size of the plant, dark red. Stem frutes- 

 cent, 2—5 feet high, the young branches pubescent. Leaves ^ inches 

 long, 1 w ide, acutely serrate, nerved, the veins underneath very hairy 

 but scarcely tomentose ; petioles half an inch long, pubescent The 

 common peduncles longer than the leaves, pubescent: the partial half 

 an inch long, glabrous. Panicle composed of clustered racemes. Ca 

 iyx turbinate, persistent, white ; border 5 cleft; the segments acute, 

 inflexed. Petals white, deciduous, clawed, compressed, obtuse, in- 



*rted into the calyx betweea tlie segments, enclosing the stamens- 



