PENTANDRTA MONOGYNIA. 



S93 



falcafis, subliiteger 

 pedunculis pier 

 iinifloris ; florihus 

 bus 5-fi(lis; fructib 



iinqih 

 onini 



slightly 



ytl 



shaped 



rucoso-niuiicalis. Pursh 



l.p 



68 



nearly entire ; peduncles 

 generally l flowered ; 

 flowers all 5 cleft ; fruit 



roughened, warty. 



Leaven nearly sessile. Nearly aJlied to the preceding species, but if: 

 vas said by Mr. Lyon, by whom it was discovered, to preserve its char- 

 acter when raised" from seed. It is still however a doubtful species. 



Grows in fertile soils in woods, in the western districts of Georgia* 



3. Atropurpureus. 

 E. foliis petiolatis, oh- 

 longo-lanceolatis, acun}i- 



1 o ng 



Leaves petiolate, ob- 



lanceolate, acunii- 



natis, scrratis ; peduncu- I nate, senate; peduncles 

 llsdivaricatis, multifloHs; | divaricate, many flower- 

 florifius 4-fidis ; fructiluis ed ; flowers 4 cleft ; fruit 



Iffivibus. 



i68, 



Pursh, 1. p. smooth. 



Sp. pi. 1, p. 1132. 



Leaves iiiuch longer than those of tlie E. Americanus. Flowers 

 dark purple. Fruit red. 



Grows on the banks of rivulets, from New-York to Carolina. 

 FloM'ers May — July. 



Cali/x 5'fi 



calyci h 



ITEA. Gen. Pl. 38 1. 



Pet (da 



Sli 



Ca lij. 



7 



cleft 



Petals 



\ 



bilobu 



& 



mila 



Cap 



\ 



is, S-locularis ; j Capsule 2 valved 



ted into the calyx. 

 Stigma capitate, 2 lobed. 



S cell- 



seuiinifei 



"guie introflexo 



ed 



the valves 



the seed 



Vi 



flexed marg 



along 



bearing 

 the in- 



Sp, pL 1, p. 1 146. Walt p. 102. MJch. 1. p. 15S. 



A shrub 3 — 6 feet high, branching, the joung branches flexible and 

 pubescent* Leaves alternate, lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate, v^ith 

 the veins pubescent, U^ht green, the upper surface having a silky hiS' 

 *re ; petioles 3 — 5 lines long* flowers in termijial, simple m 



racemes : 



