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PENTANDRIA TRIGYNlA. 



Stem about a foot high. 



Leaves pinnate, many paired* Reported 



#n the authority of Mr. Lyoij to be very poisonous. 

 Grows in the upper districts of Carolina, 

 riowera July — August, 



5., Vernix. 



R. fflabemi 



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foli 



Very glabrous ; leaflets 

 oval, abruptly acuminate, 



olis ovalibus, abrupte acu- 



minatis, integris ; panicu- | entire ; panicle diffuse 

 la laxa ; floribus dioicis. I flowers dioicous 

 Pursh, 1. p, 203. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 1479. Mich. 1. 1 

 Shrub 6 — 10 feet high, (arborescent, Mich.) branches glabrous 



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on the under surface j petioles glabrous, without joints or wings. 

 Flowers in long slender panicles, dioicous. (Fruit white. Mich.) 



Grows in the upper country of Georgia and Carolina ; rare in the 

 Jo^er. I have seen it within eighteen miles of Savannah^ on the road 

 to Augusta. 



Flowers May — June, 



6. COPALUNUM. 



R. foliis pinnatis, inte- I Leaves pinnate, entire, 

 gerrimis, petiolo mem- with the petiole winged, 



branaceo, articulato. Sp. and jointed. 



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1. p. 1480. 



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Mich. 1. p. 182. Pursh, 1. p. 205 



A shrub 3—12 feet high, branching ; the branches virgatcj and 

 covered with fine down. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets (about 5 pair,) ob- 

 liquely lanceolate, slightly revolute, shining on the upper surface, 

 pubescent on the under ; petioles 8—12 inches long, apparently 

 jointed, with narrow wings extending from joint to joint; the leaflets 

 grovvmg from each joint. Calyx 5 parted. Petals 3 times as long 

 as the calyx, oval, of an obscure yellow. Filaments much shorter than 

 . the corolla, inserted into a ring surrounding the germ. Germ superior, 

 oval. 8ti/Us 3, very short. Stigmas globose. Berry compressed, 

 ovate, pubescent; the juice very acid. 



Grows in all soils not inundated. • 



Flowers August. Simach. 



The berries are possessed of an agreeable acid taste. Infused into 

 water, they form a pleasant aud cooling beverage. 



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