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subrevolutis ; pctiolis I margins slia;htly revolute; 

 carinatis, eglandulosis. petioles keeled, without 

 Pursh, i. p. S02. I glands. 



Sp. pi. 1. p. 1491. 



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'fhe lower leaves obovate, the next ovate, the upper lanceolate. 

 Linn. Berries hb}e\shh]a.c\i. Pursh- It appears to me verj proba- 

 ble that this and the preceding species are the same plant. 

 Grows in swanips. 



Flowers May— June. 



8. L.EVIGATUM ? 



V. foliis Ianceolatis,l8e- | Leaves lanceolate, 



vibus, remote serratis, | smooth, remotely ser- 

 basi integerrimis. Sp. pi. | rate, entire at base. , 



i. p. 1492. J 



Pursh, 1 . p. 202. 



Shrub 2—4 feet high, much branched and more diffuse than usua! 

 in this genus ; branches glabrous, but spnnkled with a brown excres- 

 cence resembling dust Leaves small, nearly sessile, cune^tty oho* 

 vate or lanceolate, near the summit dentate/glabrous, lucid on the 

 upper surface, the under dotted and sprinkled with ferruginous dust. 

 Cymes small, nearly sessile. Corolla white. Filaments much shorter 

 than the corolla. 



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I refer the plant before me, with some hesitation, to the V. Iseviga- 

 turn. The " Folia petiolata, lato.lanceolata'^ of Linnaeus, by na 

 means apply to it, though in other points they agree- 

 Rare to me- Found n^ar tlie old Club-house, between Ashepoo 

 and Combahee rivers, in dry soils. 



March — ApriL 



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9. Nl 



V. glaberrimum j foliis I Very glabrous : leaves 



lineari'lanceolatis, sup 



shining 



jnitidis, obsolete serratis | on the upper surface, ob 

 integrisve ; ramis tetra- 1 scurely serrate or ( 

 gonis. Pursh, l. p. go^. ( branches 4 angled 



6p. pi, 1, p. 1492. 

 A low shrub with small leaves. Pursh, 



Grows in sandj barren woods, in Carolina and Georgia. Parsh, 

 Flowers 



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