DECANDRIA MONOGTmA. 



487 



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The leaves are a2;reeablv acid. In autumn, two wet*ks previouily t« 

 dropping, they become bright scarle*^, and form a conspicuous object 

 in autumnal forest sceaerj- Tiie upright yoiingcr branches are very 

 straight, and irhen deprived of their pith make good pipe stems. The 

 bark, with copperas, forms a purple djQ, 



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4. RnOMBOrDALlS. 



A. ramis floriferis tri- 

 quetris ; foliis rhoinboid- 



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Flower hearing branches 



3 angled 



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leaves rhorn-'* 



alibus lanceolatisque, in- | boidal and lanceolate, en- 



tegerrimis, cartilagineis, 

 glabris, glandula ternii- 



natis 



pedunciilis aggre- 



Pers. 



gatis, axiilaribus. 



i, p. 481. 1 



Grows in Carolina and Florida 



Fl 



owers 



tire, carlilaginous, gla- 

 brous, terminated by a 



; peduncles clus- 



gland 



tered, axillary. 



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5. Axillaris. 



A. foliis ovali-Iancco- 

 tis, acuminatis, coriaceis, 

 lucidis,spiniiloso-serratis ; 

 raceniis axiilaribus, con- 



fertidoiis ; corollis oblon- 



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Leaves oval lanceolate, 

 acuminate, coriaceous, lu- 

 cid, with spiny serratu res ; 

 racemes axillary, closely 

 flowered ; corolla oblong 



go-ovatis ; antheris sum- ovate: anthers at the sum- 

 mitate bicorniculytis. E. mit S horned. 



Sp.pl. 2. p 613, Mich, l.p, 253. 



A. Catesb?ei, Walt. p» • 



A, spinulosa, Pursh, 1. p. 298. .^ 



A. axillaris ? Pursh, 1. p. 297, 



A shrub 2— 4 feet high- Hoot creeping^. Stem flexuoug, terete, 

 sparingly branched ; the branches virg;ite, when young pubescent. 

 leaves deep green on the upper surface, paler underneath and sprink- 

 led with hairs, the serratures acute and rigid. 'Bacemes 2 — 3 inches 

 long, sometimes paniculate. Bracteas 1 small, pubescent, greenish 

 leaf at the base of each peduncle ; 2 glabnius, white, at the base of tlic 

 Calyx; all oyate acute. Calyx very small, white. Corolla white. 

 Stamens scarcely one third the length of tlte corolla. Style longer 

 than the stamens. 



^ The plant I have described (the A. spinulosa of Pursh), is exten- 

 srvely diffused over the low country of Carolina and Ge^yrgia, though 

 ^J no means s« Gommon m the preceding specitis. The mountain 



