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variety (the A. axillaris of Pursli) has never appeared to me to be suffi 

 cienth' di^itinct to form another species, it js distirijiuished principal 

 Ij, if not altogether, bj more compact racemes and narrower leaves. 

 Grows on the margins sf swamps. 



Flowers February — April — sometimes in November. 



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6. ACUMIN 



A. du'jeiiimu ; foliis o- I Very dahi 



vato-lariceulalis, supcrne 



pering 



angustatis acumiiiatis- | towards the suinniit and 



acuminate, iieaily entire, 



que, subintej2;erri»jis, co- 

 riuceis, letirulatis ; race- j coriaceous, leticulate ; 

 mis axillaribiis ; corollis I niccmes axillat-y ; corol- 

 cylindraceis ; untheris la cylindrical ; anthers 

 muikis, postice glbbis. | unawned, gibbous near 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 615. Pursb, 1. p. 293. 

 A. reticulata, Walt, p 

 laurina, Mich. 1. p. 253. 



b 



foruiosissima, Bartram. 



Ahaiulsome shrub, 3— 10 or 12 feet higli. Stem erect, branchef 

 very straight aiad hollow. Leaves sometimes sHglitlv serrate. Ra- 

 cemes sh«rt, sometimes compound. Flowers white, n"'odding. 



Grows along the margins of swamp*;. Rare in the low country of 

 Carolina. Near Black Swamp, on t!ie road from Coosawhatchie to 

 the Sisters Ferry is the only place at which I have seen it near the 

 sea coast. More common in Florida. 



Flowers April .•* 



7. Floribunda. PursIi. 



A. glaberrima ; foliis | Very glabrous ; leaves 

 obloiigo-ovatis, acutis, te- o])1oiigovate,acute.sliglit- 

 nuissime seirulatis, cori- | Iv serrulate, coriaceous; 

 aceis ; racen)is secundis, racemes sccund, axillaiT 

 axillaiibuspauiculato-ter- and formiiif^ terniiual 



p. tQS. 



»usque Pursh, i. j panicles. 



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at ftT/.!Tlf '"^'^ ^^'^^'^^ '"'^^t^- ^^^^^'^^ vehite, with 2 bracteas 

 at xiie base ol the calyx. 



This species, wt ich I have 

 lied to the preceding. 



t'olitcted amoni: the moun 

 Flowers May — June. 



be 



Mr 



