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3. C 



V. diffusum ; ramis ad- I Diffuse ; branches as- 

 sccndeiitihus ; foliis ob- I cending ; leaves oblonf>- 

 lon,2;o-lanceolatis, utdn lanceolate, acute at each 



end, serrate, rigid, 



que acutis, serratis, rigi- 



dis,glabris ; racemis ter- hrous ; racemes t^enninal, 

 minalibus, coiymbosis ; | corymbose ; corolla cam- 

 corollis campanulatis, f panulate, deeply 5 part- 

 profunde 5-dentatis. | ed. 



Bot. Repos. No. 105. Purs^, l.p. 289. 



Racemes few flowered, bracteate. Flowers nodding. Calyx ap. 

 prised. Corolla expanding, pale red ; the segments acute. >ursh. 



The two preceding species have been adopted !>y Pursh from the 

 Botanical Repository. They have probably ia tiiis country been ia- 

 terinin«5led and confonnded with the V. myrsinites. 



Grows in Carolina. Fraser. 



Flow 



ers 



4. Myrtifoltum. Mich 

 V. repens, gla!)erri- 



Tnum ; foljis petiolatis, 

 ovatibus, lucidis. denticu- 



Creeping, very 2:1a- 



brous ; leaves petiol 

 oval, lucid, denticulate 



latis ; fasciculis axillari- I clusters axillary ; coiol- 



bus ; corollis campanula- | la campanulate, with B 



tis, brevissime 5-deutatls. I bhort teeth. 

 Mich. 1. p. S29. 



Pursh, 1 . p. 289. , 



Leaves with the margins reflected. Clusters of flowprs nearly ses 

 sile, small. Jnthers unawned at the back. Berries small, pedicel 

 iate, globose, black. Mich. 



Grows in Carolina. 



Flowers 



** Foliis deciduis. | ** Leaves deciduous. ^ 

 a. corollis campanulatis, \ a. corolla campunulute, 



5. Akbokeum. Marshall. 

 \ V. foliis lato-lanceola- I Leaves broad lanceo. 

 tis ovalibusque, serrula- j late and oval, seirulaie. 



^3 m ucronatis, supra I mucrouate,siuuuiguuuie 



