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DECANDMA MONOGYNIA. 



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CLETKRA. Gen. tl. 75 i. 



Calyx 5-partitus, pcr- 

 sistens. Petala 5. Stylus 

 apice 3-fidiis, persisteiis. 



Calyx .5. parted, persis. 



tent. 



Petals 5. 



3 



cleft at tlie summit, per. 



Capsulu 3-locularis, 3- I sistent. Capsule 3 celled, 



^alvis. 



6 valved. 



1. AlNI FOLIA. 



C. foliis cuneato-obo- I Leaves cuneate, obo- 

 vatis, acutis, serratis, ii- vate, acute, serrate, gla- 

 trinque glabris, concolo- j brous, and of the same 

 ribus ; racemis spicatis, colour on both surfaces,' 



simplicibus, bracteatis, I racemes spiked, simple, 

 cano-tomentosis. | bracteate, tomentose and 



I hoary. 



Purah, I.p. 30!. Sp.pl. 2. p. 610. 



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A small shrub, 2—3 ^eet high. Leavts sharply serrate, particular- 

 ly towards the summit, glabrous and finely veined. RawMsitm- 

 nal. Corolla^' &s in all the species, white. 



To the succeeding species this plant bears an entire resemblancfr 

 diifermg only in the villous tomentuin with which the C. tomcntossi' 

 clothed. 



Grows in the upper districts of Carolina and Georgia 

 Mr. Herbemont. 



Flowers July— August. 



CoIumbiJi 



S. To Ml 



C. foliis 



La Marck 



cuneato-obo 

 >atis, acutis, serratis, sub 



ra- 



tus albo-tomentosis ; 

 cemis spicatis, simplici 

 bus, bracteatis, villoso-to 

 mentosis. 



Lam 



Leaves cuneate 

 vate, acute, serrate 

 mcntose and white 

 derneath ; racemes 

 ed, simple, bracteat 

 mentose and villous 



to. 



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Clethra alnifolia, Walt. p. 136. 



t.. alnifolia var. tomentost, Mich. I. p. 2G0. 



Aahrul 

 pubescent 



no- branc^f 



' ^^.u ^^ ^'^^' '^'*^ creeping roots, the you..^ - 

 iaf^ ,.-7'»*'^t^eP"»>escence stellular? Leavef; sometimes ac# 

 Bate, sharply serrate, scabrous and pubescent on the n^pt^ 1% 

 «»ee»M terminal, 4^7 inches \oL, Jfracteas shorter than t" 



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