ICOSANDBTA MOKOGVNfA. 



539 



fi 



6—10 



pet 



both 



surfaces, very hairy on the under surface at the division ol the veins. 

 J'^loicers terminal, Kcneraliy bj threes. Calya: persistet.t, the mar- 

 gins finely vilh.us. Vuro'la white, large, twice as long as the stamens. 

 A vcr_y orna:neiital plant. Gr.»w8 along the margins of the rivers 



ill 



the upper part nf Georgia and Carolina. Nea 



Mr Herijemont 



Flowers April — May. 



CHHYSOBA LANUS. Gen. pl. 8.50. 



C/7fi/a inferus, cynipan- 



Valifx infeiior, cani- 



tus. .fj-iiflus. Pet aid b. \ panuIuTe, 5 cleft. 



Stylm lateralis. 



Druptv 



i>. 



Stylf lateral. 



PHah 



Nut 



mix 5-sulcata, 5-valvis, of the driiptf 5 furrowed, 



l-sperma. 



Oblongifolius. Mich. 



5 valved, i seeded. 



1. 



C ? foliis oblorigo-lan- 

 ce4)latis, basi cuiieatis, in- 



tei^errirnis. 



glabris 



niti- 



1 Leaves oblong lanceo- 

 late, cuneate at base, en- 

 tire, glabrous and shining; 



disque ; floribus panicu- I flowers paniculate : fruit 



oblong. 



latis ; fructibus oblougis. 



E. 



Mich. 1. p. £83. Pursh, 1. p. 329. 



Root creepinj^ extensively. Stem shrubby, 1—2 feet liigh, with few 

 branches. Leaves sessile, strongly veiued, srloss}, paler on the uR- 



der surface. Flowers in terminal panicles, small, white. rStamens 

 glabrous Mich.) ' 



Michaux observs that it varies with the leaves woolly and hoary 

 «n the under surface. All that I have seen have been very glabrous. 

 1 he fruit I have never jseen. 



Grows near Fort Barringtoa oa the Alatainaha. Near Looisville, 

 *»eorgia. Mr. Jackson. 



Flowers May — ^June. 



PUUNUS. Gen. pl. 849. 



Califx inferus, cam- 

 panulatus, 5-fidus, deci- 

 duus, Prtala 5. Drupo' 



Caljfx inferior, cnm- 

 panulate, 5 cleft, decidu- 



Petals 



Nut of 



uuus, i-rtaia 5. nrupte ous. Petals 5. Nut of 

 Ice vis nux suturis pronii- . tfie smooth drupe with 



QuUs. 



promiaeiit sutures. 



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