ICOSANOHIA MONOOYNIA 



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niinatis ; pedicillis aggre- | ously acuminate 



J 



pedi- 



gaHs, glabris; calycis la- I eels aggregate, glabrous j 

 ciiiiis lanceolatis : fructu 



segments 



of the calvx 

 subovato. Mich. 1. p- I lanceolate ; fruit nearly 



2h4 



ovate. 



p. spinosa, Walt. p. 146 ? 



jjLeai 



ovaT> 



A small tree 15 — 20 feet Hii^h, with long, flexible, virgate branches 

 is stront;ly acuminate. Fruit generally solitary, large 

 austere, with an uncommonly thick and tough skin. 



This description is taken from what is commonly called the winter 

 plura in our low country, although it really ripens in July and August. 

 This is undoubtedly th? P. spinosa of Walter, and I have always si^p* 

 pos*ed it to be the P, sestivalis of Michaux. Pursh, however, has 

 transferred the name and description of Michaux to a very differeni 

 Species. 



Grows in swamps, particularly along the large riverg. 

 Flowers March 



April. 



8. 



M\RITI.%IA, 



P, pedunculis subsoli- 



Peduncles generally 



tariis ; foliis ovato-oblon- solitary ; leaves ovate ob- 



gis, aeuminatis, duplica- 



long, 



acuminate, doubly 



to serratis. Willd.enum. I serrate. 

 519. 



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Pursh, I. p. 532. 



Fruit the size of pigeon's eg^, very good to eat. Pursh- 



There is some confusion in these species which I am not able to 

 explain. Pursh's description of this appears to apply to our winter 

 plumb described above ; yet if that is the plant really meant b; Will- 

 denow, it is wrongly named, for it is not a maritim*^ species. 



Grows on the sea coast, from New- Jersey to Carolina. Pursh. 



Flowers 



DECODON. Gmelin. 



Caljix campannlatus, 



Caliix campanulate, l» 

 10-dentatus, 5 longiorl [ toothed, 5 lon.i^er, expan- 

 bus, patentibiis demum I ding, finally inflected. Pf- 

 iiicurvis, Petnla undo- j tals undulate. 



Stamens 



lata. 



Sfaminn lO, quo- lu, 5 very long. Capsule 



rum 5 longissima. Cup- 

 ula g-iocularisj tf-valvis. 



3 celled, 3 yalved. 



