if 



IGOSANDRTA DI — PENTAGTNIA 



54y 



bifidum. 

 cularis. 



ria, ossea. 



Capsula 2.I0- 

 f^emina solila- 



cleft. 



Capsule S-celled. 



Seeds solitary, bony. 



1. 



Almfolia. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 1224. Pursh, 1. p. 335. Nutt, 1. p. 304. 



*. Gardeni, Mich. 1. p. 313. 



2 — 4 



Leaves oval or dbo 



vate, creuate near the summit, pubescent on the under surface. Flow- 

 ers in compact terminal spikea. Stamens numerous, insert<^d near 

 the summit of tiie calyx, lonj, white, sometimes tinned with pink. 

 Shgraas long, slender, recurved. Capsule 2 celled, each cell 2 valv- 

 «d. 1 seeded. 



Grows along the margins of swamps. 



Flowers March — April. 



This plant varies much in the form of the leaves and In the colour 



pcrh 



It be- 



gins to flower before the leaves uufold, but the leaves generally ex- 

 pand belot e the flowers decay. 



CRATJtIGUS. GfcN. PL. 854. 



Calyx superus,5-fi(liis 



PfUilu 



Bacca 



5. 



Sttjli H 



5. 



5 spei 



Se 



Calf/x superior, S-cIcft 

 Petals 5 . iSfrhles 



z 



5. 



inina ossea. 



1. 



P 



Berry 

 bony. 



seeded. iSceds 



C. spiiiosa ; foliis obo 



vatis, inciso-serratis, basi deeply 

 integris, tomento^is ; ca- ba«e, tome 



Spiny ; leaves obovate 



entire at 



lycibus laciniatis; fl 

 bus si>litariis, 5-gynis 



j^: 



laciniate ; fl 



ry, pentag>i 



solita- 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 1002. Pursh, 1 p. 339. 

 C. tomentosa, Mich. I- p. 289. 

 Mespilus laciniata, Walt, p, 147. 



A shrub 3 — 6 feet high, forming, with its numerous geniculate and 

 JJivaricate branchee, almost a regular spherical fi-ure ; the young 

 brancfics tomentose ; 8pine» very numerous, S— 4 inches long;, slender. 

 ieares alternate, generally acute, on short petitiles* Flowers t^mi- 

 tial, on short lateral branches, generally solitary. Calyx very toinf-a- 

 tose, with 2 or 3 bracteas at their base ; the segments la'ncei>late, 

 handsomely divided. 



Jellow, eatable 

 Grows in dry soils. 



Petah 



Fruit greeaisli 



FloTycrs 



May, Fruit ripens in October 



Winter-Have 



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