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ICOSANDRIA DI — PENTAGYNIA. 



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S. 



Ciius Galli. 



C. spinosa ; foliis obo- 



Spiny ; leaves obovate 



vato-cuneiformibus, ser- I cuneate, serrate, nearly 

 ratisjsubsessilibus, nitidis; sessile, shining ; corymbs 



corvmbis 



compositis 



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compound ; segments of 



foliolis calycinis lanceo- I the calyx lanceolate, ser 

 latis, serratis ; tioribus di- [ rate; flowers digynous. 



gyms. 



Sp.pl 



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. p 13. 



Walt p. 147? Mich. 2. p. 288? Pursh, 1, p, 338. 



A shrub of middling height, Spinea long, very numerous. Lmvn 

 bbtuse and acute, irregularly serrate, very glabrous. J'lowers in ter- 

 xnit^a!, compound corymbs. Segments of the calt/x narrow, acut?, 

 soinetimes serrate, f Fruit small, red. Pursh.) 



Grows in woods aiul along the banks of rivers. 



Flowers April — May. 



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3. LUCIDA. 



C- ?pinosa ; foliis 



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f 



b 



vatis, crenatis, co- 

 Jucidis ; corymbis 



Spiny ; leaves cuneate 

 obovate, crenate, coriace- 



lucid ; corymbs 



smiplicibus, paucifloris ; I pie, few flowered 



flow 



floribus 5-gynis 



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C. unilateralis P Pers. 2. p. sr 



pentagynous 



strong. 



A shrub 1 0—12 feet high. Sfims short, scarcelj^ an Inch long, ver/ 



Uavts on very short branches from the base of the spines, 

 irregu arly crenate. Flowers few, rarely exceeding 3, terminal, on 

 small lateral branches. %Ze« 5. fierry 5 seeded. 



1 his species appears to me very distinct from the preceding, with 

 which It has been confounded. Its leaves are much smaller, more co- 

 riaceous and lucid, and it differs also by its smaller corymbs and pen- 

 tagynous flowers. ^ "> J 



The great difference? between the southern and nothern species of 



cea?eTu?der 5!fs Zl'''"^""'' '^' ^^''' ^^ ''^^ ""'^''^ '^"'''' '"" 

 t^'fseTflow*^'' w^i-gin of the Ogeechee river, just where the tide* 

 Flowers April. 



4. 



Punctata. 



C. spinosa inermisve ; 

 foliis obovuto-cuneiformi- 

 ^is, glabris, serratis : ca- 



f 



Spiny or unarmed; 



leaves obovate cuneate, 



glabrous, serrate j calyx 



