ICOSANDRIA Dr 



PF-NTAGYNFA. 



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12 ffct hip;}!. Lfav^$ in small fa<?ric?«^s. nn 



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teng petioles. Stipules linear lancL'olatf, nearly glabroua Sptn*'s 

 in^'i.-s long. Corymbs simple, few floMrtred (5 -6'. Caltfj;t>ii'n , ire. 

 hairv segment* reflected. Corolla "' ' 



times 3. 



Gruvvs in close damp soils. 

 Flowers March 



Style:i general 1 J 2, «oxn«» 



April 



13. 



C. 1 



POPULIFOLIA. 



inosa : foliis c 



Watt. 



. ip' 



a- 



tis, basi siibtruncatis, 

 cutissime serratis subL)- 



baiisque 



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peli 



Spiny 



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leaves bvatt 



at 



pa 



soiTK-vvhat truncate 

 base, very acutely ser- 

 rate arnl sliL^btly lobel 



glan^fulosis ; floribus pen- petioles sparmj^ly dan Ju- 

 tagynis. E. I lar; flowers Jieutagy nous. 



Walt 



A shrub, with slender branches, and verj large strong spines whkli 



Ire sometimes branched. Leazes small, \vith the serratiires acumi- 



Peiioles nearly an inch long, and, with the leaves, sprinkled 

 with a few hairs 



hate. 



Flowers in small corymbs, white 



This plant bears no resemblance to tlie C. cordata of this sketch, 

 but much to the C. coccinea. It differs however from that b« its 

 leaves, which are much smaller, more ovate and '(btiise at biSe i .e 

 leaves «f this species indeed are sd obtuse at base that they must 

 frequently become subcordate. 



Grows St. Johns, Santee. 



Flowers April. 



44. 



Coccinea. 



C. spinosa ; foliis lona; 



petiolatis, o 

 nie lobatis 



Spiny J leaves on long 



pe 



ovate. 



glabris 

 busq 



qii 



lobed 



y a- 



j 



petioiis, cal 

 pubescentibus, I pube 



glabi 



J 



petioles 



d 



5ccnt calyx glandu 

 glandiilosis ; floribus pen- | lar j flowers pentagynous 



tagynis. E. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 1000. Mich. 1. p. 288. Pursh, 1 p. 337. 



A small tree. Leaves obtuse at base, scarcely cordate, plahrnus 

 ^hen mature, lobes numerous, generally acuminate, sharply »eri4t^. 

 Corymbs many flowered. Peduncles hairy. Flowers white. FrttU 

 Jed, large, eatable. 



Grows from Canada to Carolina, along the mountaini^ 



^lowers 



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