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ICOSANDRIA DI — PENTAGYNIA, 



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45. 



Carolinian A. 



C. 



C foliis corflatis,cunei- 



Leaves cordate, ciine 



forniibus, integris, deuta- ate, entire, (Jentate^ 3 — 5 



tis, 



3 



5 lobisqiie ; pe- 





lobed 



pe-l uncles brae 



teare ; calyx somewhat 

 leafy. 



dunculis bracteatis; caly- 

 cibus subfoliaceis. Poir. 



Ency. 4. 4)43. sub Mespi- 

 lo, 



Pera. 2. p S6. 



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This species is an obscure one. The description is not satisfactory, 

 but it can scarcely be a synonyme of the C» liava, where Pursh hasf 

 placed it 



Fruit yellow, pear-shaped. 



Growls in Carolina* 



Flowers 



•kE 



G 



C 



C. spinosa ; fol 



dat 



Bpiny j leaves cordate 



lol)atis au^iulatisque, da 



pinnatifido- ovate, pintiaTitid, lobed 



b 



peti 



ly 



and angled, glabrous; pe 



tioles 



nd 



aly 



g 



lands : flower 



without 

 penta- 



ynous 



que e^y;latidulosis ; flori- 

 bus pentagynis. 



Sp. pi 2. p. 1 000. 



C. populifolia, Pursh, l.p. 337. 



A large shrub. Leaves :i^-5--7 lobes, acuminate, acutely serrate, 

 when yaung pubescent alon- the veins. Petioles slender, short. 

 htipu^es subulate, serrate. Corymbs compound. Segments of the 

 cfl p short, obtuse Fruit small, globose, depressed, red. 



Grows along the banks of rivers aeax- the mountains. 

 * lowers 



This genus is probably an extensive one. Our southern species 

 require to be compared more carefully .vith those of the northern 

 8 ates than has yet b-en done. Some of the species enumerated 

 above are obscure, and some more might have been added. The C. 

 coccu.f»a ot Walter seems to ditter from any species [ have described, 

 resembhn^r most the C. viridis, but with some leaves pinnatilid as .a 

 rilf^r 1- ' ". ^'^'^ St^"""" ^«^'ever the leaves on the young branches 

 to hp" Ju '^"r*5.J «« '""^^'^ f>-"n. those on the old, that specinrens are 

 10 De viewed with great caution. 



