560 ICOSANDRIA DI — PENTAGYNrA. 



1. SALlClPOi.lA. 



S.foliis lanceolatis, ar- I Le?\es lanceolate, sharps 

 gute serratis. pjlabris ; ra- | ly serrate, glabrous ; ra- 

 icenio terminal! composi- j cemes terminal, com. 

 to, paniculato ; floribus pound, panicled ; flowere 

 pentagynis. Sp. pi. 2. p pentagynous. 

 1055. I 



Mich. 1. p. 293. Pursh, 1. p. S4l. Nutt. 1. p. 507. 



A shrub, 3—6 feet high, with the youns branches slender, sonife 

 ■what angled and slightly pubescent. Leav s slightly glaucous under- 

 neAth, a little hairy along the veins and margin Segments of the 

 calyx lanceolate, inflected after the flowers fall. Petals shorter than 

 the calyx, white, with very short claws. Stamens inserted on a glan- 

 dular ring at the summit of the tube of the calyx. Oerms 5, unted 

 at base, styles shorter than the stamens. Capsules 5. Seeds roanr 

 m each capsule. 



^ Grows in the upper districts of Carolina. 

 Flowers June — July* 



2. TOMENTOSA. 



S. foliis ovato-Ianceo- I Leaves ovate lanceo- 

 latis, inaequalitt^r serratis, late, unequally serrate^ 

 subtus toiiientosis ; race- tomentose underneat^i j 

 mo terminali composi- racemes terminal, com- 

 to, confertifloro ; floribus pound, thickly flowered j 

 pentagynLs. Sp. pi. a. p. j flowers pentagynous. 



1056. 



Mich. 1. p. 293. Pursh, 1. p. 341. Nutt. 1. p. 307. 



tini^^l'nrf; ^^* ^^** '>'*'' ^'^^ ^^^^ y'^'^'S virgate branches fcrrugi- 

 horrv 1! '"!?'"• ^^««^«s sometimes oval or lanceolate, ru-se, 

 sS r^^rT'"*^- .^^^^^ tomentose; segn,ents reflected? P^t^^ 

 ZmJrSlli '''T^''''' ? ^"t>^d, hairy on the outer surface t-'/a- 



Gro«i n^t. ^' '"^'' '^' "«'■""'» '^*'^^*- f««^ i» each capsule. 



Fir^rs'jutTui;.''^*^"*^ ^^ Carolina and Georgia. 



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3. Opulipolia. 



S folus ovatis, lobatis, | Leaves ovate, lobed, 

 ^uphcato-dentatis crena- | doublv tootbed or ere- 

 xisve, glabris ; corymbis I nate, 'glabrous : coivnibs 



termmalibus, confertiflo, | terminal, thickly flowed 



