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orbicular-ovate, 6-15 cm. long, acuminate, serrate, obtuse, rounded 

 or cordate at the base, bright green above, gray tomentose and 

 not reticulated beneath ; petioles somewhat more than y 2 as long 

 as the blades or shorter : corymb 5-1 5 cm. broad, rather round 

 topped : sterile flowers commonly present : calyx campanulate ; 

 tube ribbed ; segments triangular, acute : petals 5, ovate, boat- 

 shaped, 1.5 mm. long, hooded at the apex: stamens conspicu- 

 ously exserted : capsule urn-shaped, about 2 mm. in diameter, 

 usually higher than broad, strongly ribbed, tipped by the 2-3 

 spreading styles. 



Western slopes of the Allegheny Mountains, Tennessee and 



Georgia. Spring and summer. . 



This shrub stands between Hydrangea arborescent and 

 radiata but is distinguished from either by the gray tomentum of 

 the lower surface of the leaves. 



The following specimens belong here : 



Tennessee: Chilhowee Mountains, June, Curtiss, Number 

 833; White Cliff Springs, June 24, 1890, Scribner, July, 1894, 

 Kearney; Chilhowee Gap, Blount County, June 24, 1893, 



Kearney. 



Georgia: Ringgold, August 6-12, 1895, Small. 



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clothed with a dull dark -gray bark which on tne youn^ruuu.u- 

 is covered with a fine pubescence of a velvety texture. Stem 5 8 

 meters high, with a maximum diameter of 2 dm. ; brancmets as- 

 cending or erect, the youngest flexuous : leaves 2-6 cm. long, 

 1-3 cm. broad, blades oval or obovate, acute or somewhat ac nn- 

 nate, finely but sharply serrate (the teeth apiculate) acute or 

 acuminate at the base, conspicuously and densely pubescent be- 

 neath, inconspicuously pubescent and slightly rugose above ; mid- 

 rib very prominent, its lateral branches less so : pctio es -i cm. 

 long, pubescent: drupe oblong, 10-13 mm. long, dark purple, 

 clothed with a lighter bloom : stone ovoid, 8-10 mm. long, much 

 compressed, pointed at both ends, crested and grooved on each 

 side of the crest, also grooved on the opposite side. 



In sandy soil on the granite districts about Stone Mountain 

 Georgia. First collected by the writer on July 7, 1893, at the 

 base of Little Stone Mountain. 



Hp^tnfnr. mnfnsed with Prunus umbellata ; it hi 1, ho* vat, a 



