( 408 ) 
3. CEANOTHUS. Wid titac. 
*Stipules thin and mosily fugacious; leaves alternate; capsules 
without dorsal or apical horns; flowers racemose 
or paniculate. 
Leaves"deciduous, entire, pinnately veined, or somewhat 3-nerved in the first 
species; twigs not at all spinescent; flowers white, paniculate. 
Leaves ovate, pubescent above; capsule smooth, slightly crested, 4-5 mm. 
broad. 1. C. iniegerrimus puberulus. 
Leaves elliptic, glabrous above; capsules roughened, rather prominently 
crested, 7 mm. broad. 2. C. Palmer. 
Leaves evergreen; flowers blue or rarely white. 
Leaves pinnately veined, elliptic, entire; twigs slender, spinescent; arbo- 
rescent shrub. 3. C. spinosus. 
Leaves 3-nerved, ovate-lanceolate to ovate. 
Twigs stiff and spinescent; leaves entire and glabrous (except in 
no. 5). 
Erect branching shrubs, racemes elongated. 
Leaves often sparsely glandular-toothed, pubescent above. 
4. C, divaricatus. 
Leaves entire, glabrous above. 
4a. C. divaricatus eglandulosus. 
Spreading, flat-topped shrub; twigs pale o1 olive color; raceme 
short, spreading. 5. C. cordulatus. 
Twigs not at all spinescent; leaves glandular-toothed, pubescent. 
Large arborescent shrubs or small trees. 
Capsules glabrous. 
Leaves glabrous above. 6. C. sorediatus. 
Leaves pubescent above. 
Leaves minutely velvety-pubescent above, densely 
white-tomentose beneath. 
7. C. tomentosus. 
Leaves somewhat hirsute above, not velvety, 
hirsute beneath; twigs hirsute or villous. 
8. C, oliganthus. 
Capsules glandular-villous; leaves and twigs pubescent. 
9g. C. Orcuttii. 
Low shrubs, 3-10 dm. high. 
Leaves elliptic or narrowly ovate, 2 cm. long or less. 
10. C. austro-montanus. 
Leaves round-ovate, their veins deeply impressed on the 
back, 1 cm. long or less, villous. 
Il. C. impressus. 
**Stipule-bases persistent, thick and corky or spongy; capsule usually with 
dorsal or apical horns as well as crests; flowers umbellate, 
white or rarely blue (no. 15). 
Leaves alternate. 
Leaves narrowly obovate, cuneate, entire; capsule 7-10 mm. broad, 
horns dorsal, stout. 12. C. megacarpus. 
