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Congdon, Alice Eastwood, C. F. Sonne, Dr. C. L. 

 Anderson, F. V. Coville, Marcus E. Jones, L. Jared, 

 Ida M. Blochman, C. R. Orcutt, Thomas Howell, M. 

 W. Gorman, W. C. Cusick, W. N. Suksdorf, R. S. 

 Williams, Dr. F. Franceschi and Frank H. Vaslit. For 

 specimens cultivated in European gardens, especially for 

 C . Veitchianus and C . floribiindns, I am under obligation 

 to Mr. T. Smith, of Daisy Hill Nursery, Newry, England. 



CEANOTHUS. 



" Ceanothus, Linn. Gen. ii. 267. — Flores herma- 

 phroditi. Calyx 5-fidus, tubo turbinate v. hemispha?rico, 

 lobis 3-angulari-ovatis acutis membranaceis conniventibus. 

 Petala 5, sub disco inserta, longe unguiculata, inter lobos 

 calycis porrecta, limbo cucullato. Stamina 5, petalis 

 longiora, iilamentis filiformibus. Discus crassus, tubum 

 calycis implens. Ovarium disco immersum, cum eo sem'i- 

 adnatum v. liberum, 3-lobum, angulis sj£pe glandulosis; 

 stylus brevis, 3-fidus, stigmatibus decurrentibus v. term- 

 inalibus. Drupa supera, subgloboso-3-loba, basi tubo 

 calycis cincta, 3-cocca, epicarpio tenui, coccis crustaceis 

 V. cartilagineis intus longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Sem- 

 ina obovato-lenticularia, testa l«vi Crustacea, hilo basilari 

 carunculato, albumine carnoso ; cot3dedones ovales v. 

 obovatge ; radicula brevissima. — Frutices v. arbuscula;, in- 

 terdum spinescentes. Folia alterna (rarissime opposita), 

 petiolata, coriacea, integerrima, spinuloso-dentata v. ser- 

 rulata, 3-plinervia v. penninervia, glabra v. scaberula v. 

 subtus cano-tomentosa. Stipula^ minuta?, caduca?. Cymas 

 v. umbellulse in paniculas v. thyrsos densos terminales 

 aggregate. Flores pedicellique sa?pe colorati, azurei, albi 

 V. flavidi."— Benth. & Hook. Gen. PL, i, 378-379. 



