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RHAMNACEAE. 



RHAMNUS L. Sp. PL 193 (1753)- 

 Rhamnus Caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 101 (1788). 



In moist, rich ground along the left bank of the Guadalupe at Kerr- 

 ville, altitude 1600-1650 feet. A bush about six feet high. 



May 14 (1740); type locality, Carolina. 



CEANOTHUS L. Sp. PL 195 (1753)- 

 Ceanothus ovatus Desf. Hist. Arb. 2: 381 (1809). 



Ceanothus ovalis Bigel. FL Bost. Ed. 2, 92 (1824). 

 On the ledges of the left bank of the Guadalupe at Kerrville. A low, 

 branching bush, about two feet high. 

 April 19 (1593). 



COLUBRINA Rich. ; Brongn. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. i, 10: 368, /. 75, 



/.J(i8 27 ). 



Colubrina Texensis (T. & G.) A. Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 6 : 

 169 (1850). 



Rhamnus (?) Texensis T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 263 (1838). 

 Very plentiful about Corpus Christi, where it is usually a procumbent, 

 twisted, spreading bush. 



March in flower, June in fruit (1452) ; type locality, "Texas." 



VITACEAE. 



VITIS L. Sp. PL 202 (1753). 

 Vitis cordifolia Michx. FL Bor. Am. 2: 231 (1803). 



Climbing high over bushes and trees along the Guadalupe at Kerrville. 



May 15 (1750); type locality, not given. Range, from Pennsylvania 

 to Florida. 

 Vitis monticola Buckley Proc. Acad. Phila. 450 (1861). 



Abundant along hillsides and on summits about Kerrville. Shrubby, 

 but climbing over low bushes. Apparently does not grow on low ground. 

 Leaves less pubescent than in Buckley's type. 



April 23 (1628); type locality, "mountainous districts of Burnet, 

 Bell, and Hays counties." 



AMPELOPSIS Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 159 (1803). 

 Ampelopsis arborea (L.) Rusby, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 221 (1894). 



