B41 



WEDGELEAF CEANOTHUS 



Ceano'thus cunea'tus 



Flower clusters umbrella-shaped 

 (umbellate), up to 1 in. broad, borne 

 on short, spurlike branchlets; flowers 

 small, numerous, dull white, on slender 

 stalks 



Leaves opposite, often with smaller 

 leaves hi the axils, thick, small (up to 

 1 in. long), oblong or wedge-shaped 

 or reversely egg-shaped, blunt or 

 rounded with a slightly notched 

 tip, entire or, very rarely, few-toothed, 

 light green above, paler gre"en beneath 

 with extremely fine, matted, white- 

 woolly hairs 



Branches widely spreading, mostly in 

 pairs, often unequal .in length, almost 

 at right angles to the stems 



Petals 5, long-clawed, hooded, with 5 

 protruding stamens opposite them. 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5, some- 

 what greenish, bent inward so that tips 

 meet, united below into a cuplike disk 

 (calyx disk) to which the base of the 

 seed-producing organ (ovary) and the 

 petals and stamens are attached 



Seed pod (capsule) globe-shaped or 

 oblong, about $in. across, 3-celled, each 

 cell producing one hard "seed" (nutlet), 

 3-lobed, each lobe with a conspicuous, 

 erect horn on top 



