B44 



DEERBRUSH 



Ceano'thus integer 'rimus, syn. C. nevaden'sis 



Flowers small, numerous, blue, bluish, 

 or white (rarely pinkish), in showy 

 clusters at ends of twigs, scaly-bracted 

 in bud but bracts soon disappearing 



ves alternate, large, 3-ribbed from 

 near the base, on slender stalks up to 

 K in. long, egg-shaped or oblong-egg- 

 shaped, entire on edges, dark green 

 above, lighter beneath, hairless or 

 nearly so 



Petals 5, clawed, hooded, with 5, long- 

 protruding stamens opposite them 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5, whitish, 

 bent inward so that tips meet, unitea 

 below to form a base (calyx disk) 

 which adheres to seed-bearing organ 

 (ovary) and to which petals and 

 stamens are attached 



Seed pod (capsule) somewhat pear- 

 shaped, 3-celled, each cell containing 

 one hard "seed" (nutlet), 3-lobed, the 

 lobes sometimes with indistinct crests 

 on back 



Branches slender, of ten half-drooping, 

 greenish or yellow-greenish, often be- 

 coming warty below, round in cross 

 section 



