92 XEW^SYLVA. 



They may be of a different Genus and 

 imate to Carpoxis by the leaves not quite entire^ 

 728. FOREST, (or Carp.) PRINOIDES Raf. 

 Borya Loud. Leaves ovate lanceolate serrate 

 Is it Ilex prinoides ? flowers green, leaves 2 

 inches long, one broad. 



724. FOREST, (or Carp.) RETUSA Raf. Borya 

 Loud. Leaves alternate tapering in short pe- 

 tiols, retuse emarginate mucronulate very 

 smooth glaucous. Very near to my Ilex rttusa 

 but that is a real Ilex with 4seeded berries. 



725. CARPOXIS SPINOSA Raf. Adelia acumi- 

 nata MX. ic. 48. Borya W. P. &c. Bigelowia 

 Sm. Branches spinose, leaves petiolate, rhom- 

 boidal, lanceolate, serrate (entire in the figure) 

 acute smooth, fruits subternate drooping oblong 

 rostrate acuminate Carolina and Georgia, 

 margin of streams, the description and figure of 

 Michaux do not agree, and Elliot Sp. appears 

 distinct. Leaves uncial, fruits long on filiform 

 peduncles. Stamens over 4 ? 



726. CARPOXIS INEUMIS Raf. Borya acumi- 

 nata Pursh, Elliot &e. Branches not spinose, 

 leaves oval lanceol. attenuate at both ends pe- 

 tiolate membranaceous serrulate Carolina, 

 only seen dry by Elliot, who says that it has 

 really 4 stamens. 



727. NUDILUS PARADOXUS Raf. fl. tex. &c. 

 Quite smooth, branches terete, leaves opposite 

 and altern. lanceolate sessile acute entire fas- 

 ciculate, fern. fl. peduncled racemose 2-4flore 

 from West Kentucky to Texas, very rare, a 

 email shrub 3 to 5 feet high, flowers small ver- 

 nal before the leaves, which are uncial rather 

 thin and commonly alternate, berries ovate 

 black ? but not seen ripe. 



728. FRAXINUS Lin. and all Authors. 

 This Genus ought to follow the last, and I could 



