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AUT. BOT. 



oblong and elliptic, acute acnminate or ob- 

 tuse; there is nothing permanent but the 

 short petiols, margin serrulate, and pale or 

 glaucous lower surface. Capsules conical 

 villose in all. 

 Cyrilla L. &c, the racem4flora of Mx. dis- 

 tinguished from the antillana is as Variable 

 in leaves as the last G. tne only permanent 

 characters are the entire leaves with reticu- 

 late nerves on both sides ; but I have foond 

 in the fruit characters for 3 distinct blended 

 species. 



24, Cyr. polystachia Ksl(. fol. reticul. psllidis 

 mediocris petiolatis, infimis obov. obtusis, 

 imis cuneatis acutis ; racemis fascicuK elon- 

 gatis, bracteis subul. brevis, capsulis subglo- 

 bosis — Louisiana and Florida near wat^s^ 

 leaves 2 or 3 inches long, of a yellowish green, 

 racemes 6 to 8 inches. 



25, Cyr, parvifolia Raf. fol. retic. subsdssilib. 

 virens parvis, oblongis vel cuneatis obtj vel 

 acutis vel acum. racemis iasoic. abbreviatis, 

 bract, subul. ped. subeq. capsirlis ovatiB— 

 Florida and Alabama, leaves small mostly 

 uncial, racemes 3 to 5 inches long. 



26, Cyr* fuscata Raf. fol, reticul. brevipetiol. 

 fuscatis amplis, sepe ellipt. obtusis, nonnulis 

 oW. cuneatis ; racemis geminis ternisque ab- 

 breviatis, bracteis subul. pedic. eq. capsulis 

 oblongis — Alabama and Georgia, leaves most 

 ly 3 to 4 inches long of a dark fuscate color 

 above, paler beneath, racemes 4 or 5 inches 

 long — all these shrubs have evergreen coria- 

 ceous leaves; but their shapes and color, 

 with bracts and capsules are permanent dis- 

 tinctions. 



27, Florkea tdiginosa W, &c — Pennsylv. to 



