Ol NORTH AMKUICA. 1] 



*ngthe Unaka or Iron Mts. of North Carolina, 

 their Western ridges are the Wasioto Mts. 

 vulgarly Cumberland Mts : the lofty KisKcuunn 

 and Oquago Mts are the N. K. end of the Al- 

 leghanies nicknamed Catskill : the MatUman 

 Mts. are those highlands broken through by the 

 Hudson, and East becoming the TaconicM\.s, 

 The Saranac Mts. are those at the head of 

 the Hudson R. misnamed Peru Mts. The 

 Wapanunk are the White Mts. highest of New 

 England with naked or unwooded summits, a 

 rarity in this continent. 



NEW SYLVA. 



501. XEROMALON Raf. calix adherent 

 globular, disk hairy, crown 5parted, sepals une- 

 qual fohaceous persistent serrate. Petals 5 

 oboval concave subequal. Stamens 15 perigyne 

 subequal erect, subulate, base nearly monadel- 

 phous, anthers bilocular elliptical. Ovary ad- 

 herent, styles 5 filiform distinct, stigmas capi- 

 tate truncate. Fruit umbiiicate crowned 

 a dry hard ponium, inside 5iocular Sseeded, 

 seeds cartilaginous oblong compressed nearly 

 winged around. Shrub tclih alternate leaces 

 and terminal flowers — This Genus has atlini- 

 ties with Vyrus^ Aronia^ Mespilus^ Crategus 

 Slc, being of same family : it differs from all by 

 the unequal calix, 15 stamens, and dry fruit ; 

 the seeds are nearest Arovia,, yet I apprehend 

 it has been blended with Crategus. if already 

 described elsewhere ; but I could not find any 

 sp. to agree. Discovered 1818, the name 

 means dry apple. Only one species; but all 

 ♦Ha sn, of Crategus and Mespilus with serrate 



