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and Hamiitonia by the opposite leaves. I sus- 

 pect that the Rkamnus / cuneatus of Hooker 

 flora and Origon may be a third sp. having op- 

 posite leaves it can be no Rhamnus ! Hooker 

 did not even see the unfolded flowers. It might 

 be called N, cuneata Raf. leaves petiolate cun- 

 eate entire, smooth above, pubescent beneath, 

 branches rusty pubescent, fl. capitate axillary 

 peduncled bracteate. 



206. Celasirus acuminatus Raf. Autikon, 

 an C. myrtifolius ? L. ad Virg. not Jamaica ! 

 erect? branches subangular, leaves petiolate 

 ovate or oblong, serrulate, base acute obliquate, 

 end long acuminate falcate ; flowers terminal 

 racemose paniculate peduncles ramose — disco- 

 vered in 1825 in the Apalachian Mts, of Vir- 

 ginia, where also Linneus indicates the locality 

 of the C, mijrtifoUus 'y but this Jamaica plant 

 of Sloane diflers by ovate acute leaves not acu- 

 minate nor oblique. Both C. imjrtif alius and 

 hullatus are omitted or denyed by our compi- 

 lers, but the last is now cultivated in Europe, 

 and has entire oval leaves. Because Nuttal 

 and Elliot have not yet found them, they are 

 doubted ; let them be sought where they grow, 

 in the Unaka Mts. This is a tall weak shrub 

 with thin smooth leaves larger than in C. 

 scandcns 3 to 5 inches long, the lower oval, 

 the upper nearly lanceolate, flowers white size 

 and form of C, scandcns^ raceme not simple 

 but compound. 



507. Amoupiia punctata Raf. Autikon. 

 Smooth, folioles elliptical obtuse, but cuspidate, 

 punctate beneath, base petiolate with a subu- 

 late stipule ; spikes terminal curved cyhndri- 

 cal — a fine shrub with purple flowers, folioles 

 small, spikes 3 or 4 inches long. Discovered 

 by Bradbury in the unj)er Missouri. 



