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Paniculatus large compound ovate panicles. 4 

 Foliosus, with foliose panicles. 



608, Ceanothus glomeratis Raf. americ. 

 Elliot, Shrubby branches pubescent angular 

 fuscate, leaves ovatoblong acute at base and 

 apex, serrulate trinerve, petiols and nerves pu- 

 bescent fulvous, panicles glomerate axillary on 

 long hairy peduncles, pedicels short crowded 

 with lanceolate bracts — in Virginia, Carolina, 

 Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky &c commonly 

 blended with the last, leaves smaller with fus- 

 cate or rufous nerves pale beneath with few 

 hairs except on the nerves, flowers on smaller 

 panicles glomerate crowded larger, the small 

 bracts often fall off in the anthesis. Van fus- 

 catus, with dark fuscate branches and nerves, 

 even leaves fuscate above, flowers quite glome- 

 rate. Both 2 or 3 feet high. Root more as- 

 tringent and darker red. 



609. Ceanothus latifolius Raf. americ. 

 var. tardiflora Eaton. Shrubby, terete pubes- 

 cent fuscate, leaves broadly oval, base subcor- 

 date, unequaly serrate acute trinerve, petiols 

 hirsute, quite villose and glaucous beneath, pan- 

 icles lax ovate compound axillary, peduncles 

 villose cinereous bifoliate — Glades of VV^est 

 Kentucky and Tennessee, stem 2 or 3 feet, 

 leaves large 3 or 4 inches long, 2 or 3 wide, 

 panicles with shorter peduncles, but long pedi- 

 cels. 



610. Cean. herbaceus Raf. 1808 Tor. Beck 

 Eaton (or C. levigatus) C. perennis Pursh, 

 Nut. El. Perennial, quite smooth, stem simple 

 annual terete fuscate, leaves ovate acum. base 

 acute, trinerve serrulate, glaucous beneath 

 nerves fuscate, panicles laxthyrsoidal — Virgin- 

 ia and Carolina near streams, disc, by Ilings- 



