60 NEW SYLVA 



leaves subsessile ovate or lanceolate acute or 

 acum, serrate, peduncles l-3flore, petals 5 obo- 

 vate, capsules muricate verrucose — from Cana- 

 da to Carolina in Mts. Shrub 4 to 6 feet high, 

 branches rigid, leaves middle size, petals green- 

 ish white with rose tinge. Several varieties 1 . 

 Biflorus, leaves all lanceol. acum. subserrate, 

 peduncles all biflore, petals rounded unguicu- 

 late. 2. Obliqiiatus, leaves ovate lanceol. 

 commonly obliqual, peduncles uniflore., Mts. 

 Alleghanies. 



629. EvoN. (Pentinius) sarmentosus Raf. 

 amer. var. sarm. Nut. Eat, ^c. Stem sar- 

 mentose 4gone radicant, leaves subsessile ovate 

 lanceol. acute undulate crenate opaque lucid, 

 peduncles 2-3flore, fruits scabrous — Rocky 

 woods of the Alleghany Mts. and River Sus- 

 quehanah, certainly a distinct sp. forming a 

 Vine 10 to 20 feet high with many slender 

 branches. 



630. EvoN. (Pentinius) angustifolius Lyon, 

 Pursh, El. Eat. ^c. A rare species of the A- 

 palachian Mts. of Georgia and Alabama, not at 

 all doubtful, my specimen from Lyons in Collins 

 Herb, has slender 4gone branches, leaves re- 

 mote subsessile narrow lanceol. acute falcate 

 entire, peduncles erect uniftore with 2 setace- 

 ous bracts. 



63 L EvoN. (Platom) atropurpureus Jaq. 

 and all Authors. A fine shrub 6 to 15 feet 

 high, assuming the appearance of a small tree, 

 near streams chiefly from Carolina to Kentuc- 

 ky, Missouri and Origon, flowers dark purple, 

 3 Var. 1. oblongifolius^ 2 latif alius leaves 

 ovate and obovate acum. 3, grandifolius large 

 elliptic leaves 5 to 8 inches long. 



632. EvoNirMus (Physcondra) obovatus Nut. 



