88 NEW SYLVA. 



sessile ovate lanceol. acute at both ends, glau- 

 cous beneath and smooth, nerves fuscate hardly 

 puberulent, panicles multiflore compact, pedun- 

 cles triflore, bracts ovate or oblong, calix equal, 

 fruits oval. — Alleghany and Apalachian Mts. 

 from Virginia to Georgia, a small tree 4 to 10 

 feet high, leaves 3 to 4 inches long. The warts 

 are singular oblong with a fissure. 



710. Chion. longifolia Raf. Branches su- 

 bangular pubescent fuscate, leaves subpetiolate, 

 oblong lanceol. undulate acum. at both ends, 

 nerves fuscate pubescent, racemes simple elon- 

 gate pauciflore lax pubescent bracts elliptic, 

 peduncles filiform l-2flore, calix equal — Lou- 

 isiana and Texas, leaves 6 to 8 inches long, 

 about 2 wide, flowers rather smaller than in 

 the others : fruits not seen. 



711. Chion. angustifolia Raf. virginica? 

 Elliot, virg. angustif Ait. Quite smooth, bran- 

 ches pale subangular with flat ringed warts, 

 leaves petiolate lanceolate acute or acuminate 

 glaucous beneath, panicles lax pauciflore, bracts 

 ovatoblong, peduncles mostly triflore, calix sub- 

 equal elongate — Carolina and Florida, a very 

 distinct Sp. by leaves very narrow, 3 to 4 inches 

 long, but hardly one broad, flowers small, fruits 

 globular. Very peculiar warts on the stem 

 round flat with a circular concentric furrow. 

 Shrub 3 to 10 feet high (Elliot.) Var. cylin- 

 drica Elliot, with long cylindrical multiflore 

 panicles. 



712. FORESTIERA Poiret 1811, Bige- 

 lowia Smith 1821 not of Raf. 1817. Adelia 

 Brown and Michaux not of Lin. Borya of 

 Wildenow and Fersoon, not of Labilardiere 

 and Poiret. See my article Adelia in first part; 



