92? XEW-SYLTA. 



They may be of a different Genus and -approx- 

 imate to Carpoxis by the leaves not quite entire^ 

 728. Forest, (or Carp.) prinoides Raf, 

 Borya Loud. Leaves ovate lanceolate serrate 

 — Is it Ilex prinoides ? flowers green, leaves 2i 

 inches long, one broad. 



724. Forest, (or Carp.) retusa Raf. Borya 

 Loud. Leaves alternate tapering in short pe- 

 tiols, retuse emarginate mucronulate very 

 smooth glaucous. — Very near to my Ilex reiusa 

 but that is a real Ilex with 4seeded berries. 



725. Carpoxis spinosa Raf. Adelia acumi- 

 nata Mx. ic. 48. Borya W. P. &.c. Bigelowia 

 Sm. Branches spinose, leaves petiolate, rhom- 

 boidal, lanceolate, serrate (entire in the figure) 

 acute smooth, fruits subternate drooping oblong 

 rostrate acuminate — Carolina and Georgia, 

 margin of streams, the description and figure of 

 Michaux do not agree, and Elliot Sp. appears 

 distinct. Leaves uncial, fruits long on filiform 

 peduncles. Stamens over 4 ? 



726. Carpoxis ineumis Raf. Borya acumi- 

 nata Pursh, Elliot Slc. Branches not spinose, 

 leaves oval lanceol. attenuate at both ends pe- 

 tiolate membranaceous serrulate — Carolina, 

 only seen dry by Elliot, who says that it has 

 really 4 stamens. 



727. NuDiLus paradoxus Raf. fl. tex. &c» 

 Quite smooth, branches terete, leaves opposite 

 and altern. lanceolate sessile acute entire fas- 

 ciculate, fern. fl. peduncled racemose 2-4flore — 

 from West Kentucky to Texas, very rare, a 

 small shrub 3 to 5 feet high, flowers small ver- 

 nal before the leaves, which are uncial rather 

 thin and commonly alternate, berries ovate 

 black ? but not seen ripe. 



728. FRAXINUS Lin. and all Authors. 

 This Genus ought to follow the last, and I could 



