Mountain Pepper Bush 



749 



hairy, the 5 lobes ovate, 3.5 to 5 mm. long, sharp-pointed and strongly ribbed; 

 petals erect, wedge-shaped, 6 to 7 mm. long, notched at the apex; stamens 10, 

 their filaments very hairy; style elongated, smooth. The fruit is an ovoid, very 



Fig. 685. Mountain Sweet Pepper Bush. 



hairy, nodding capsule, 5 mm. long, tipped by the long style; seeds numerous, 

 very small, roughish and of a light brown color. 



The generic name is the ancient Greek name of the Alder, which the leaves of 

 the generic type, C. alnifolia Linnaeus, somewhat resemble; one other species is a 

 shrub of the southeastern States. 



