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shrub, apparently very distinct from Cl. alni- 

 folia* leaves quite narrow although as long. 



19, C/. braeteata Raf. ramulis teretib* fulvo to- 

 mentosiS) fol. petiol. latoblongis, basi aeutis, 

 apice acum. ineq. serrulatis, subtus fulvescens 

 granulatis, nervis tonieiitosis : racemis laxis, 

 bracteia lanceolatis fl. longior, calicib. fulvis, 

 lament acutis very peculiar sp. of Florida, 

 leaves about 2 inches long and one wide, some 

 bracts one inch long, t 



20, VI. pumila Raf. repens, caulib. erect is lire- 

 vis slmpl. apice angul. pubens, fol. petiolis 

 hirsutis. obovatis utrinque acutis. mucronato- 

 serr ulatis, glabris, nervis subtus hirsutis : ra- 

 cemo brevis basi laxo, bracteis linear, ped. 

 eq. calicib. obtusis furfuraceis in South New 

 Jersey, stem only 4 to 10 inches high with a 

 single raceme and few small uncial leaves. If 

 it is a var. of C/. alnifolia^it is a singular de- 

 viation: 



21, C& catidatet Raf. ramulis angul. villosis, fol. 

 ovatis, basi oordatis, apiece, obtuse acum. sub- 

 integris vix erosis glabris, sabtus reticul. ner- 

 vis puberis : racemis laxis ebracteatis, cano 

 villosis, calicib. obtusis canis furfuraeeis 

 sent me as the 7. arborca, but totally un- 

 like, by cordate leaves 3 or 4 inches long, 2 

 broad, not serrate nor oblong, racemes not 

 spiked with rather long pedicels. Probably 

 African, t 



23, DicowANGiA heterophyla Raf. Iteai Virgin- 

 ica L. &c. from New Jersey to Louisiana. I 

 restore the excellent generic name of Mit- 

 chell and Adanson, the bad one of Linneus 

 being too short and meaning a Willow ! I give 

 it a new specific name quite appropriate,since 

 the same shrub has leaves ovate and obovate, 



