CEANO'THUS COLLI'NUS. 
CEANOTHUS OF THE HILLS. 
. EXOGENA, a OM DICOTYLEDONEZ. 
Natural division 
to which sate 
this Plant belongs 
NATURAL ORDER, RHAMNACE. 
f Aftificial i PENTANDRIA, 
to which MONOGYNIA, 
( this Plant at OF LINNEUS.” 
CALYCIFLOR2, 
OP 
DECANDOLLE, 
No. 16. 
GENUS. Czanoruvs. Linnevs. Catyx 5-fidus campanulatus, post an- 
medi s, basi sub tu persistente, sub- nte, PETaLa 
5 gé unguiculata fornicata, rarids nulla. Stamina exserta, ante 
pe 2-3 coaliti. Bacca exsucca 3-locularis (rarius 2-4 
Sry m 
locularis,) coceulis chartaceis 1-spermis basi perviis latere interiore dehiscenti- 
bus. Srmina ovata suleo destituta. DecanbDoLLe 
SPECIES. Cranotnvus Corzinus. Doveras. Fotis ovato- nan ee ob- 
tusis, glanduloso- crenulatis, 3-nerviis, supra glabris, nitentibus, subtu: 
pilosis, nervis conspicuis; stipulis sanetita, atgeetine axillasibus, paniculis 
axis. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, Chose Ca yx five-cleft, cam- 
panulate, the upper portion after the period of fertilization separating 
circularly from the lower, which remains under the fruit, to which it 
slightly adheres. Prrats five, small, with very long claws, the limb 
cucullate, seldom absent. STaMeEns protruding, opposite the petals. 
Sryies 2-3 united as far as the middle. Berry dry 3-celled, rarely 
2 or 4-celled, cocci parchment-like one-seeded, open at the base, de- 
hiscing on the inner side. SEEps ovate, devoid of a furrow. 
DeEscRIPTION OF THE Species, CeanotHus Cotuinus. Low Survp, 
branched, branches spreading, round, nearly smooth. Leaves alter- 
nate, stipulate, (stipules awl-shaped,) petiolate, ovato-oblong, obtuse, 
minutely crenulate and glandulose at the margin, three-nerved, nerves 
proceeding from the summit of the petiole, nearly simple, the central 
one only becoming branched near the apex of the leaf, nerves more 
conspicuous on the under surface than the upper; upper surface smooth, 
shining, under surface clothed with closely adpressed hairs, which are 
most obvious along the course of the nerves. PrDuNCcLEs axillary, 
branched, forming loose panicles of whitish flowers. Ca yx minute, 
er TO THE ccrrscamechmited 
1, The whole flower magnified. 2, its small long-clawed petal 
phe ane stamen. 
