Oedek 43.— RHAMNACEjB. 291 



2 R. lanceolatuB Ph. Tlwmltss; Ivs. lanceolate or lance-oblong, aoate it 

 each end, serrulate, somewhat downy beneath ; fls. 1 to 3 together ; petals 2-lobed ; 

 styles 2, ai apex distinct and diverging ; drupes 2-seeded. — Shrub 4 to 8f high, ou 

 the rocky banks of rivers, Ind. to Tenn. and Penn. rare. Lvs. about 2' long, ou 

 short, but distinct petioles, often nearly glabrous when old. Fls. yellowish-green, 

 perfect but often fruitless. Berries small, dark red. 



3 R. alnifolius L'Her. Shrub erect, with unarmed branches; lvs. oval, acufp, 

 serrate, pubescent on Iho veins beneath; ped. aggregate, 1-flowered; fls. mostly 



entandrous and apetaXous; cal. acute; sty. 3, united, very short; fr. turbinate, 

 olack. — A shrub 2 to 4f high, in sphagnous swamps, Penn, to Can. Lvs. 1 to 3' 

 Icn^, I as wide, acute at base. Berries about as large as currants, black, 3-seeded. 

 May, Jn. (R. franguloides Mx.) 



4 R. Carolinianus "Walt. Shrub erect, unarmed; lvs. oblong-oval, obscurely 

 serrulate, acute, paler beneath; fl^. perfect, in sliort, axillary mnbels, petals minute; 

 styles united, stigmas 3 ; fr. globular, 3-seeded. — A handsome shrub or small tree 

 on river banks. Southern States (Feay). Lvs. 3 to 5' long, J as wide, dark 

 green and shining above, the petioles 4 to 5" long, veias prominent. Fls. small, 

 whitish, 3 to 9 in each umbel which is not longer than the petioles. Berries pur- 

 ple. May, Jn. 



2. CEANOTHUS, L. Jersey Tea. Ked-root. Caly.v tubular-cam- 

 panulate, 5-cleft, separating transversely after flowering ; petals 6, sac- 

 cate-arched, with long claws; stamens mostly exsorted ; stylo mostly 

 3-cleft; capsule obtusely triangular, 3-celled, 3-seeded, surrounded at 

 base by the persistent tube of the calyx. — Shrubby and thornlcss. Fls. 

 small, aggregated at the end of the branches. 



1 C Americanus L. Lvs. oblong-ovate, or ovate, serrate, 3-veined ; flmcering 

 branches leafy or leafless, elongated. — A small shrub with a profusion of white 

 blos.soms, found in woods and groves U. S. and Can. Very abundant on the bar- 

 rens at the West. St. 2 to 4f high, slender, with reddish, round, smooth branchce. 

 Lvs. nearly twice as long as broad, very downy, with soft hairs beneath. Fls. 

 minute, white, in crowded panicles from the axils of the upper leaves. Statrens 

 enclosed in the curiously vaulted corolla. The root, which is largo and red, is 

 sometimes used for coloring. The leaves havo been dsed as a substitute for 

 tea. Jn. 



/?. GLABRA. Whole plant veiy nearly glabrous ; panicles leafless. Woburn, 

 Mass. (Dr. Kiokard.) 



2 C. ovalis Bw. Lvs. oval-lanceolate or narrowly oblong, with glandular scrra- 

 tures, 3-veined, veins pubescent beneath; thyrse corymbous, abbreviated. — Bur- 

 lington, Vt. (Robbins), W. to Mich. Shrub 2 to 3f high. Lvs. smooth and shin- 

 ing, 1 to 3' long, J as wide, mostly acuto at each end, crenatcly Eerrate, the ser- 

 ratures tipped with black, glandular points. Thyrso short, almost hemispherical, 

 IJ' diam., the peduncle 1 to 2' long. FLs. white, larger than those of the last. 

 May. 



3 C inicroph;^llus Mx. Diffusely branched, branches very slender ; lvs. minute, 

 obovate, rigid, glabrous, strigous beneath, clustered ; fls. in a simple, umbellate 

 cluster at the end of each branchlet. — Ga. and Fla. in tho pine barrens. Small 

 shrubs with yellowish, striated bark ; sts. If or more in length, branching pin- 

 nately. Lvs. 1 to 2" in length, enth-e or with few teeth. Fls. white in all their 

 parts, 3 to 12 in a cluster. 



/3. SEEPYLLiroLius. Sts. more slender, decumbent, branchlets (pedurcks, 

 Natt.) ascending, few-leaved, few-flowered ; lvs. rather larger (2 lo 3") ovai 

 ♦r obovate, somewhat serrulate. — Savannah (Prof. Pond.). (C. sc rpyllifolius 

 Nutt.) 



3. BERCHEMIA, Neeker. Supple Jack. Calyx 5-parted ; petals 5, 

 convolute, enclosing the 5 stamens; ovary half immersed in the disk 

 but free from it, 2-celled ; style bifid ; drupe oblong, with a bony, 2-celled 



