150 PEXTANDRTA MOXOOYKIA 



2. E. americanus, L. Branches smooth, 4-angIcd ; leaves Bufcsegr 

 *ile, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, somewhat crenate-serrate ; peduncles 1 tw 

 3-fiowcred ; capsules vcrrucose-echinate. Beck, Bot. p. 72. 

 E. 6empervirens. Marsh, .-Irhust. p. 44. 



American Euoxymis. Vulgd — Burning Bush. Strawberry-tree, 



Stem 2 too or 6 feet high) Blender; branches opposite, spreading, quadrangular 

 deep green. Leaves 1 to 2 and an half inches long, and half an inch to thretj 

 quarters wide, lanceolate, often a little falcate, rather obscurely serrate, smooth 

 Mid somewhat coriaceous, on wry short petioles. Common peduncles about half 

 an inch long, slender, 1, 2, or 3-flowered. Calyx persistent; segments 5, nearh 

 tbsolete, finally rounded, mucrjnate with the persistent filaments, dark purple 

 Petals "i 9 greenish yellow with a purple tinge, spreading, unguiculate, the border 

 •rbicular. Capsule 5-vaIved, muricate, or thickly covered with abruptly acumi- 

 nate warts, bright deep crimson wh. n mature. Seeds ovoid, smooth, white, about 

 half the size of the preceding, m< stly 2 env< loped in each scarlet ari litis. 

 Mob. Moist woodlands: West Chester; Willistown: not common. Fl. June. Fr. On 

 Obg. At maturity, the capsules are fully expanded,— whereby the duplicate 

 membranes which form the dissepiments are drawn across, like curtains, between 

 the open valves; and each arillus, thrown from its cell, is suspended at the apex 

 •fthc valve. This is a very pretty little species,— the mature capsules, in autumn 

 being a bright crimson, and continuing for several weeks. It was first detectei 

 in this vicinity in 1827, by Mr. Washington TowNSBNDrand has been found also 

 in Willistown, by Mr. Gbo. W. Hall. I think the specimens found by Mr. Town- 

 send (in Patton'a woods, West Chester), belong to the var. sarmmtosus, Nutt. Twe 

 other species are enumerated in the U. States ; one of which, however, is doubtful- 



f f Fruit a Berry. 

 115. VITIS. /,. Jfutt. Gen. 210. 



[An ancient Latin name ; of obscure derivation.] 



DioicorsLT Polygamous: Caly.r minute, somewhat 5-toothed. Pe- 

 tals cohering at apex, caducous. Stigma subsessile, obtuse. Berry 

 5 -seeded ; some of the seeds often abortive. 



Shrubby vines : climbing by tendrils, which appear to be abortive racemes; 

 joints of the stem tumid ; leaves simple, alternate, stipular ; peduncles racemose, 

 •pposite the leaves. Nat* Orel. 104. Litull. ViTRB. 



fl. V. Labrcsca, L. Branches and peduncles fcrruginous-tomcii- 

 tosc ; leaves broad-cordate, often somewhat S-lobed, acutely dentaU, 

 densely cinereous-tomentosc beneath; fertile racemes email; berries 

 :large. Heck, Bot. p. 66. 



V, vulpina. Marsh. Jlrbust, p. 165. JBartram, in Med. Reposit. 

 Hexade 2. Vol. I. p. 21, Not of Linn. 

 Also ? V. labruscoides. Muhl. Catal. p. 27. 

 tVulga — Fox Grape. 



Stem 15 to 20 or 30 feet long, straggling oyer bushes and small trees. Leaves 4 

 ft) 6 inches in length, and as wide as long, (on young vigorous branches often muc> 

 larger), roundish cordate, often 3-lobed, teeth mucronate, the under surface cloth- 

 ed with a dense heary tomentum, sometimes a little tawny, that on the nerTes atfi 

 Teins ferruginous ; petioles 2 to 3 inches long. Flowers dioicous by abortion 

 Common peduncle about an inch long. Abortiye racemes compound, paniculate 

 *'$rtile ones mostly simple, few-flowered. PeUUs yellowish green, united at ape* 



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