"STASSilB SiSSa* 



CLETHRA ACUMINATA. 



POINTED-LEAVED CLETHRA. 



Decandria Monogynia, Linn. Ericse, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 5-parted, persistent. Petals 5. Style persistent. Stigma short and trifid. 

 Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, enclosed by the calix. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves oval, acuminate, somewhat obtuse at base, serrate, every where smooth, 

 nearly glaucous beneath ; racemes spiked, sub-solitary, bracteated, invested 

 with a white tomentum. Mich, and Pursh. 



SYNONYM. 



Ci.kthra montana, Bartram's Catalogue. 

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