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inches in diameter, with thick and deeply furrowed bark. Leaves 5 to 6 inchoi 

 long, and 2 to 3 wide, turning bright BCarlet early in autumn. Flowers whit% 

 arranged in slender, somewhat liided racemes crowded in a large terminal pan*- 

 . olo. Bracts minute, deciduous. 



6. CLETHRA, Linn. Sweet Pepper Busn. 



Klcthra, the ancient Greek name of the Alder. 



Calyx 5-parted, persistent. Corolla of 5 distinct obo- 

 vate-oblong petals. Stamens 10, exsertcd. Anthers in- 

 versely arrow-sbaped. Filaments subulate. Style slen- 

 der. Stigmas 3. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, many-seed- 

 ed, enclosed by tbc calyx. — Shrubs, with alternate deciduou? 

 leaves, and white flowers in single or panicled racemes. 



1. C. alnifolia, L. Sweet Pepper Bush. White Alder 



Leaves wedge-obovate, serrate, entire towards the base, smooth, green on both 

 Sides: raceme upright, hoary; bracts as long as the pedicels: filaments smooth. 



Wet woods and swamps. July — Aug. Shrub 4 to 12 feet high. Leaves 2 to 3 

 filches loner. } < as wide above, with a long, wedge-shaped base, tapering into a short 

 petiole, slightly pubescent beneath. Flowers white, fragrant, in racemes, 3 to 5 

 .inehas long; Corolla spreading, about equaling the stamens and 6tvles. 



7. MENZIESIA, Smith. 



'Xn honor of ArcJiibald Mcnsias, companion of Vancouver in his voyage around Che 



world. 



Calyx bell-shaped, deeply 4-cleft. Corolla globose, 

 4-cleft. Stamens 8, included. Filaments subulate, 

 smooth. Stigma obtuse. Capsule 4-cellcd, 4-valved. — ■ 

 Heath-like shrubs, with evergreen leaves, and mostly solitary 

 flowers. 



1. M. GLOBULARI3, Salisb. Globose Menziesia. 



Branches and pedicels somewhat hairy ; leaves oval-lanceolate, ciliate, puhescs?irt 

 except on the veins beneath, with a sharp glandular point. 



Mountains. June. £hrub 4 f;et high. Leaves very hairy when young. Flowtto 

 y*iiowish-brown, nodding, and mostly tolitary on each terminal pedicel. 



Tribe 3. RHODOIL33. Fruit a capsule opening scyti- 

 cidaUy. 



8. RHODORA, Duhamel. 



Gr. rcdorij a rose, from the color of the showy flowers. 



Calyx minute, 5-toothed, persistent. Corolla irregular 

 and 2-lipped ; the upper lip 3-lobed or 3-cleft, the lower 2- 

 jparted or of 2 distinct spreading petals. Stamens 10, de- 

 cdinate. Filaments unequal. Capsuus 5-celled ; 5-valvec^ 



