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4 — 8. Flowers often dioecious, with the rudiment of a pistil. 

 Fertile florets ; style none ; stigma 4 — 8-cleft. Fruit baccate, 

 4 — 8-seeded. 



1. P. ambig'uus, (Mich.) A small shrub, branches terete, somewhat 

 rugate. Lca>>cs deciduous, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at each end, 

 slightly serrulate, pubescent underneath, on short petioles. Floviers 

 with the sterile ones clustered, axillary, fertile ones generally solitary, 

 or 3 — i in each axil ; segments of the calyx sometimes 5, and of the 

 corolla the same number. Stigmas 4 — 5, furrowed. Fruit red, with 

 4 — 5 seeds. — White. ^ . April — May. Southern Geo. 3 — 4 feet. 



2. P. verticilla'tus, (L.) A large shrub or small tree. Leaves de- 

 ciduous, on short petioles, oval, acuminate, finely serrate, pubescent 

 underneath. Flowers with the fertile ones clustered, axillary, umbellate. 

 Stamens 6. Calyx and corolla 6-cleft. Fruit red. — White. ^ . April 

 —Ma}'. Fertile soils. 10—20 feet. Black Alder. 



3. P. ixtegrifo'lia, (Nutt.) A small tree. Leaves deciduous, oval, 

 entire, on short petioles, mucronate, glabrous ; fertile flowers solitary, 

 on long peduncles. — White. ^ . 



4. P. lanceola rrs, (Pursh.) A shrub. Leaves deciduous, lanceolate, 

 serrulate, glabrous, acute ; fertile florets scattered, generally in pairs. 

 Calyx and corolla 5-cleft ; sterile florets clustered. Stamens 3. — 

 White. J 2 . June. Middle Car. and Geo. 6 — 8 feet. 



5. P. gla'ber, (L.) A small shrub, with many expanding branches. 

 Leaves perennial, lanceolate, cuneate, alternate, glabrous, shining, some- 

 what serrate toward the apex; fertile flowers solitary, axillary ; sterile 

 ones clustered. Stamens 6. Corolla rotate. Calyx and corolla 6 — 8 

 parted. Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit black, 6 — 8-seeded. — White. ^ . April 

 — May. Damp soils. Ink-berry. 



6. P. coria'ceus, (Pursh.) A small shrub, with virgate branches. 

 Leaves perennial, elliptical, acute, serrate near the summit, shining on 

 the upper surface, dotted beneath, coriaceous ; fertile flowers solitary, 

 sterile ones clustered. Calyx and corolla generally 8-parted. Stamens 

 8. Fruit 6 — 8-seeded. — White. ^ . May. On the margins of swainos. 

 5—6 feet. 



Order LXXVI.— SAPOTA'CEJE. 



Calyx 5-cleft, regular, persistent. Corolla 5-cleft, hypogy- 

 nous, regular, deciduous. Stamens 5, inserted into the corolla. 

 Style 1. Ovary several-celled, with an erect ovule in each cell. 

 Fruit baccate, by abortion only 1 -seeded ; embryo erect, large. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire, coriaceous, without 

 stipules. 



Genus I— BUME'LIA. Sw. 5—11. 

 (The Greek name of the Ash.) 



Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 5-cleft, salver-form. Style 1, para- 

 corolla 5-leaved; drupe 1-seeded. 



1. B. lvcioi'des, (Pursh.) A small tree, with smooth branches, spiny. 

 Leaves lanceolate, broad, smooth on both sides, on short petioles, clus- 



