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HtnielMi IflU'T mostly dicccious. Fruit sub-globose, sino<Mh, ^roni.oh 



white. J'oison 'Summk. 



Greenish, l^- May— June. Middle and upper district? of (Jeo. &, Cor. 



6. K "' V- A small, slender shrub, /^fliv.v tri-tbliate, soino- 

 >rhai ' li* broad-oval or rhoniboidal, acuniiiiate, the laii ral 

 ones 1 iinequdateral. /Voiwer* in axillary rarnies. /Vu/Vsub- 

 giobof-- . ,. -i>n. rotson Onk. Poison Vine. 



While. ^- April— May. Common in dry pine woods. ti-G fecu 



7. R. Radicans. This plant agrees in many respects wiili the R. To.vico- 

 demlmn and is nmdo a variety ot that species by Torrey «fe Gray, A large 

 VII est trees, givini; out radicles all alony the stem, which 

 eii - i ec and atiord support to the vine : small glabrous 

 br . 'imerous. Le</re5 tcrnate, ovate, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 



g^: .: :iure, lower ones rhom!)oidal. Di hers entirely iu habit from the 



T. prcterring damp places. Fmit white. Poison Ivy. 



Yfcliow. V^. May. Common. 40-60 feet long. 



8. R. AROMATTr.A. A small aromatic shrub; the young branches tomen- 

 tose. Ia.-(ii It when young, glabrous and coriaceous when old, 

 lernate. / - .,e, rhomboid-ovate, incisely toothed, the terminal one, 

 narrowed at me base. Flowers diojcious, in axillary, compact, panicles, 

 amentaceous. Fruit nearly spherical, light red, hispid, acid. 



Yellow. Ij. May— June. Upper districts of Car. &, Geo- 3-3 feet. 



Order XXX. TERNSTRCEMIACE.E. 



Sejmls 5, deciduous, concave, coriaceous, fcstivation imbri- 

 cate. Petals 5, united at the base, alternate wilb the sepals. 

 Stamens numerous, nionadelpiious, generally adiiering to the 

 base ot the petals. Ovary S-celled, situated on a Hattened 

 torus. P/acen/a central. Styles 5 or 6 distinct or united. 

 Fruit 5 or G-cclled, capsule baccate, or coriaceous and inde- 

 hiscent. Seeds anatropous or campulitropous, large. Em- 

 bryo straight or cnrvcd. Trer5 or shrubs. LeaucA' alternate, 

 without stipules. Flowers large and showy. 



Gbkts I. GORDONIA. 



Sepals 5, coriaceous, broad, ovate, or nearly round, im- 

 bricate. Petals 5, united at the base. Styles 5 united, form- 

 ing a live angled coUnnn. Cay)5w/e ligneous, 5.celled, 5-val- 

 ved, with 2 winged seeds in each cell. 



1. G. LAsiA.vrnrs. A large tree, \\nth light coarse grained, mahograny 

 colored wood. Leaves lanceolate-oblong alternate, glabrous, attenuate at 

 the base, coriaceous, lucid on both sides, perennial, serra'e. Flowers solita- 

 ry, axilhry towanlsthe summit of the branches. ^cjmIk silky, ciliate, ovate, 

 nearly Petah hairy on the out side, obovate, united at the base 



with .ens forming a short tube. S/^'/ntTi* very numerous. Capsule 



5-celled, 5-valved. Holly-itay. 



White. 1\. May — Aug. Swamps and wet lands near the coast. 60-80 ft 



i. G. PuBEscExs. A tree, with spreading branches, the young branches 

 Bmooih, pubescent at the summit. Leaves oblong-cuneate, sharply serrare, 

 ■himng on the upper surface, hoary beneath, thm, somewhat membrana- 

 coout. Flowert solitary, axillary, on short thick peduncles. Sepals nearly 



