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!. G. PmoTTMnEN'^. A very sninll shrub. i>irm procumbent, bmnches 

 0, acute nt tlie base, crowded towards the summit, cori- 

 iturcs. i-'/oirtTs lew, terniiual, nodding. Fruit a\)erTy, 

 red, » 



W ... Alav— July. Mountains. 



Genus IV. CLETflRA. 



r<///;.r 5-parted, persistent. Petals o. Stametis 10. Style 

 i-3-clt'ft lit tlie siirninit, pcrsis((>nt. Ca])sule 3-celled, 3-valv- 

 etl, enclosed l)y tlie calyx. 



1. G. Alnifolia. a small under shrub. Lracc* cuneate, obtuse, acute, 

 serrate, glabrous, of the same color on both surfaces. Floners in simple, ter- 

 minal racemose spikes, bracteate, tomentose. i:ipiked Alder. White Bush. 



While. ^2 July — Aug. Middle Carolina and Georgia. 



2. C. ToMEXTosA. A shrub, with the young branches clothed with a stel- 

 lular pubt^scence. Leaves cuneate, obovate, acute, .serrate, scabrous, pubes- 

 cent on the u[)|>cr surface, lomentuse and white underneath. Flowers in ter- 

 minal race nu>se .«pikes, bracteate. Fttuls obovate, double the length of the 

 caly.x. ^riMtTisaffittate. .Sewis numerous, compressed. 



While. 1> July — Aug. Common. 2—4 feet. 



3. C. ScABRA. Similar to the preceding. Zreai'ea scabrous on both surfa- 

 ce- large uncinate serratures. i-Votwrs in somewhat paniculate spikes, 

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White, h July. Near Flint River, Middle Ga. 3-4 ft. 



4. C. Panici'lata. I.,eaves narrow, cuneate, lanceolate, acute, with acu- 

 minate serraturts, glabrous on both surfaces. Panicle terminal, with the 

 branches : . -e, tomentose, and white. Elliott. 



5. C. .\ rx. A small tree, /.'(ioes on lon^ petioles, oval, acuminate, 

 serrate, jilabrous, somewhat claucous bcntath. .F/ctrcr* in racemose spikes, 

 bracteate, with bracts longer than the flowers. 



White. ^ Mountains. 



Genius V. MEXZIESIA. 



Calyx 4 cleft. Corolla giol)ose, 4-5 cleft. Stamens 8, hy- 

 pogynous. Styles I. C(//>5w/c 4-celled ; dissepiments produ- 

 ced hy the inflected inargilis of the valves. Seeds numerous, 

 ohlon^. 



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1. .^^. Globilaris. a small shrul). Leaves lanceolate, very pubescent 

 when young, and glaucous beneath, except the nerves. Flatters globose. 

 Yellowish brown. Ij Mountains. 2-4 feet. 



Gents VI. ANDROMEDA. 



Calyx small, o-parted, inferior. Corolla ovate, or cylin- 

 drical, horder -^-cleft. Stamens ] 0. Capsule 5-celled, 5-valv. 

 ed ; filament 1. 



^- ATA. A shrub. i>«i'e* oval, or lanceolate, oblong, obtuse, 



P**-** ' 'te, perennial, subrcvuhite, ferruginous beneath. Flowers 



m loafy, i racemes, sccund ; peduncles axillary, solitary ; segments 



ot the ca... ;:„ate, bracteolate. Corolla cvlinHrical. 

 White. \2 April— May. .Mountains. 2-5 feet. 

 i- A. Angcstifoua. Resembles the preceding. Leaves slightly ferrugi- 



