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agi Novarum IN akino dionis Recit Consunvatanun 
DECAS XII. 
111. Ceanothus leucodermis, Æ: L. Greene © [Rhamnaees] ; 
fruticosus vel arborescens, ramis reetis crassiu is ramulisque 
divarieatis brevibus spinescentibus floriferis glabris ‘albo-glaucis, foliis 
paucis: parvis brevissime petiolatis coriaceis ovalibus obtusiuseulis 
serratis vel serrato-dentatis supra glabratis subtus precipue in nervis 
pubescentibus, th subsessilibus umerosis elongatis anguetie; sub- 
yrsis su 
eylindraceis, floribus cceruleis. 
-Habitat.—Califorhia: doubtless of the Coast Range, but special 
locality unknown. Collected many years since, by Lobb. 
Folia 4-8 lin. longa, medio 3-5 lin. lata. i 14-21, poll. longi, 
diametro 4 poll. nudi i vix interru "eik 
«There: are specimens fro Douglas MM jo oed to. c. 
divaricatus, which are per ese varieties ‘of the species here proposed ; 
but these are more leafy, the leaves thrice as large, more elongated in 
outline and with margins nearly entire; their flower-clusters shorter 
and set A are easily distinguishable from Nuttall’s C, divaricatus 
by their glabrous and white-glaucous a sso branchlets, an 
their viene and leafless inflorescence. The *. diparicatys, less 
divaricate than these in its branching, and NEREA idt well named, is 
still a rare shrub in the herbaria. Its branches and twigs are slende 
somewhat A prea and entirely devoid of bloom or any kind of pro 
er-cl 
are on distinct leaf. uncles. Tt 
A sod Y — L is i spinescent EI 
mpl a inimi. group of the gen On the contrary, its affinities 
| C. integerrimus. It should here bi explained that. the 
er revit of Douglas to. which I here refer are those from which 
Hooker and Arnott drew =á description of. C. divaricatus for the 
botany of oot s voyage; from. thi every to 
have been led as to the ipeum of Nuttall's species; so that at present 
boat..19 out o riu xtant under the 
tive. The sheet of — typical of sg leucodermis Spes io b to be 
unique, an sites: communicetar: to the Kom: Herbarium by. Mr. V; : 
, 112. Staphyle a, Hemsl. [Sapindacée}; frutex Yt 
par i yori), pense vel cito glabrescens, foliis longe 
petiolatis ‘hola foliolis subcoriaceis lateralibus "subsessilibus 
terminali. longe meae omnibus oblongo-lanceolatis abrupte brevi- 
terque aeuminatis basi obtusis subtus pallidioribu: us obscure calloso- 
m uen reticnato-venoss wens prim ariis lateralil r 10, 
notis, capsula pyriform in triangulari abrupte: acuminata, 
seminibus qubelligeoteeis griseis nitidis 
 Habitat.—China: Nanto and mountains tó the northward, rovi f 
Hupéh, A. Henry, 3017 and 4536. E A 
Sui 
` Folia cum = pe "usque ad 6-poll. longa, petiolo communi 2-3- 
pollicari ; foliola 2-3 poll. longa, 1-14 poll. lata. Pedwnculi 2-3 poll. 
longi. Capitulis vm poll. longa. 
