Order IV. 
MONCECIA TETRANDRIA. 
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13224 Leaves opposit<?elliptic.oblong acute serrated towards the point reticulated beneath, Stipulas ovate-entire, 
Clusters panicled about the length of the footstalks 
13225 Leaves opposite elliptical acute serrated triple-ribbed their veins hairy, Stipulas roundish permanent. 
Clusters slightly branched, Stem shrubby shaggy v/ith rusty hairs 
13226 Leaves opposite elliptical with about 5 ribs, Clusters of flowers nearly simple 
13227 Leaves ovate acuminate cordate at the base, Clusters of flowers much branched in pairs mostly dioecious 
13228 Leaves opposite broadly ovate somewhat heart-shaped coarsely serrated, Fls. monoecious : male in twin 
upright unbranched stalked spikes with winged recept. : fem. in nearly sess. spikes shorter th;ui footst. 
13229 Leaves opposite ovate obi. acute 3-ribbed serrated thickish reticulated and pale beneath, Corymbs stalked 
forked longer than the leaves. Flowers tufted 
13230 Stem petioles and Ivs. covered with rigid dense stimuli, Lvs. ov. acum. doubly serrat. Spikes ccmp. whorled 
13231 Leaves opposite in three deep pinnatifid segments, Clusters cylindrical in pairs erect 
13232 Leaves opposite elliptical serrated 3-ribbed rugged, Clusters short dense terminal, Stem simple erect 
13233 Lvs. chiefly term, opposite ellipt.-lanc. pointed 3.ribbed entire nearly smth. Stem angul. leafl. below. Cluster 
lateral dioecious 
13234 Leaves opposite ovato-lanc. serr. heart-shaped at the base, Stem and footstalks hispid. Flowers dioecious. 
Clusters in pairs somewhat branched about as long as the footstalks 
1323.5 Leaves opposite ovato-lanc. entire, Stem much branched, Flowers dioecious 
13236 Leaves opposite ellipt. 3-ribbed crenate fringed acute at each end entire at the base, Stem divaricated, 
Flowers aggregate on axillary stalks about the length of the footstalks 
13237 Leaves long lane, very rugose : glabrous above ; beneath having a fine white down 
13238 Stem downy roughish, Lvs. on long stalks ov. acute crenat. downy roughish 3-nerv Stip. lane, acute scar. 
13239 Lvs. alternate ov. serrat. minutely heart-shap. at the base, Clusters axill. forked, Fruit in orbicular corymbs 
13240 Lvs. alternate ovate somewhat hairy serrated, Stipulas obtuse, Clusters axill. compound spreading shorter 
than the leaves : the lower ones male sessile ; upper female stalked 
13241 Leaves alternate roundish-ovate pointed toothed 3-ribbed snow white and downy beneath. Clusters axill. 
repeatedly compound, Fl. fasciculate 
13242 Leaves alternate heart-shaped toothed prickly as well as the shrubby stem, Calyx of the fruit pulpy 
13243 Leaves altern. heart-shaped acutely crenate rough above soft and downy beneath. Panicles lateral leafless 
forked divaricated. Flowers capitate dioecious, Stem arboreous 
13244 Leaves on long stalks cordate acuminate acutely serrated stinging, Spikes panicled 
13245 Leaves stalked cordate acuminate serrated stinging, Racemes axillary 
13246 Leaves cordate entire and 3-lobed coarsely tooth-serrated. Petioles and stem with long strigose prickles 
13247 Stem with very long stimuli. Leaves pinnatifid with finely toothed segments. Spikes axillary compound 
1324b Stem downy. Leaves on long stalks ovate-lanceolate acumuiate subcrenate rough above soft beneath 
13249 Stem procumbent. Leaves short oval crenate toothed above, Calyx minutely ciliated 
13250 Leaves ovate lanceolate acuminated nerved 
13251 Leaves lanceolate downy, Female flowers woolly 
13252 Leaves lanceolate ensate crenate smooth. Capsules 1-celled 
13253 The only species 
13254 The only species 
13255 Flowers tetrandrous, Leaves alternate linear lanceolate entire rough 
13256 A small lactescent tree with alternate entire leaves and spiny branches 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
the fruit is a red oblong drupe, like a laurel berry, with a white sweetish pulp, and a kemel with a bitter 
taste. 
1967. Littorella. From littus, the shore, in allusion to the places where it grows. A pretty little delicate 
plant, with long tremulous white stamens. 
1968. Serpicula. From serpo, to creep, on account of the habits of the species. 
1969. Madura. Dedicated by Nuttall, to William Maclure, Esq. of the United States, a philosopher, whose 
devotion to natural history, and particularly to the geology of North America, has scarcely been exceeded by 
Ramond or Saussure m Europe. A spreading deciduous tree, about twenty or thirty feet high, with a yellow 
axillary berry the size of an orange, nearly as succulent, and said to be as agreeable when fully ripe. It was 
originally found by Hunter and Dunbar, on the banks of the Little Missouri or Washita river, also near 
Natchitoches, and upon the banks of the Arkansa, 
