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and Hamiltonia by the .opposite leaves. I sus- 
pect that the Rhamnus ? cuneatus of Hooker 
flora and Origon may be a third sp. having op- 
posite leaves it can be no Rhamnus ! Hooker 
did not even see the unfolded flowers. It might 
be called N. cuneata Raf. leaves petiolate cun- 
eate entire, smooth above, pubescent beneath, 
branches rusty pubescent, fl. capitate axillary 
peduncled bracteate. 
208. Celastrus acuminates Raf. Autikon, 
an C. myrtifolius ? L. ad Virg. not Jamaica ! 
erect? branches subangular, leaves petiolate 
ovate or oblong, serrulate, base acute obliquate, 
end long acuminate falcate ; flowers terminal 
racemose paniculate peduncles ramose— disco- 
vered in 1825 in the Apalachian Mts, of Vir- 
ginia, where also Linneus indicates the locality 
of the C. myrtifolius ; but this Jamaica plant 
of Sloane differs by ovate acute leaves not acu- 
minate nor oblique. Both C. myrtifolius and 
hullatus are omitted or denyed by our compi- 
lers, but the last is now cultivated in Europe, 
and has entire oral leaves. Because Nuttal 
and Elliot have not yet found them, they are 
doubted ; let them be sought where they grow, 
in the Unaka Mts. This is a tall weak shrub 
with thin smooth leaves larger than in C . 
scandens 3 to 5 inches long, the lower oval, 
the upper nearly lanceolate, flowers white size 
and form of C. scandens, raceme not simple 
but compound. 
507. Amorpha punctata Raf. Autikon. 
Smooth, folioles elliptical obtuse, but cuspidate, 
punctate beneath, base petiolate with a subu- 
late stipule ; spikes terminal curved cylindri- 
cal — -a fine shrub with purple flowers, folioles 
small, spikes 3 or 4 inches long. Discovered 
by Bradbury in the upper Missouri. 
