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Collins, mistaken for Bumelia ! leaves small 1 
inch long, quite similar to those of Prunus ! ra- 
cemes terminal 5-6flore, no bracts, pedicels 
long, calix broad flat campanulate 5dentate per- 
sistent, 5 petals obovate, stamens about 15 al- 
most monadelphous at the base, filaments sub- 
ulate, pistil on a thick thorus. oblong acute pro- 
minent, style lateral incurved or flexuose, stig- 
ma obtuse. I have not seen the ripe fruit, but 
the young fruit is unlike any Prunus being o- 
blong elongate acute like a pod one side strait. 
I have united this shrub with this Genus for 
the lateral style ; but it deserves to be a pecu- 
liar subgenus by the calix, thorus, stamens &c, 
a connecting link with Padus , I propose to call 
it Spondolobus Raf, meaning plumb-pod . 
543. CHRysoPHyLUM ludovicianum Raf. fl. 
lud. 165. C, glabrum Robin not L. Spinose, 
leaves oblong lanceolate acute, silky beneath, 
flowers fasciculate axillary — in W est Louisiana 
and Texas, only seen by Robin, mistaken for 
C. glabrum of Antilles, but this has smooth 
leaves. Omitted by our compilers and added 
here to recall it to their dull memory. A shrub 
8 to 10 feet high, flowers small greenish, calyx 
5parted, stigma sessile, berry globular, seeds 
compressed. 
544. CHRysoPHyLUM Cainito var. rotundifo- 
lium Raf. Leaves on short petiols rounded 
ovate acute at both ends, veins paralel, above 
shining lucid brown, beneath silky lucid rusty, 
flowers geminate, pedicels longer than flowers, 
fruit oboval rounded. — South Florida, and Flo- 
rida Keys, A small tree, branches smooth 
ashy brown, leaves alternate coriaceous thick 
beautiful almost round very entire 2 or 3 inch- 
es long, nearly as broad, with a single thick 
