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leaves subsessile ovate or lanceolate acute or 
acum, serrate, peduncles 1-311 ore, petals 5 obo- 
vate, capsules muricate verrucose — from Cana- 
da to Carolina in Mts. Shrub 4 to 6 feet high, 
branches rigid, leaves middle size, petals green- 
ish white with rose tinge. Several varieties 1 . 
Biflorus, leaves all lanceoh acum. subserrate, 
peduncles all biflore, petals rounded unguicu- 
late. 2. Ohliquatus , leaves ovate lanceoh 
commonly obliqual, peduncles uniflore. Mts. | 
Alleghanies. 
629. Evon. (Pentinius) sarmentosus Raf. ' 
amer. var. sarm. Nut. Eat, <$*c. Stem sar- 
mentose 4gone radicant, leaves subsessile ovate 
lanceoh acute undulate crenate opaque lucid, 
peduncles 2-3flore, fruits scabrous — Rocky 
woods of the Alleghany Mts. and River Sus- 
quehanah, certainly a distinct sp. forming a 
Vine 10 to 20 feet high with many slender 
branches. 
630. Evon. (Pentinius) angustifolius Lyon, 
Pursh, Eh Eat. *f*c. A rare species of the A- 
palachian Mts. of Georgia and Alabama, not at 
all doubtful, my specimen from Lyons in Collins 
Herb, has slender 4gcne branches, leaves re- 
mote subsessile narrow lanceoh acute falcate 
entire, peduncles erect uniflore with 2 setace- 
ous bracts. 
631. Evon. (Platom) atropurpureus Jaq. 
and all Authors. A fine shrub 6 to 15 feet 
high, assuming the appearance of a small tree, 
near streams chiefly from Carolina to Kentuc- J 
ky, Missouri and Origon, flowers dark purple, 
3 Var. 1. oblongifolius , 2 latifolius leaves 
ovate and obovate acum. 3, grandifolius large 
elliptic leaves 5 to 8 inches long. 
632. Evonymus (Physcondra) obovatus Nut. 
