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NEW SYLVA. 
sessile ovate lanceol. acute at both ends, glau- 
cous beneath and smooth, nerves fuscate hardly 
puberulent, panicles multiflore compact, pedun- 
cles triflore, bracts ovate or oblong, calix equal, 
fruits oval. — Alleghany and Apalachian Mts. 
from Virginia to Georgia, a small tree 4 to 10 
feet high, leaves 3 to 4 inches long. The warts 
are singular oblong with a fissure. 
710. Chion. longifolia Raf. Branches su- 
bangular pubescent fuscate, leaves subpetiolate, 
oblong lanceol. undulate acum. at both ends, 
nerves fuscate pubescent, racemes simple elon- 
gate pauciflore lax pubescent bracts elliptic, 
peduncles filiform l-2flore, calix equal— Lou- 
isiana and Texas, leaves 6 to 8 inches long, 
about 2 wide, flowers rather smaller than in 
the others : fruits not seen. 
711. Chion. angustifolia Raf. virginica? 
Elliot, virg. angustif. Ait. Quite smooth, bran- 
ches pale subangular with flat ringed warts, 
leaves petiolate lanceolate acute or acuminate 
glaucous beneath, panicles lax pauciflore, bracts 
ovatoblong, peduncles mostly triflore, calix sub- 
equal elongate— Carolina and Florida, a very 
distinct Sp. by leaves very narrow, 3 to 4 inches 
long, but hardly one broad, flowers small, fruits 
globular. Very peculiar warts on the stem 
round flat with a circular concentric furrow. 
Shrub 3 to 10 feet high (Elliot.) Var. cylin- 
drical Elliot, with long cylindrical multiflore 
panicles. 
712. FORESTIERA Poiret 1811, Bige- 
lowia Smith 1821 not of Raf. 1817. Adelia 
Brown and Michaux not of Lin. Borya of 
Wildenow and Persoon, not of Labilardiere 
and Poiret. See my article Adelia in first part; 
