m 
NEW SYLVA, 
They may be of a different Genus and approx- 
imate to Carpoxis by the leaves not quite entire* 
728. Forest, (or Carp.) prinoides Raff 
Borya Loud. Leaves ovate lanceolate serrate 
— Is it Ilex prinoides ? flowers green, leaves 2| 
inches long, one broad. 
724. Forest, (or Carp.) retusa Raff Borya 
Loud. Leaves alternate tapering in short pe~ 
tiols, retuse emarginate mucronulate very 
smooth glaucous,- — -V ery near to my Ilex retusm 
but that is a real Ilex with 4seeded berries. 
725. Carpoxis spinosa Raff Adelia acumi- 
nata Mx. ic. 48. Borya W. P. &c. Bigelowia 
Sm. Branches spinose, leaves petiolate, rhom- 
boidal, lanceolate, serrate (entire in the figure) 
acute smooth, fruits subternate drooping oblong 
rostrate acuminate — Carolina and Georgia, 
margin of streams, the description and figure of 
Michaux do not agree, and Elliot Sp. appears 
distinct. Leaves uncial, fruits long on filiform 
peduncles. Stamens over 4 ? 
726. Carpoxis inermis Raff Borya acumi- 
nata Pursh, Elliot &c. Branches not spinose, 
leaves oval lanced, attenuate at both ends pe- 
tiolate membranaceous serrulate — Carolina, 
only seen dry by Elliot, who says that it has 
really 4 stamens. 
727. Nudilus paradoxus Raff fi. tex. &c. 
Quite smooth, branches terete, leaves opposite 
and altera, lanceolate sessile acute entire fas- 
ciculate, fern, fl. peduncled racemose 2-4flore — 
from West Kentucky to Texas, very rare, a 
small shrub 3 to 5 feet high, flowers small ver- 
nal before the leaves, which are uncial rather 
thin and commonly alternate, berries ovate 
black ? but not seen ripe. 
728. FRAXINUS Lin. and all Authors. 
This Genus ought to follow the last, and I could 
