ocTANDRiA MONOGYNiA, Menziesia. 
265 
dris, calycibus obtusis. Smith in linn, trans. 10 . 
p. 380. 
On the north-west coast. Menzies. On the Rocky- 
mountains and near the mouth of Columbia river. 
M. Lewis. Tj . July, v . s. Flowers pale red. 
4. M. foliis sparsis confertis linearibus obtusis cartilagineo- 
denticulatis, pedunculis terminalibus aggregatis uni- 
floris, floribus campanulatis 10 -andris, calycibus acu- 
ti ssim is. —Swartz in linn. trans. 10. p. 377- t. 30 . f 1. 
Andromeda taxifolia. Pali. Jl. ross. t. 72. f. 2 . 
Erica caerulea. Willd. sp. pl. 2 . p. 303. 
Phyllodoce taxifolia. Parad. lond. 36. 
On the White Hills of New Hampshire. Prof. Peck. 
On the north-west coast and Labrador. Herb. Banks. 
. July. v.s. Flowers red. 
341. DIOSPYROS. Gen.pl.l5g 8 . 
1. D. foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis glabris reticulato-ve- 
nosis, petiolis pubescentibus, gemmis glabris. — - Willd . 
sp. pl. 4, p 1 107. 
Icon. Mill. ic. 126 . Calesb. car. 2. t 76. Mich. arb. 12 . 
In woods and old fields : New York to Louisiana. ^ • 
May. v. v. A middle-sized tree 5 flowers pale yel- 
low fruit known by the name of Persimon , the size 
of a common plum, golden-yellow, of an agreeable 
taste, when perfectly ripe, but extremely astringent 
before that time. In the Northern States the fruits are 
not eatable till the frost has mellowed them. 
2. D. foliis oblongis acutis subtus pubescentibus, petiolis 
longis, fructibus oligospermis. 
In the lower counties of Virginia, Carolina and Georgia. 
T? . April, v. v. Though Michaux in his Arbres 
forestiers considers this only as a variety, I am inclined 
to take it as a distinct species ; not only shape and pu- 
bescence of the leaf, but difference in the structure of 
the fruit and seeds, indicate it sufficiently. 
342. ACER. Gen. pl. 159 O. 
1 . A. foliis palmato-subquinquelobis basi cordatis inaequali- 
ter inciso-dentatis subtus glaucis, incisuris acutis, um- 
bellis sessilibus, pedicellis elongatis, germinibus gla- 
bris. — Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 984. 
caerulea . 
virginiana * 
pubescens. 
rubrum. 
