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Shrub 2 — 3 feet high. Branches very much compressed. Leaves lan- 
ceolate, rather narrow, generally acute, about 2 inches long. Peduncles near 
the summit of the branches axillary, opposite, generally 3 flowered, the in- 
termediate flower almost sessile, the others on peduncles nearly an inch 
long. Calyx leaflike, segments lanceolate, acute. Corolla and Styles 
rather longer than the stamens. 
Grows near Columbia, South-Carolina. 
Flowers June — August. 
14. Amoenum. Pursh. 
H. (Muslim; ramis 
ancipitibus; foliis ova- 
libus, subtus glaucis; 
floribus axillaribus, 
subsolitariis ; calycis 
foliolis ovatis, acutis ; 
petalis deflexis, sta- 
minibus longioribus. 
Pursh. 2. p. 374. 
Diffuse, with branch- 
es compressed; leaves 
oval, glaucous under- 
neath; flowers axilla- 
ry, in general solitary; 
leaves ofthecalyx ova- 
te, acute; petals deflec- 
ted; longer than the 
stamens. 
" A small shrub rarely exceeding 2 feet in height, but very much diffused 
and divided. Leaves rather large, somewhat attenuated at base, with the 
margins slightly undulate. Flowers much larger than those of any other 
of our species, solitary, generally opposite, on short peduncles. Stamens 
very numerous, forming a ball in the centre of the flower, and apparently 
depressing the petals by their number. Styles 3, at first united, separating 
as the fruit matures. 
This elegant species has not been found to the north of the Oakmulgee 
river in Georgia. 
Grows abundantly on the Flint river. 
Flowers June — August. 
15. Fastigiatom. E. 
H. ramulis paulo- 
compressis ; foliis an- 
gusto-Ianceoiatis, acu- 
tissimis; corymbis ter- 
mmalibus, multifloris, 
fastigiatis; stylis co- 
adunafls. E. 
Branches somewhat 
compressed; leaves 
narrow 1 -lanceolate,' ve- 
ry acute ; corymbs 
terminal, many flow- 
ered, fastigiate; styles 
united. 
