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MONOECIA POLYANDRIA. 
calycibus fructus subro 
tuadis, campanulatis, 
nuce majoribus, limbo 
dilatato, multifido. 
lyx of the fruit nearly 
round, campanulate, 
larger than the nut, 
with the border dilated, 
many cleft. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 471. Walt, p.236. Mich. 2. p. 201. Pursh, 2. p. 634. 
Nutt. 2. p. 216. 
A shrub 6 — 8 feet high, with erect virgate branches, pubescent when 
young. Leaves alternate, on short petioles, cordate, ovate, broad, acumi- 
nate, angled, serrate, pubescent particularly on the under surface. Aments of 
sterile flowers near the summit of the branches, 1—2 inches long, scales of 
the calyx 3, one nearly enveloping the other two. Fertile florets axillary. 
Calyx 2-parted, persistent, with the border dilated, many cleft. Nut ovate, 
compressed, acuminate, edible. 
Grows in moderately rich soils; common in the upper districts of Carolina 
and Georgia; found sparingly within 40 or 50 miles of the sea-coast, but ne- 
ver, I believe, in its immediate vicinity. 
Flowers February — March. 
2. Rostrata. Aiton. 
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Leaves oblong-ovate 
and oval, slightly cor- 
date, acuminate; calyx 
of the fruit larger than 
the nut, very hirsute, at 
the summit tubular and 
2-parted, the segments 
notched. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 635. Mich. 2. p. 201. Pursh, 2. p. 635. Nutt. 2. 216. 
A small shrub rarely exceeding 3 — 4 feet in height. Leaves on short pe- 
tioles slightly cordate, nearly oval, acuminate, finely and doubly serrate, pu- 
bescent particularly on the under surface, thinner than those of the preceding 
species. Calyx of the fruit somewhat globular, very hirsute, terminating in 
a tube one and a half inches long, 2-parted for about half of its length, the 
summits many cleft. 
Grows on the mountains of Carolina. Pursh. 
Flowers March— April. 
C. foliis oblongo 
ovatisovalibusque, sub- 
cordatis, acuminatis; 
calycibus fructus nuce 
majoribus, hirsutissimis, 
summitate tubulosis bi- 
partite, laciniis incisis. 
