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DIOECIA TftJETANDRIA, 
A shrub 6—15 feet high, stoloniferous, branches virgate, erect, the small 
branches expanding, bark glabrous, smooth, when very young pubescent. 
Leaves alternate, perennial, glabrous, shining, coriaceous. Flowers in axil- 
lary clusters, each peduncle triflorous. Peduncles short, slightly pubescent. 
Teeth of the calyx very minute. Segments of the corolla obtuse. Fi la- 
ments shorter than the corolla, into which they are inserted between the seg- 
ments. Berry globose, scarlet, 4-celled. Seed, one in each cell, boney. 
This is a handsome shrub, although its flowers are not conspicuous. It 
forms neat hedges, but not sufficiently strong to resist hogs and cattle; they 
are therefore only used as ornaments along the borders of gardens. 
Grows in loose soils; very abundant near the ocean. A strong decoction 
of this plant is used by the tribes of the Creek Indians at the opening of 
their councils. They send annually to the sea-coast for a supply of the 
leaves. It acts as a mild emetic; hence the name given it in the Hortus 
Kewensis. It is universally known in this country as the Cassena, its old 
and appropriate name. But? even if the name of Aiton should be retained to 
this plant, it is surely incorrect to apply the name of Cassena to another spe- 
cies, and one to which, in this country, it is never given. 
Flowers March and April. 
6. Prinoides. 
I. foliis deciduis, o- 
vali-lanceolatis, utrin- 
que acutis, serratis; pe- 
dunculis I-floris, fertili- 
bus solitariis. 
Leaves deciduous, 
oval-lanceolate, acute 
at each end, serrate; 
peduncles 1-flowered, 
the fertile solitary. 
Sp. pi. 1. p. 709. Mich. 2. p. 229. Pursh, 1. p. 118. Nutt. 1. p. 109. 
J. Decidua, Walt. p. 241. 
A shrub 6 — 8 feet high, and sometimes, I believe, becoming a small tree. 
Branches somewhat virgate. Leaves lanceolate, slightly acuminate, glab- 
rous with appressed serratures. (I find that the leaves, as well as flowers of 
the sterile plant are always smaller than those of the fertile; in each the flow- 
ers appear to be clearly hermaphrodite, but in one always abortive. Dr. 
Baldwin.) 
Grows in dry sandy soils. 
Flowers April— May. 
