D10ECIA HEXANDRIA. 
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tis, laevissime cordatis, acuminate, slightly cor- 
quinquenervibus. date, 5-nerved. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 779. Walt. p. 245. Mich. 2. p. 237- Pursh, 1. p. 250. 
JNutt. 2. p. 238. 
Stem terete, sometimes slightly angled, flexuous, armed with small acute 
prickles. Leaves cordate, nearly round, mucronate, entire, 5 — 7 nerved, 3 
more distinct than the others, paler or glaucescent underneath. ( Berries 
spherical. Mich.) 
Grows in rich shaded soils. 
Flowers June. Pursh. 
12. Caduca. Lin. 
Prickly; leaves o- 
vate, mucronate, mem- 
branaceous, 5-nerved; 
common peduncle 
scarcely longer than 
the petioles. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 780. Pursh, 1. p. 250. Nutt. 2. p. 238. 
Stem flexuous, sometimes angled, very thinly armed with prickles. 
Leaves annual, ovate, entire, mucronate, with 3 nerves as usual more dis- 
tinct than the rest, when young often acuminate, very thin, on petioles 
about half an inch long. Flowers in axillary umbels, the pedicel as long as 
the common peduncle. 
Grows in dry fields. Pursh. Very common around ponds. 
Flowers June— -July. 
S. aculeata; foliis 
ovatis, mucronatis, 
membranaceis, 5-nervi- 
bus; pedunculo co m mu- 
11 i vix peliolis longiore. 
13. Tamnoides. Lin. 
S. caule aculeato, te- 
reti; foliis ovato oblon- 
gis, acutis, sub-pandu- 
raeformibus, obsolete 
cordatis, quinquenervi- 
bus, pedunculo commu- 
ni petiolis longiore. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 780. Nutt. 2. p. 238. 
S. Panduratus, Pursh, 1. p. 251. 
Stem prickly, terete; 
leaves ovate oblong, 
acute, slightly panduri- 
form, obsoletely cor- 
date, 5-nerved; com- 
mon peduncle longer 
than the petiole. 
