BIOECIA HEXANDRIA« 
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PRINOS. Gen. Pl. 594. 
Masculi. Calyx 4 
* — 8 fidus. Corolla 4 
— 8 partita. Stamina 
4 — 8. Rudimentum 
pistiili. 
Foeminei. Calyx 
et Corolla maris. 
Stigma sessile, 4 — 8 
fidum. Bacca 4 — 8 
sperma. 
Sterile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 4 — 8 cleft. Corol- 
la 4 — 8 parted. Sta- 
mens 4 — 8. A rudi- 
ment of a pistil. 
Fertile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx and Corolla as in 
the sterile. Stigma 
sessile, 4 — 8 cleft. 
Berry 4 — 8 seeded. 
1. Ambiguus. Mich. 
P. foliis deciduis, 
ovali-Ianceolatis, utrin- 
que acuminatis, laevissi- 
me crenato serrulatis, 
subtus pubescentibus; 
floribus 4 — 5 fidis, 
masculis aggregatis, 
foemineis axillaribus 
subsolitariis. E. 
Leaves deciduous, 
oval-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate at each end, 
slightly and crenately 
serrulate, pubescent un- 
derneath; flowers 4 — 5 
cleft, the sterile aggre- 
gate, the fertile axilla- 
ry, generally solitary. 
Mich. 2. p. 236. Pursh, 1. p. 220. 
Cassine Caroliniana, Walt. p. 242. 
A small shrub rarely exceeding 3—4 feet in height, with terete, somewhat 
virgate branches. Leaves on very short petioles, very pubescent under- 
neath. Sterile florets in clusters of 20 — 30, axillary, but appearing to spring 
from the summit of the last year’s buds, each pedicel 1-flowered. Teeth of 
the calyx, segments of the corolla and stamens sometimes 5, but much more 
frequently 4, hence it was arranged by Dr. Macbride, perhaps correctly, as 
an Ilex. Fertile florets sometimes 3 — 4 in an axil. Corolla of the fertile 
floiet .withering slowly. Stigma obscurely 4 or 5 furrowed. Seeds corres- 
ponding in number with the divisions of the stigma. Berry red. 
Sufficiently distinct from P. Verticillatus. 
Grows in St. John’s, Berkeley. Dr. Macbride. St. Mary’s, Georgia. Dr. 
Baldwin. 
Flowers April — May. 
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