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DIOKCIA HEXANDKJA. 
2. Verticillatus. Lin. 
P. foliis deciduis, 
ovalibus, acuminatis, 
serratis, subtus pubes- 
centibus; floribus 6-fi- 
dis, masculis axillari- 
bus umbelluliformibus, 
foemineis aggregatis. 
Leaves deciduous, 
oval, acuminate, ser- 
rate, pubescent under- 
neath; flowers 6-cleft, 
the sterile axillary, um- 
bellate, the fertile clus- 
tered. 
Sp. pi. 2. p. 225. Pursh, 1. p. 220. Nutt. 1. p. 213. 
P. Gronovii, Mich. 2. p. 236. 
A large shrub sometimes becoming a small tree. Leaves on petioles 
about five lines long, oval, acuminate, finely serrate, pubescent, somewhat 
hairy underneath. Flowers hexandrous. The sterile distinctly axillary in 
small umbellate clusters, the fertile few, aggregated, when in fruit commonly 
solitary. Berries red. 
Nearly allied certainly to the preceding species, but differs somewhat in 
the shape and serratures of the leaves, in its hexandrous flowers, and the 
umbellate structure of its sterile florets. 
Grows in light fertile soils. 
Flowers April — May. 
Leaves deciduous, 
oval, entire, mucro- 
nate, on petioles, gla- 
brous on each surface; 
fertile florets solitary, 
on long peduncles. 
A small tree with a smooth whitish bark. Leaves oval, always entire, 
about one and a half inches long and one inch wide, on petioles near half an 
inch long. Peduncles of the fruit often two inches in length. Nutt. 
This species I have inserted from Mr. Nuttall, who considers it as the 
real P. Ambiguus of Mich. The one I have described under that name is, 
however, certainly the Cassine Caroliniana of Walter, and therefore proba- 
bly the plant of Michaux, agreeing also in the “partitione quaternaria.” 
The habitat is not mentioned, but it probably belongs to the Southern 
States. 
3. Integrifolia. 
P. foliis deciduis, 
ovalibus, integerrimis, 
mucronatis, petiolatis, 
utrinque glabris; flori- 
bus foemineis solitariis, 
longe pedunculatis. — 
Nutt. 
P. Ambiguus, Nutt. 1. p. 213. 
