D10ECIA HEXANDRIA, 
70? 
4. Lanceolatus. Pursh. 
P. foliis deciduis, 
lanceolatis, tenuissime 
et remote serrulatis, u- 
trinque acutis, utrinque 
- glabris, floribus foemi- 
neis sparsis, subgemi- 
nis, pedunculatis, 6-fi- 
dis, masculis aggrega- 
tes, 3-andris. 
Leaves deciduous, 
lanceolate, finely and 
remotely serrulate, a- 
cute at each end, gla- 
brous on each surface, 
fertile florets scattered, 
generally in pairs, on 
peduncles, 6-cleft, ste- 
rile aggregate, trian- 
drous. 
Pursh, 1. p. 220. Nutt. 1. p. 213. 
Berries small, scarlet. Pursh. 
Grows in the lower districts of Carolina and Georgia. Pursh. 
Flowers June. 
This species has escaped my notice. But I believe there are several spe- 
cies of this genus with deciduous leaves yet to be described. I saw in the 
Herbarium of Mr. Lyon many years ago, one collected near Augusta, and 
one or two collected near Tuckabatchie on the Talapoosa river which ap- 
peared to be unknown. I have, however, no memorandums of them. 
5 . Glaber. Lin. 
P. foliis semperviren- 
tibus, cuneato-lanceo- 
latis, coriaceis, glabris, 
nitidis, superne parce 
serratis; pedicellis foe- 
mineis solitariis, mas- 
culis 3 — 6 floris. 
Leaves perennial, 
cuneate-Ianceolate, co- 
riaceous, glabrous, shi- 
ning, sparingly serrate 
near the summit; fer- 
tile pedicels solitary, 
sterile 3 — 6 flowered. 
Sp. pi. 2. p. 226. Walt. p. 247. Mich. 2. p. 236. Pursh, 1. p. 220. 
Nutt. 1. p. 213. 
A small shrub, the fertile plants rarely exceeding 3 feet in height, branch- 
ing, bushy, the sterile 3 — 5 feet high, virgate, the young branches slightly pu- 
bescent. Leaves alternate, cuneate-Ianceolate, perennial, very glabrous ex- 
cepting along the midrib, on petioles 5 — 6 lines long. Flowers axillary, the 
peduncles of the sterile flowers sometimes clustered, each 3 — 6 flowered. 
Sterile flowers generally 6-parted and hexandrous, the stamens inserted at 
