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DIOECIA HEXANDRIA. 
the base of the rotate corolla, between the segments, and bearing the rudi* 
ments of a germ. Fertile florets often 7 — 8 parted, bearing abortive sta- 
mens. Style short, thick. Stigma somewhat 3-lobed. Berry black, 6, 7, 
8 seeded. 
Grows in damp poor soils. 
Flowers April — May. 
6. Cokiaceus. Pursh. 
P. foliis perennanti- 
bus, lato ovalibus acu- 
tis, apice serratis, su- 
perne nitidis, subtus 
atomiferis; floribus fo- 
emineis solitariis, ple- 
ruraque octo-partitis, 
masculis subaggrega- 
tis 8-andris. 
Pursh, 1. p. 221. 
P. Atomarius, Nutt 1. p. 213. 
A shrub generally 5 — 6 feet high with virgate branches, (viscid when 
young, Nutt.) Leaves perennial, somewhat oval but very wide for their 
length, coriaceous, acutely serrate near the summit, sprinkled frequently on 
the under surface with minute dark coloured atoms. Flowers very com- 
monly 8-parted and 8-androus. Berry 6, 7> 8 seeded. 
Grows in rich high lands; near the margin of swamps, Chatham County, 
Georgia. 
Flowers May. 
Leaves perennial, 
broad oval, acute, ser- 
rate near the summit, 
lucid on the upper sur- 
face, minutely dotted 
underneath; fertile flo- 
rets solitary, generally 
8-parted; sterile aggre- 
gate octandrous. 
GLED1TSCHIA. Gen. Pe. 1596. 
Masculi. Calyx 3 
- — 5 — 8 partitus. Sta- 
mina 6 — 8. 
Foeminei. Calyx 5 
— 10 partitus. Stylus 
1. Legumen. 
Hermaphroditi. Ca- 
lyx 6 — 8 partitus. Sta- 
Sterile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 3 — 5 — 8 parted. 
Stamens 6 — 8. 
Fertile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 5 — 10 parted. 
Style 1. Legumen. 
Hermaphrodite. Ca- 
lyx 6 — 8 parted. Sta- 
