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B10ECIA OCTANDRIA. 
3. Heterophylla. Li 
P. foliis subrotundo- 
ovatis, obtusis, subau- 
riculatis, serratis, juni- 
oribus tomentosis. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 806. Walt. p. 248. 
Nutt. 2. p. 239. 
P. Argentea, Mich. arb. for. 3. p. 2 
A large tree growing sometimes 6 
meter. Branches not angled as in t 
ovate, serrate at base, slightly cordate 
ceal the insertion of the petiole, when 
lyandrous; flowers of the glabrous fert 
Grows along the margins of rivers 
districts of Carolina and Georgia. 
Flowers March. 
DIOSPYROS. 
Masculi . Calyx 4 
- — 6 fidus. Corolla ur- 
ceolata 4 — 6 lid a. Sta- 
mina 8 — 16, filaraentis 
plerumque biantherife- 
ris. 
Foeminei. Calvx et 
Corolla maris. Stig- 
mata 4 — 5. Bacca 8 
— 1 2 sperma. 
1. Virginiana. Lin. 
D. foliis ovatis ova- 
Jibusque, acuminatis, 
reticulato-venosis, sub 
glabris, petiolis pubes- 
Leaves ovate, near- 
ly round, obtuse, slight- 
ly auriculate, serrate, 
when young tomentose. 
Mich. 2. p. 244. Pursh, 2. p. 6l9* 
> 0 . 
>—80 feet in height and 2 — 3 in dia» 
e preceding species. Leaves deltoid 
, with lobes or auricles that often con- 
young tomentose. (Sterile florets po- 
ile ament remote, pedicelled. Mich.) 
. Common in the middle and upper 
Gen. Pe. 1598. 
Sterile florets. Ca- 
lyx 4 — 6 cleft. Corol- 
la urceolate 4 — 6 cleft. 
Stamens 8 — 16, the fil- 
aments frequently bear- 
ing 2 anthere. 
Fertile florets. Ca- 
lyx and Corolla as in 
the sterile. Stigmas 4 
— 5. Berry 8 — 12 
seeded. 
Leaves ovate and 
oval, acuminate, reti- 
culately veined, some- 
what glabrous, petioles 
