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TREE CEANOTHUS. 
spring, and the whole summit of the tree appears of an 
intense blue. 
The bark of the Ceanothus azureus, a plant allied to 
the present species, is esteemed in Mexico as a febrifuge. 
Plate LVII. 
A branch of the natural size. a. The flower. 
Ceanothus macrocarpus. Nutt, in Torrey and Grey. As 
this is not the plant of Willdenow, I take this opportunity of 
correcting the error, and propose to call it Ceanothus mega- 
carpus. 
Persimmon ( Diospyrus virginiana.) fi. pubescens ,foliis sub- 
tus molliter pilosis. 
Of this remarkable variety, with the leaves softly 
pilose beneath, I have seen specimens from Louisiana 
collected by Mr. Teinturier, and a very similar, but less 
pubescent variety, was found in Georgia by the late Dr. 
Baldwyn, (according to specimens in the herbarium of 
the Academy of Natural Sciences in this place.) 
