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DIRCA palustris. 
Leatherwood. 
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OCTANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. Tuymrtrm. Jussieu gen.'76. Brown prod. 1. 358. 
DIRCA. Cal.0. Cor. tubulosa: limbo obsoleto. Stam. tubo longiora. 
Drupa 1-sperma. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 4.24. 
Frutex altitudine humana. Facies Dapunes Mezerei. Flores sub 
Srondescentia terni @ singula gemma, pedunculis propriis brevissimis insi- 
dentes, nutantes. Ligni substantia lenacissima vie absque cultro frangenda. 
Cortex itidem tenacissimus. Lin. amoen. acad. 3. 13. 
Dirca palustris. Amen. acad. 3.12.t.1.f7. Lin. sp. pl. 1. 512. Gron. 
virg. ed. 2. 60. Mill. dict. ed. 8.n. Duham. arb. 1. t. 212. Hort. Kew. 
2.27. ed. 2. 2. 411. Michaux bor. amer. 1. 236. Pursh amer. sept. 1. 
268. Schkuhr handb. 1. 337. t. 107. 6. ; 
Thymeliea floribus albis, primo vere erumpentibus, foliis oblongis acumi- 
natis, viminibus et cortice valdé tenacibus, undé nomen anglicum— 
Leatherwood. Clayt. MSS. n. 858. 
Frutex erectus fastigiato-ramosus juncturts ramulorum tumidiusculis cortice 
Sisco glaberrimo. Gemme florales, albido-lutescentes, semunciam parim ex- 
superantes, longitudine inflorescentie, terminales lateralesque, squame sub- 
guaterne, membranose, oblonge v. elliptice, diutits persistentes, venose@, extits 
pilis subcinereis sericeo-pubescentes. Flores 3 ternato-fasciculati, sguamis gem- 
maceis involucrati, cernuo-deflexi, albido-lutescentes, pallidi; pedunculi breves, 
trifidi, crassiusculi, teretes, pedicellis unifloris, cum corolla articulatis. Cor. 
membranosa, infera, vix uncie longa, infundibuliformts ; faux campanulata ; 
limbus obsoletus, subobliquus, lobato-dentatus obtusus. Stam. ori tubt equantis 
Jaucem inserta: anth.erecte, terminales, breves, filamentt apicem adnato-equi- 
tantes; pollen granulosum, grumosum. Germen viride, glabrum, ovato- 
ellipticum, uniloculare, monospermum, aquabile; stylus longior staminibus, 
setiformis, inflexo-assurgens ; stigma pune simplex. Folia alterna lanceo- 
ato-ovalia, acuta, teneriuscula, paltidiis virentia, subtus villosa, inferné 
subangustids attenuata quam superne. 
Native of North America, from New York to Virginia, 
growing in shady boggy woods. Known by the name of 
“ Leatherwood,” from the nature of its stem and. branches. 
Introduced by the Duke of Argyll in 1750. Though per- 
fectly hardy, by no means common in our shrubberies, 
owing to the greediness of the Snails for the young plants, 
which it is difficult to defend from the attacks of this 
enemy. The blossom, produced long before the leaves are 
completely evolved, is small, but rendered conspicuous by 
the whitish yellow durable scales of the buds, which sur- 
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