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CEPHALANTHUS OCCIDENTALS.
BUTTON-WOOD. AMERICAN BUTTON-WOOD. GLOBE-FLOWERED
SHRUB. POND DOGWOOD.
Tetrandria Monogynia, Linn. Rubiacese, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Common calix O; proper superior, small and angular, 4-deft. Corolla tubular, slender,
4-cleft. Stamina exserted. S tigma globose. Capsule mostly bipartile, (2 to 4,)
2-celled, 2-seeded; cells semibivalvular, exterior valve angular, indurated,
interior flat and flexile. Seed solitary, sheathed at the apex with a tuberose
callus. Receptacle globose, hairy.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Leaves opposite and ternate.
A s h r u b from five to ten feet in height, often flowering when only
two feethigh; very much branched. Barkoftrunkrough, of thebranches
smooth, of an umber-brown colour. Leaves oval, undulate, entire, acuminate
and attenuated at base, smooth on either side. Petiole three
