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Xolisma brittonii Small, sp. no v
A much-branched shrub mostly 2 m. tall or less, with brownish scurfy twigs; leaves numerous, bright-green, the blades oblong, oval, or obovate or some of them oblong-spatulate, 3-6.5 cm. long, rounded or truncate at the apex, irregularly crenulate, finely reticulate, dull on both sides or sometimes shining above, short-petioled; panicles cluster-like, rather few-flowered, the pedicels stoutish; calyx 4.5-5.5 mm. wide, the lobes 5, deltoid to triangular-ovate, acute or abruptly pointed; corolla white, broadly urceolate, 7-8 mm. long, the lobes broad, much
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John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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