920 LAURACEAE 
shorter than the hypanthium.  Stamens 4: filaments very ps Or Weis 
Ovary l-celled: style elongate. Drupe somewhat elongated.—SILv S. 
About 20 species, Eurasian, Australian, and North ee mee species are 
used in horticulture. The fruits of some species are edible 
Leaf-blades beneath, and hypanthium, not oe scaly: sepals less than 35 as long 
as the prolonged portion of the hypanthiu 1. E. umbellatus. 
Leaf-blades beneath, and hypanthium, hood sealy : sepals over 
4 as long as the prolonged portion of the hypanthium. 2. E. multiflorus. 
1. E. umbellatus Thunb. Shrub, 1-3 tall. aves numerous; blades ellip- 
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tie, 2-4 em. long, mainly obtuse, green "above, rd beneath, short- -petioled: 
flowers few, in umbel-lik ede 
pedicelled: hypanthium narrowly in 
dui ae mm are during anthesis: sepals 
vate, 2.5-3 mm. long, silvery se without 
like A E anthers than 1.5 
pm long: e. wise. to ov 2 6-8 mm. 
ong. — ( UMN-ELAEAGNUS.) — Thickets, 
CEN and a grounds, near P in 
the Piedmont of Ga. Nat. of Japan 
Sum.—fall, 
A = multiflorus Thunb. Shrub, mostly 
all. Leaves rather numerous; 
blades eliptic or somewhat obovate to oval, 
ong, r 
silvery beneath, short-petioled: flowers few or several together in umbel-like 
o Das. Sd lon ng-pedicelled: hypanthium stout, slightly dilated upward, 
. long during a P s: sepals orbicular- ovate to reniform, 3—4 mm 
e copiously scaly withou like the hypanthium: anthers over 1.5 mm. long: 
fruit oval, 7-10 mm. long.— SS. pm Y.)—Roadsides and fields, Coastal 
Plain, Miss. and La. Nat. of Japan.— 
FaAwiLY 3. LAURACEAE — LAUREL FAMILY. 
Aromatie shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate or d iu blades entire 
or lobed. Flowers in open or congested cymes. rn , aa (or rarely 
ent Bs in 2 series. o wanting. Androecium o ually more 
than there are sepals, in 2—4 series, those of a third series usually 
plandularappendaged those of the fourth series mostly mere staminodia. 
oecium 2 RT carpel. Ovary 1-celle "Frui drupaceous.—F ort 
Bip and al ,000 species, most a undant i in tropical regions one 
of the mue iMd id of great economie value 
Anthers 4-celled, 4-valved. ; 
Anther-saes of outer stamen-series extrorse. Tribe I. LI Pee 
"Anther sacs introrse. Tribe II. LiTSEA 
Anthers 2-celled, 2-valved. 
Mature hypanthi um large, succulent: OEEC 
of erect panicles: anther-sacs extrors Tribe III. ACRODICLIDIEAE. 
‘Mature hypanthium minute, dr inflorescence of 
umbel-like clusters: anther-sacs intrors Tribe IV. LAUREAE. 
Y. CINNAMOMEAE 
Staminodia present, large, often sagittate. 
Sepals dec iduous, 
Calyx faling away ae separate sepals: leaf blades ribbed. 1. CAMPHORA. 
Calyx falling away with the sepals united: leaf-blades 
pinnate-veined, 2. PERSEA, 
