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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  36. 
  CALYCANTHACEJE. 
  CALYCANTHUS 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  opposite, 
  entire, 
  without 
  stipules. 
  Flowers 
  

   solitary, 
  often 
  sweet-scented. 
  Sepals 
  and 
  petals 
  numerous, 
  

   the 
  outer 
  sepals 
  bract-like. 
  Stamens 
  many, 
  short, 
  the 
  inner 
  

   ones 
  usually 
  sterile. 
  Ovaries 
  several, 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  

   of 
  an 
  irregular, 
  hollow, 
  pear-shaped 
  receptacle 
  something 
  like 
  

   a 
  large 
  rose 
  hip, 
  forming 
  1-seeded 
  akenes 
  in 
  fruit. 
  

  

  CALYCANTHUS 
  L. 
  (BUTNERIA) 
  

  

  Shrubs, 
  4-8 
  ft. 
  tall 
  ; 
  branches 
  opposite. 
  Leaves 
  oval, 
  downy 
  

   beneath, 
  short-petioled 
  ; 
  both 
  leaves 
  and 
  bark 
  aromatic. 
  Sepals 
  

   and 
  petals 
  many, 
  in 
  several 
  rows, 
  somewhat 
  fleshy, 
  indistin- 
  

   guishable. 
  Pistils 
  several, 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   persistent 
  calyx 
  tube. 
  Mature 
  fruit 
  pear-shaped, 
  dry, 
  inclos- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  akenes.* 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  floridus 
  L. 
  SWEET-SCENTED 
  SHRUB, 
  STRAWBERRY 
  BUSH, 
  

   SPICE 
  BUSH, 
  SHRUB. 
  A 
  widespreading 
  bush, 
  4-8 
  ft. 
  high; 
  twigs 
  

   downy. 
  Leaves 
  oval 
  or 
  oblong, 
  acute 
  or 
  taper-pointed, 
  rough 
  above, 
  

   downy 
  beneath, 
  2-3 
  in. 
  long. 
  Flowers 
  1 
  in. 
  wide, 
  brownish-purple, 
  very 
  

   fragrant. 
  Sepals 
  united 
  below 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  cup, 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  of 
  which 
  

   the 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  flower 
  are 
  inserted 
  ; 
  cup 
  leafy-bracted 
  on 
  the 
  

   outside. 
  Banks 
  of 
  streams 
  and 
  rich 
  hillsides 
  S., 
  often 
  cultivated.* 
  

  

  37. 
  ANNONACEJE. 
  PAI-AW 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Trees 
  or 
  shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  entire, 
  pinnately 
  veined. 
  

   Flowers 
  bisexual, 
  hypogynous, 
  axillary, 
  solitary. 
  Calyx 
  of 
  3 
  

   sepals 
  ; 
  corolla 
  of 
  6 
  thickish 
  petals 
  in 
  2 
  rows. 
  Stamens 
  many 
  ; 
  

   filaments 
  very 
  short. 
  Pistils 
  several 
  or 
  many, 
  becoming 
  fleshy 
  

   or 
  pulpy 
  in 
  fruit. 
  

  

  ASIMINA 
  Adans. 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  or 
  small 
  trees. 
  Leaves 
  deciduous. 
  Mowers 
  nodding. 
  

   Sepals 
  3, 
  ovate. 
  Petals 
  6, 
  the 
  3 
  outer 
  ones 
  larger 
  and 
  spread- 
  

   ing. 
  Stamens 
  very 
  numerous, 
  crowded 
  on 
  the 
  globular 
  recep- 
  

   tacle. 
  Ovaries 
  3-15, 
  sessile, 
  1-celled, 
  several-ovuled. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  

   large, 
  fleshy, 
  oblong 
  berry 
  ; 
  seeds 
  large, 
  horizontal,* 
  

  

  