﻿GINSENG 
  FAMILY 
  169 
  

  

  5. 
  <E. 
  missouriensis 
  Sims. 
  Perennial. 
  Stems 
  low, 
  decumbent, 
  with 
  

   short, 
  silky 
  down. 
  Leaves 
  thick, 
  from 
  oval 
  to 
  linear, 
  usually 
  lanceo- 
  

   late, 
  narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  slender 
  petiole, 
  2-6 
  in. 
  long, 
  entire 
  or 
  remotely 
  

   toothed. 
  Flowers 
  axillary, 
  yellow, 
  3-6 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Capsule 
  

   orbicular, 
  with 
  broad 
  wings. 
  In 
  dry 
  soil 
  S.W. 
  

  

  H. 
  FUCHSIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Herbs, 
  shrubs, 
  or 
  trees. 
  Leaves 
  opposite 
  or 
  3 
  in 
  a 
  whorl. 
  

   Flowers 
  showy. 
  Calyx 
  colored, 
  tubular-funnel-shaped, 
  the 
  

   tube 
  extending 
  much 
  beyond 
  the 
  ovary, 
  the 
  margin 
  4-lobed. 
  

   Petals 
  4, 
  borne 
  in 
  the 
  throat 
  of 
  the 
  calyx. 
  Stamens 
  8, 
  project- 
  

   ing 
  outside 
  the 
  corolla. 
  Capsule 
  berry 
  -like, 
  ellipsoidal, 
  4-angled. 
  

  

  1. 
  F. 
  macrostemma 
  R. 
  & 
  P. 
  COMMON 
  FUCHSIA, 
  LADIES' 
  EAR- 
  

   DROPS. 
  Smooth. 
  Leaves 
  slender-petioled, 
  toothed. 
  Flowers 
  on 
  long, 
  

   drooping 
  peduncles 
  from 
  the 
  axils 
  of 
  the 
  leaves. 
  Calyx 
  tube 
  oblong 
  

   or 
  a 
  short 
  cylinder, 
  not 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  spreading 
  lobes. 
  Petals 
  obovate 
  

   and 
  notched, 
  wrapped 
  spirally 
  around 
  the 
  projecting 
  filaments 
  and 
  

   style. 
  Found 
  in 
  many 
  varieties, 
  sometimes 
  the 
  calyx 
  white 
  or 
  nearly 
  

   so 
  and 
  the 
  petals 
  dark 
  or 
  with 
  dark 
  calyx 
  and 
  light 
  petals. 
  Culti- 
  

   vated 
  from 
  Chile. 
  

  

  III. 
  CIRC^A 
  L. 
  

  

  Slender, 
  erect 
  herbs, 
  with, 
  creeping 
  rootstocks. 
  Stem 
  simple. 
  

   Leaves 
  opposite, 
  petioled. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  in 
  terminal 
  and 
  

   lateral 
  racemes. 
  Calyx 
  tube 
  ovoid, 
  the 
  limb 
  2-parted, 
  reflexed, 
  

   deciduous. 
  Petals 
  2, 
  inversely 
  heart-shaped, 
  inserted 
  with 
  the 
  

   2 
  stamens 
  under 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  a 
  disk 
  which 
  is 
  borne 
  on 
  the 
  

   pistil. 
  Ovary 
  1-2-celled 
  ; 
  style 
  thread-like 
  ; 
  stigma 
  knobbed, 
  

   2-lobed 
  ; 
  ovules, 
  1 
  in 
  each 
  cell. 
  Fruit 
  ovoid, 
  not 
  splitting 
  open, 
  

   covered 
  with 
  hooked 
  bristles. 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  lutetiana 
  L. 
  ENCHANTER'S 
  NIGHTSHADE. 
  Stem 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  

   high, 
  glandular-downy. 
  Leaves 
  ovate, 
  faintly 
  toothed, 
  long-petioled. 
  

   Flowers 
  | 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter, 
  white 
  or 
  pink, 
  on 
  slender 
  pedicels, 
  jointed 
  

   at 
  the 
  base. 
  Damp, 
  shaded 
  places; 
  very 
  common. 
  

  

  72. 
  ARALIACE.3S. 
  GINSENG 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Herbs, 
  shrubs, 
  or 
  trees. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  simple 
  or 
  com- 
  

   pound 
  ; 
  stipules 
  united 
  to 
  the 
  petiole 
  or 
  wanting. 
  Flowers 
  

   regular, 
  in 
  umbels 
  or 
  heads. 
  Limb 
  of 
  the 
  calyx 
  epigynous, 
  

  

  