﻿VINE 
  FAMILY 
  155 
  

  

  2 
  or 
  3 
  together 
  in 
  the 
  axils, 
  greenish, 
  about 
  ^ 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter, 
  usually 
  

   dioecious, 
  appearing 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  as 
  the 
  leaves. 
  Calyx 
  4-lobed. 
  

   Petals 
  4. 
  Stamens 
  4. 
  Fruit 
  black, 
  about 
  | 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Hills 
  

   and 
  river 
  banks. 
  

  

  2. 
  R. 
  caroliniana 
  Walt. 
  CAROLINA 
  BUCKTHORN. 
  A 
  small 
  tree 
  

   with 
  black 
  bark 
  and 
  very 
  hard 
  wood 
  ; 
  twigs 
  finely 
  downy. 
  Leaves 
  

   alternate, 
  prominently 
  veined, 
  elliptical 
  to 
  broadly 
  oval, 
  entire 
  or 
  

   obscurely 
  serrate, 
  smooth 
  or 
  sometimes 
  downy 
  below 
  ; 
  petioles 
  slen- 
  

   der, 
  downy. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  axillary, 
  peduncled 
  umbels; 
  petals 
  minute. 
  

   Fruit 
  globose, 
  \-\ 
  in. 
  in 
  diameter, 
  3-seeded. 
  Seeds 
  smooth. 
  On 
  river 
  

   banks.* 
  

  

  HI. 
  CEANOTHUS 
  L. 
  

  

  Shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  alternate, 
  petioled. 
  Flowers 
  bisexual, 
  in 
  

   terminal 
  panicles 
  or 
  corymbs 
  formed 
  of 
  little 
  umbel-like 
  clus- 
  

   ters. 
  Calyx 
  tube 
  top-shaped 
  or 
  hemispherical, 
  with 
  a 
  5-lobed 
  

   border. 
  Petals 
  5, 
  with 
  hoods, 
  on 
  slender 
  claws. 
  Stamens 
  5; 
  

   filaments 
  long 
  and 
  thread-like. 
  Fruit 
  dry, 
  3-lobed, 
  splitting 
  

   when 
  ripe 
  into 
  3 
  carpels. 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  americanus 
  L. 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  TEA, 
  RED 
  ROOT. 
  Shrub, 
  with 
  

   many 
  branching 
  stems, 
  1-3 
  ft. 
  high, 
  from 
  a 
  deep 
  red 
  root. 
  Leaves 
  

   1-3 
  in. 
  long, 
  ovate 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  acute 
  or 
  taper-pointed 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  

   obtuse 
  or 
  somewhat 
  heart-shaped 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  downy 
  beneath, 
  serrate, 
  

   3-nerved. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  white. 
  

  

  2. 
  C. 
  ovatus 
  Desf. 
  SMALLER 
  RED 
  ROOT. 
  Similar 
  to 
  C. 
  americanus 
  

   but 
  usually 
  smaller 
  and 
  nearly 
  smooth. 
  Leaves 
  narrowly 
  oval 
  or 
  

   elliptical-lanceolate, 
  finely 
  glandular 
  -serrate, 
  f-2 
  in. 
  long. 
  Dry 
  rocks 
  

   and 
  prairies, 
  especially 
  S.W. 
  

  

  63. 
  VITACEJE. 
  VINE 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Shrubs, 
  with 
  the 
  stem 
  swollen 
  at 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  the 
  peti- 
  

   oles 
  and 
  climbing 
  by 
  tendrils 
  borne 
  opposite 
  the 
  leaves. 
  

   Leaves 
  alternate, 
  with 
  stipules 
  simple 
  or 
  compound. 
  Flowers 
  

   small, 
  greenish, 
  generally 
  in 
  clusters, 
  borne 
  in 
  similar 
  posi- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  the 
  tendrils, 
  hypogynous 
  or 
  nearly 
  so. 
  Sepals, 
  petals, 
  

   and 
  stamens 
  4-5. 
  Carpels 
  2, 
  each 
  2-ovuled. 
  Calyx 
  very 
  small. 
  

   Corolla 
  deciduous, 
  the 
  petals 
  often 
  hooded. 
  Stamens 
  opposite 
  

   the 
  petals. 
  A 
  disk 
  inside 
  the 
  calyx 
  bears 
  nectar 
  and 
  its 
  lobes 
  

   alternate 
  with 
  the 
  stamens. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  berry. 
  

  

  