﻿GENTIAN 
  FAMILY 
  191 
  

  

  2. 
  S. 
  persica 
  L. 
  PERSIAN 
  LILAC. 
  A 
  more 
  slender 
  and 
  less 
  

   branched 
  shrub 
  than 
  No. 
  1. 
  Leaves 
  lance-ovate, 
  somewhat 
  nar- 
  

   rowed 
  or 
  tapering 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  rather 
  loose 
  clusters, 
  not 
  

   very 
  sweet-scented, 
  pale 
  lilac 
  or 
  white. 
  Corolla 
  lobes 
  ovate, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  bent 
  inward. 
  Pods 
  linear. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  western 
  Asia, 
  less 
  

   common 
  than 
  No. 
  1. 
  

  

  IV. 
  CHIONANTHUS 
  L. 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  or 
  small 
  trees. 
  Leaves 
  simple, 
  opposite, 
  entire, 
  

   petioled, 
  deciduous. 
  Mowers 
  in 
  panicles 
  borne 
  on 
  wood 
  of 
  

   the 
  previous 
  season. 
  Calyx 
  small, 
  4-cleft, 
  persistent. 
  Corolla 
  

   wheel-shaped, 
  4-parted, 
  the 
  lobes 
  long 
  and 
  linear. 
  Stamens 
  

   2-4, 
  included, 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  corolla. 
  Style 
  short 
  ; 
  

   stigma 
  2-lobed. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  1-seeded 
  drupe.* 
  

  

  1. 
  C. 
  virginica 
  L. 
  FRINGE 
  TREE, 
  OLD 
  MAN'S 
  BEARD. 
  A 
  small 
  

   tree, 
  with 
  smooth, 
  light 
  gray 
  bark 
  and 
  spreading 
  branches. 
  Leaves 
  

   oval 
  to 
  oblong, 
  acute 
  or 
  obtuse 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  smooth 
  or 
  slightly 
  

   downy. 
  Panicles 
  large 
  and 
  loose, 
  leafy-bracted, 
  appearing 
  with 
  the 
  

   leaves. 
  Flowers 
  on 
  slender, 
  drooping 
  pedicels. 
  Petals 
  1 
  in. 
  or 
  more 
  

   in 
  length. 
  Fruit 
  ovoid, 
  purple, 
  i-f 
  in. 
  long. 
  Along 
  streams, 
  usually 
  

   on 
  light 
  soil.* 
  

  

  V. 
  LIGUSTRUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  simple, 
  opposite, 
  entire, 
  deciduous 
  or 
  some- 
  

   times 
  persistent. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  terminal 
  panicles 
  or 
  similar 
  

   clusters, 
  white, 
  small. 
  Calyx 
  minutely 
  4-toothed 
  or 
  truncate. 
  

   Corolla 
  funnel 
  form, 
  4-lobed. 
  Stamens 
  2, 
  short, 
  inserted 
  in 
  the 
  

   tube 
  of 
  the 
  corolla. 
  Ovary 
  free, 
  2-celled, 
  2 
  ovules 
  in 
  each 
  cell 
  ; 
  

   style 
  short. 
  Fruit 
  a 
  1-4-seeded, 
  globose 
  berry.* 
  

  

  1. 
  L. 
  vulgare 
  L. 
  PRIVET. 
  A 
  branching 
  shrub, 
  4-10 
  ft. 
  high; 
  

   branches 
  long 
  and 
  slender. 
  Leaves 
  somewhat 
  'leathery, 
  lanceolate 
  to 
  

   obovate, 
  short-petioled, 
  tardily 
  deciduous. 
  Panicles 
  dense, 
  minutely 
  

   downy. 
  Flowers 
  | 
  in. 
  wide, 
  fragrant. 
  Stamens 
  included. 
  Berries 
  

   black. 
  Introduced 
  from 
  Europe 
  and 
  used 
  largely 
  for 
  hedges.* 
  

  

  80. 
  GENTIAN 
  ACE 
  J. 
  GENTIAN 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Annual 
  or 
  perennial 
  herbs. 
  Leaves 
  entire, 
  usually 
  opposite, 
  

   sometimes 
  alternate, 
  without 
  stipules. 
  Flowers 
  actinomor- 
  

   phic, 
  solitary 
  or 
  in 
  cymes. 
  Calyx 
  hypogynous, 
  4-8-toothed 
  

   or 
  lobed. 
  Corolla 
  hypogynous, 
  wheel-, 
  bell-, 
  or 
  funnel-shaped, 
  

  

  