94 WOODY PLANTS 



COCCULUS DC. (Menispermaceae) 



Deciduous woody climbers. Twigs terete, slender; pith rela- 

 tively large, continuous, white. Buds small, hairy. Leaf-scars 

 alternate, elliptical; bundle-traces 3 or multiple; stipule-scars 

 lacking. Drupe red, the stone crescent- shaped, with cross-ridges. 



1. _a. carolinus (L. ) DC. Coralbeads. Twining to 4 m; branch- 

 lets pubescent; drupe 6-8 mm. long. Rich woods, Florida to 

 Texas, north to Virginia, Kentucky, and Kansas. 



MENISPERMUM L. (Menispermaceae) 



Deciduous woody climbers. Twigs rounded, grooved, slender; 

 pith large, continuous, white. Buds small, hairy. Leaf-scars al- 

 ternate, elliptical, raised, concave; bundle-traces 3 to 7; stipule- 

 scars none. Fruit a drupe, with a flattened ring-like or crescent- 

 shaped stone, keeled on the back. 



1. M_. canadensis L. Moonseed . Stems 2-4 m. in length, 

 twining over bushes; twigs green or buff, slightly pubescent or 

 glabrous; drupe globose-oblong, 6-8 mm. in diameter before dry- 

 ing. Rich woods and thickets, Quebec to Manitoba, south to Georgia 

 and Oklahoma (Fig. 101). 



CALYCOCARPUM Nutt (Menispermaceae) 



Deciduous woody climbers. Twigs terete, slender, hairy or 

 glabrescent; pith large, white, continuous. Leaf-scars alternate, 

 elliptical; bundle-traces 3 or multiplied; stipule-scars none. Drupe 

 with deep cup-like stone. 



1. C^ lyoni (Pursh) Gray. Cupseed. High climbing; drupe 

 black, 2.5 cm. long. Rich soil, Florida to Louisiana, north to 

 Kentucky, Missouri, and Kansas. 



MAGNOLIA L. (Magnoliaceae) 



Trees or shrubs with deciduous or evergreen foliage. Twigs 

 moderate or thick, terete; pith rather large, continuous, round, 

 often with firmer plates at intervals. Buds solitary, ovoid or fusi- 

 form, covered by a single scale, which, morphologically, is com- 

 posed of the 2 coalescent stipules of the topmost leaf. Leaf-scars 

 alternate, round or U-shaped; bundle-traces numerous, scattered; 

 stipule-scars linear, encircling the twig. 



a. Leaves more or less evergreen 1. M. virginiana 



a. Leaves deciduous 



