POPULAR FLORA. 



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81. MEZEREUM FAMILY. Order TIIYMELEACE^E. 



Shrubs, -with very tough and acrid bark ; entire generally alternate leaves ; and perfect 

 flowers, with a tubular 



calyx colored like a co- ■^jk / 



roUa, bearing 8 or 10 " ~^ "^ 



stamens, free from the 

 simple pistil. Ovary one- 

 celled, one-ovuled, mak- 

 ing a berry in fruit. — We 

 have one Aviid plant of 

 the family ; Daphne Me- 

 zereum is a hardy low 

 shrub in gardens, and D. 

 odora in houses. Flowers 

 appearing earlier than 

 the leaves. 



490. Floweiin? l.ranclilet of Leath- 

 eiwodfi. 4&1 Biaiicli wiili fuliaytf 

 und r.iut. 43"2. A Hotter, nii«2riiifi<;il. 

 4^3 S;iiiie, iriore iiiagailieii, the calyx 

 l.ti.l upeii. 



Calyx salver-shaped or funnel-shaped, generally rose-color, the border 4-lobed: stamens 8, 



in two sets, included; filaments hai'dly any, {Dti/jhne) * Daphne. -^ 



Calyx tubular, pale yellow, with no spreading border, obscurely 4-toothed: stamens 8, 



with long protruded filaments, {Dirca) Leatherwood. 



82. NETTLE FAMILY. Order URTICACE.E. 



Monoecious, dioecious, or barely polygamous herbs, shrubs, or trees, with stipules, and a 

 reo-ular calvx, free from the ovarv, which forms a one-seeded fruit. Divides into four dis- 

 tinct subfamilies which mi^ht be reckoned as families, viz. : — 



I. ELM Subfamily. Trees, with alternate simple leaves, and polygamous or often nearly perfect 

 flowers : styles or long stigmas 2. 



Ovary 2-celled, a hanging ovule in each cell: stamens 4 to 9. Flowers earlier than the 



leaves. Fruit a thin key, winged all round, one-seeded (Fig. 207), {Ulmus) Elm. 



Ovary one-celled, with one hanging ovule: stamens 5 or 6. Fruit a small drupe. Leaves 7. 



ovate or heart-shaped, ( Cellis) Hackberky. . 



IL BREADFRUIT Subfamily. Trees, with a milky or colored juice, an<l alternate leaves; the 

 flowers in heads or catkin-like spikes, the fertile ones fleshy in fruit, or both kinds in a fleshy receptacle. 

 Styles 1 or 2: ovary becoming an akene in fruit. Lmer bark often tough and fibrous. 



Flowers, of both kinds mixed, enclosed in a peai'-shaped fleshy receptacle like a rose-hip 



which is pulpy when ripe, (Ficus) *Fig. 



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