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1. H. Virginica, L. — Low woods, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. 
November. — A large shrub. Leaves obovate or oval, oblique, crenate-toothed, 
pubescent; flowers appearing when the leaves are falling. 
2. FOTHERGILLA, L 
Calyx truncate, obscurely 5-7-toothed. Petals none. Stamens numerous, 
slender, perfect. Styles 2. Capsule 2-lobed, 2-celled, 2-valved at the apex, 
with a single bony seed in each cell. — A shrub, with oval ‘or obovate leaves, 
and white odorous flowers in terminal bracted spikes, appearing before the 
leaves. 
1. F. alnifolia, L.— Swamps, Florida to North Carolina. March and 
April. — Shrub 2°-4° high. Leaves smooth, or tomentose beneath, toothed at 
the summit. Capsule hairy. 
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3. LIQUIDAMBAR, L. SwzrrGvw. 
Flowers moneecious, in globular 4-bracted spiked heads. Calyx and corolla 
none. Stamens very numerous. Styles 2. Ovary 2-celled, with numerous 
ovules in each cell. Capsules united in a close head, woody, 2-beaked, opening 
between the beaks, 1-2-seeded. Seeds wing-angled.— Trees. Heads of sterile 
flowers sessile, crowded; those of the fertile flowers on long nodding peduncles. 
1. L. Styraciflua, L. Branches with corky wings ; leaves roundish, with 
5-7 acuminate serrate spreading lobes. — Swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and 
northward. March. —A large tree. The exposed juice hardens into a fragrant 
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Order 66. UMBELLIFERÆ. (PARSLEY FAMILY.) 
Herbs, with chiefly hollow and furrowed stems, alternate mostly com- 
pound leaves, with dilated or clasping petioles, and umbelled flowers. — 
Calyx-tube coherent with the ovary; the limb 5-lobed or obsolete. Petals 
5, mostly incurved, inserted with the'5 stamens on the edge of the disk 
that erowns the ovary. Styles 2. Fruit composed of 2 indehiscent car- 
pels (mericarps), suspended from a filiform axis (carpophore), and cohering 
by their inner face (commissure) ; each furnished with 5 primary ribs, and 
often with as many secondary ones; the intervening spaces (intervals) 
usually containing channels (vitte), which are filled with aromatic oil. 
Seed solitary, suspended. Embryo minute, at the base of horny albu- 
men. — Umbels and partial umbels (umbellets) commonly subtended by an 
involucre or involucel. | 
: Synopsis. : 
jM . $1 Inner face of the beed flat, or nearly so. — : 
ig, qu, Umbels simple, or one growing from the summit of another. Stems ereepl 
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