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1. Calycanthus Lindl. Spice-Bush. 



Inner lobes of the oo-seriate calyx-limb 

 smaller tlian the external. Outer series of 

 stamens fertile, inner sterile. Flowers dark 

 purple. — ^ . 



1. 0. occiDENTALis Hook. & Am. — Sonoma. 

 Napa. Summer. Leaves and branches fra- 

 grant when bruised. 



Family?. POMACEiE. 



Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary; limb 5- 

 parted. Carpidia 2-5, 2-ovulate; styles 2-5. 

 Fruit baccate. 



1. Photinia Lindl. 



(Heteromeles J. Koemer.) Toyon. 



Carpidia 2, imperfectly united and only half 

 immersed in the calyx-tube; styles 2. Calyx- 

 limb growing fleshy in fruit and covering the 

 upper half of the carpidia, wliich are 1-seeded 

 by abortion. Flowers in corymbose panicles. 



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1. P. ARBUTiFOLiA Ko3mer. Flowers white. 

 Common. Summer. 



Berries coral red, of astringent taste, but 

 used by the original settlers in the preparation 

 of a refreshing drink. 



2. Amelanchier Medik. 

 June-berry. Sekvice-berry. 

 Ovules of carpidion separated by an incom- 



