130 MYRTACK.K. (mYRTLE FAMILY.) 



1. CALYCANTHUS, L. Sweet-scexted Shrub. 



Calyx-tuhc dosed, Icafy-hractcil ; the lobes and petals in several rows, lanceo- 

 late, somewhat fleshy Stamens deciduous. Mature fruit dry, pear-shaped, 

 enclosing the large achenia. — Aromatic shrubs, with opposite or forking branch- 

 es, short-pctioled deciduous leaves, and large brownish-purple terminal flowers. 



1. C. floridus, L. Branchlcts, petioles, and peduncles hoary -pubescent ; 

 leaves oval or oblong, mostly acute or acuminate, very rough on the upper 

 surface, tomcntose and hoary beneath; sepals and ])Ctals lincar-lanccolatc, acute. 



— Banks of streams in the upper districts, North Carolina to Mississippi. April. 



— Shrub 4° - 8° high. Leaves 2' -3' long. Flowers 1' in diameter, very fra- 

 grant. 



2. C. lOBvigatus, "Willd. Branchlets, petioles, and peduncles pubescent 

 or smoothish ; leaves oblong or elliptical, mostly acute or acuminate, rough on 

 the upper surface, paler and nearly smooth beneath ; sepals and petals linear- 

 lauceolate, acute. (0. inodorus, Ell, leaves very rough above, but shining; 

 flowers inodorous.) — Banks of streams, chiefly in the low country, Florida, 

 Georgia, and westward. March and April. — Shrub 4° -8° high. Leaves 2'- 

 3' long. Flowers 1 j' in diameter. 



3. C. glauCUS, Willd. Branchlcts, petioles, and peduncles smooth ; leaves 

 large, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, green and roughish on the upper 

 Burfacc, smooth and glaucous beneatli ; flowers large, the sepals and petals lan- 

 ceolate, and abruptly sharp-pointed. — Low shady woods along tlic mountains 

 of Georgia and North Carolina. !May and June. — Slirub 6° -8° high. Leaves 

 rather ri^id, 4' -7' long. Flowers li'--' in diameter. 



The PojiKURANATE (PuNiCA GiiANATUM, L.) bclongs to tlic allied order 

 Geanate.^:. 



OnDF.K 50. MYRTACEy"E. (:\rYnTLF. Family.) 



Trees or slirubs. Leaves opposite, simple, entire, dotted and commonly 

 with an intra-marginal vein. Stipules none. — Calyx 4 - C-cleft, valvatc 

 in the bud, tiie tube adherent to the compound ovary. Petals 4-6, 

 inserted willi the numerous stamens on the throat of the calyx, sonu^timcs 

 wanting. Filaments long, free, or variously combined. Anthers introrsc, 

 roundish, longitudinally dehiscent. Style solitary. Seeds without albu- 

 men, fi.\ed to a central placenta. 



1. EUGENIA, Michcli. Allspice. 



Calyx-tnbo roundish, ibo limb 4-(left. Petals 4. Stamens distinct. Ovary 

 2 - 3-<ellc(l, with several ovules in each cell. Fruit baccate, roundish, 1 - 2-ccllcd, 

 I-2-Rccded. Cofyledons thick and united. Padielo very bhort. — Flowers 

 while, axiliiiry, solitary, cyniose, or clustered, 2-braeted. 



