112 SAMKKACiAtK.E. (.SAXIFRAGE FAMILY.) 



Ohi.ku l!t. CALVCANTIIAC'Id:. (("auoi.ina-Ai.i.mmck 

 Fa.mii.v.) 



8hrul)s, witli ojipositc and I'litin- li'iivcs, without stipule.s or jie-I- 

 liicid ilots. — Sepals and petals niiiiitTous and alike, united Ix-low 

 into an oliconical Hesliy cup, inibrieated in the Imd. Stamens nunier- 

 ou.s, short, in.serted within the petals, the inner ones often sterile. 

 Anthers adnate, extrorse. Ovaries .several, enclo.sed in the calyx tid>e, 

 and inserted on its inner face, becoming 1-seeded achenia in fruit. 

 Seeds anatropous, without alhumen. Cotyledons convolute. 



1. CALYCANTHUS, I.. Sweet-scented Shrlb. 



Calyx tulie clo.-ied, IcalV-braittil ; tlie luhes and j)eta]s in several rows, 

 lanceolate, somewliat fleshy. Stamens deciduous. Mature fruit dry, pear- 

 shaped, enclosing tiie large achenia. — Aromatic sliruhs, with opposite or 

 forking branches, short-petioled deciduous leaves, and large brownish pur- 

 ple terminal flowers. 



1. C. floridus, L. Branchlets, jietiules, and peduncles hoary-pubescent; 

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

 surface, tomentose and hoary beneath ; sepals and petals linear lanceolate, 

 acute. — Banks of streams in the upper districts. April. — Shrub 4° -8° 

 high. Leaves 2' -.3' bmg. Flowers 1' in diameter, very fragrant. 



2. C. ISBVigatus, Willd. Branchlets, petioles, and peduncles pubescent 

 or smootliish ; leaves oMong or elliptical, mostly acute or acuminate, rough 

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

 linear-lanceolate, acute. (C. inodorus, Ell., leaves very rough above, but 

 shining ; flowers inodorous.) — Banks of streams, Florida, Georgia, and west- 

 ward. April-May. — Slirub 4^- 8° high. Leaves 2' -3' long. I'lowers 1^' 

 in diameter. 



3. C. glaucus, "Willd. Branchlets, petioles, and peduncles smooth ; 

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

 upper surface, smooth and glaucous beneatli ; flowers large, the sepals and 

 petals lanceolate, and abruptly sharp-pointetl. — Low shady woods along the 

 mountains of Georgia and North Carolina. May -June. — Shrub 6° -8° high. 

 Leaves rather rigid, 4'- 7' long. Flowers l^'-2' in diameter. 



The PoMEGKAyATE (PuxiCA Grakatcm, L.) belongs to the allied order 

 Granate^. 



Order 50. SAXIFRAGACE^3i:. (Saxifr.\ge Family.) 



Cah-x of 4 - .5 more or less united sepals, free, or more or less ad- 

 herent to the ovary, persistent. Petals as many as the sepals, rarely- 

 wanting. Stamens as many, or 2 - 4 times as many, inserted with 



