100 MYRTACE.E. (MYRTLE FAMILY.) 



1. CALYCANTHUS, L. Swebt-bcentbd Shkcb. 



Calyx-tube closed, leafy-bracted ; 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-petioled deciduous leaves, and large brownish-purple terminal flowers. 



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



leaves oval or oblong, 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, North Carolina to Mississippi. April. 



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

 grant 



2. C. lsevigatus, 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- 

 lanceolate, acute. (C. 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^' 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 beneath ; flowers large, the sepals and petals lan- 

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

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

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



The Pomegranate (Punica Geanatum, L.) belongs to tho allied order 



GRANATEiE. 



Order 50. MYRTACE7E. (Myrtle Family.) 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple, entire (lotted and commonly 

 with an infra-marginal vein. Stipules none. — Calyx 4-6-cleft, valvate 

 in the bud. the tube adherent to the compound ovary. Petals i-»;, 

 inserted with the numerous stamens on the throal of the calyx, Bometimea 

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



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

 men, fixed to a central placenta. 



1. EUGENIA, Micheli. Allspice. 



Calyx-tube roundish, the limb 4-cleft. Petals 4. Stamens distinct Ovary 

 L' - S-celled, with Boveral ovules in each cell. Fruit baccate-, roundish, l - 2-celled, 

 l-2-eeeded. Cotyledons thick and united. Radicle very short. — Flowers 

 white, axillary, solitary, cymose, or clustered, ^ bracted. 



