12 MA<;N()r.iA(K^:. (ma(;noi.ia kamii.v.) 



;i-lol>C'<l ; rnoomps i'lon<;nto(l, downy ; follicle broadly ovatp, scssilo. — Woods in 

 tlic upptT districts and northward. July. — Stem 3° - b° iiigli. LcuHcU iJ' long. 

 Kaccnics C - lii' lony. Flowers fetid. 



♦ * OiHirics 3 - 8 : stiijma minute : seeds verticiil, chaffy. 



2. C. COrdifolia, I'ursh. Leaves twice ternate ; leaflets ripid, ovate or 

 eordate-ovatc, 2 - .'Mohed, incised and seniite ; racemes panicled, elonpitcd ; 

 follicles oblong, sessile. — Mountains of North Carolina. September. — Stem 

 30-40 \\\^\\. (•) 



3. C. Americana, Michx. Loaves thrice ternate ; leaflets thin, ovate, 

 ineiscly toothed and senate, the terminal one 3-cleft or 3-parted ; racemes pani- 

 cled, elongated; follicles obovatc-ohlong, slender-stalked — Alleghany Moun- 

 tiiins, from Georgia northward. August and Sept. — Stems 30-40 high. 



Order 2. MAGNOLIACE^. (Magnolia Family.) 



Aromatic trees or slirubs, with simj)lo, alternate, petioled leaves, and 

 regular, solitary, liypogynous flowers. Sepals and petals mostly simi- 

 lar, imbricated in three or more rows in the bud. Stamens distinct or 

 united. Anthers adnate. Ovaries numerous, imbricated or whorled, 

 1 - 2-ovuled. Fruit fleshy, baccate, or samara-like, distinct, or confluent 

 in cone-like heads. Seed dry or baccate. Embiyo minute, at the base 

 of fleshy albumen. 



Synopsis. 



Suborder 1. AVINTERE.^. Flowers perfect. Stamens numerous, pepnrate. OTario* 

 hi a single whorl, l-ovuled, becoming coriaceous follicles iu fruit. — Erect slirubH. 

 lycaves entire. Stipules none. 



1. ILLICIL'M. Leaves evergreen. Flowers nodding. 



Suborder IT. SC11IZANDRE.9i2. Flowers monoecious. Stamens united. Ovarieslm- 

 bricatcd in a head, 2-ovuled, becoming scattered berries iu fruit. — Climbing shrubs. 

 Leaves deciduous, often toothed. Stipules none. 



2. SCIIIZANDRA. Stamens 5, united into a 5-lobed disk. 



Suborder III. ]tl AGNOLIE.^. Flowers perfect. Stamens numerous, separate. Ova- 

 ries imbricated iu a head, 2-ovuled. Fruit fleshy or somewhat woodv, iu cone-like heads 

 or spikes. — Chiefly trees. Leaves entire. Stipules large. 



3. MAGNOI.T.V. Fruit fleshy, dehiscent, persistent on the receptnclr. Antiiers intror.se 



4. Li;ilODEND?vOX. Fruit woody, indchiscent, samara-like, deciduous. Anthers extrorsc. 



1. ILLICIUM, L. AXISE-TRKE. 



Flowers perfect. Sepals 3 or 6. Petals 9 - ."50, in rows of three, spreading. 

 Stamens numorou':, w ith short filaments. Anthers introrsc. Ovaries 6 or more 

 in a single whorl, sessile, 1-celled, 1-ovnlcd. Style subulate, rccur\-cd. Folli- 

 cles coriaceous, sjjreading, at length 2-valved. Seed ascending. — Smooth anise- 

 scented shrubs. Leaves evergreen, entire, mostly clustered at the summit of the 



'branches, petioled. Stipules none, rcdunclcs in terminal clusters, 1 -flowered, 



'nodding. 



