l.')0 MYRTACK.K. (MYUTLK FAMILY.) 



1. CALYCANTHUS, L. Sweet-scextkd Shrub. 



Calvx-tube dosed, Icafy-bracted ; the lobes and petals in several rows, lanceo" 

 late, somewhat flesliy- Stamens deciduous. Mature fruit diy, jjcar-shapcd, 

 enclosing the lar^'C achenia. — Aromatic slirul)s, with opposite or forking branch- 

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



1. C. floridus, L. Branehlcts, 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 petals linear-lanceolate, acute. 



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



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

 grant. 



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

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

 the upper surftice, 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 rougbish on the upper 

 surface, smooth and glaucous beneath ; flowers large, the sepals and petals lan- 

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

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

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



The Po.MEGRAN.vTE (PuNicA Gkanatum, L.) bclougs to the allied order 

 Gkanate-i:. 



Order 50. MYRTACEiE. (Myrtle Family.) 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple, entire, clotted and commonly 

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

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

 inserted with the numerous stamens on the throat of the calyx, sometimes 

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

 roundish, longitudinally dehiscent. Style soUtary. 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 

 2 - 3-cclled, with several ovules in each cell. Fruit baccate, roundish, 1 - 2-celled, 

 1 - 2-seeded. Cotyledons thick and united. Radicle veiy short. — Flowers 

 white, axillary, solitary, cymose, or clustered, 2-bracted. 



