396 SAXTALACli^. (sandalwood FAMILY.) 



SyiiopNis. 



• Flowers piTfi'ct. 



1. COMANDRA. Anthers connectea with the calyx-lobes by a tuft of hairs. Leaves al 



teriinte. 



» • Flowers dioecious. Shrubs. 



2. DAUBY A. Calyx 4 -6-cleft. Anthers connected with the calyx-lobes by a tuft of hairs. 



Leaves opposite. Flowers umbelled. 



3. PYRULAIUA. Calyx 5-cleft. Stamens 5. Anthers free. Albumen oily. Leaves alternate. 



Flowers spiked 



4. rUCKLFA'A. Cnlyx-limh double, each 4-lobed. Stamens 4. Anthers free. Albumen 



fleshy. Leaves nearly opposite. Flowers terminal. 



1. COMANDRA, Nutt. 



Flowers perfect. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cIeft, the persistent lobes alternating 

 with the lobes of the disk. Stamens 5 : anthers connected witii the calyx-lobes 

 by a tuft of hairs. Stigma capitate. Fruit nut-like, 1 -seeded. — Smooth peren- 

 nial herbs, with alternate leaves, and small grccnish-whitc flowers, in axillary 

 and terminal umbul-Iike pedunclcd clusters. 



1. C. umbellata, Nutt. Stem branching above ; leaves sessile, lanceolate 

 or oblong ; peduncles several, corymbose, 3- 5-flowercd, mostly longer than the 

 leaves ; style slender ; fruiting calyx urn-shaped. (Thesium unibellatum, L.) — 

 Dry soil in the upper districts of Georgia, and northward. April and May. — 

 Stem 8'- 10' high. Leaves ^' - 1' long. 



2. DARBYA, Gray. 



Flowers dioecious. Sterile flowers top-shaped, 4 -5-cleft, the lobes ovate, 

 spreading. Stamens 4 - ."j, inserted into the sinuses of the crenately 4 - 5-lobcd 

 disk : filaments short : anthers connected with the calyx-lobes by a tuft of hairs. 

 Fruit l-ccUed, 1-seeded. Fertile flowers unknown. — A small shrub, M'ith oppo- 

 site oval membranaceous short-petioled leaves, and small greenish flowers in 

 axillary pedunclcd umbels. 



1. D. umbellulata, Gray. — Near Milledgeville and Macon, Georgia, 

 Dr. Boijkiv, Prof. Dnrhi). Lincolnton, North Carolina, Curtis. — Shrub 1° - 1|° 

 high. Leaves 1' long, smooth. Peduncles 3- 8-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 



3. PYRULARIA, Michx. Oil-Nut. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx Scleft, the lobes recurved. Disk composed of 5 

 roundish glands. Stamens of the sterile flowers short, alternate with the glands. 

 Fertile flower pear-shaped. Style short and thick : stigma depressed-capitate. 

 Drupe pear-shaped, fleshy. Albumen oily. — A low branching shrub, with al- 

 ternate deciduous leaves, and small greenish flowers in a short terminal spike. 



1. P. oleifera, Gray. (Hamiltoniaoleifcra, .l/i//*/ ) — Shady banks on the 

 mountains, Georgia, and northward. May. — Leaves petioled, obovatc-oblong, 

 acute at cacJi end, pubescent, 3' -4' long. Drupe 1 ' long. 



