DICOTYLEDONS. 85 



BUTNERIA. 



Shrubs, 4-8 ft. tall ; branches opposite ; leaves oval, pubes- 

 cent beneath, short-petioled ; both leaves and bark aromatic ; 

 sepals and petals many, in several rows, somewhat ifleshy, 

 indistinguishable ; stamens numerous, short ; pistils several, 

 inserted on the inner side of the persistent calyx tube ; mature 

 fruit pear-shaped, dry, enclosing the achenia. 



B. FLORIDA (L.) Kearney. Sweet-scented Shrub. A wide- 

 spreading bush 4-8 ft. high ; twigs pubescent ; leaves oval or oblong, 

 acute or acuminate, rough above, pubescent beneath, 2-3 in. long ; 

 flowers 1 in. wide, brownish-purple, very fragrant ; sepals united 

 below to form a cup on the inside of which the other parts of the 

 flower are inserted, cup leafy-bracted on the outside. April-^Iay. 

 Banks of streams and rich hillsides ; often cultivated. 



44. laurace;e. laurel family. 



Aromatic trees or shrubs ; leaves simple, alternate, exstipu- 

 late, dotted ; flowers small, perfect or imperfect, in small, 

 axillary clusters ; calyx of 4-6 colored sepals in 2 rows ; 

 petals none ; stamens 9-12, inserted on the calyx in 3-4 

 rows, distinct, usually some of them imperfect ; ovary supe- 

 rior, style single, ovule solitary ; fruit a drupe or berry. 

 Among the foreign plants belonging to this family are the 

 Cinnamon (CiniKtmomum Zeylandkum) and Cassia (6'. cassia) 

 from Ceylon, and Camphor (C campJiora) from China and 

 India. The latter is often planted for ornament in the Gulf 

 States. 



L PERSEA. 



Small trees or shrubs ; leaves evergreen, coriaceous, entire, 

 petiolate ; flowers perfect, in axillary panicles; calyx 6- 

 l)arted, })ersistent; stamens ll\ in 4 rows, tlie inner sterile, 

 anthers 4-celled ; stigma disk-like; fruit an ovoid drupe. 



1*. BoRMoNK A (L.) Sjneng. Red \\\\. \ slirul) or small tree 

 with dark brown bark; leaves lanceolate to oblong-ovate, dark green 



