DICOTYLEDONS. IGl 



2. G. MicnAuxii Spacli. ^Miciiaux's Gauha. Stem erect, slei;- 

 der, paniculately branched above, pubescent when young, becoming- 

 smooth or glabrous, 2-4 ft. high ; leaves very numerous, broadly 

 linear, toothed, wavy-margined ; racemes long-peduncled, few-flow- 

 ered; flowers on slender pedicels, white, fading to pink; fruit ovoid, 

 obtuse, sharply 4-angled ; capsule about as long as the pedicel. 

 June-August. Dry pine barrens, more common southward. 



VI. FUCHSIA. 



Shrubs ; leaves opposite or sometimes in 3's ; flowers axil- 

 lary, long-i)eduncled ; calyx tube prolonged beyond the ovary, 

 limb 4-parted, colored and corolla-like, deciduous ; petals 4 ; 

 stamens 8, exserted, unequal ; style long and exserted ; disk 

 glandular, 8-furrowed ; fruit a many-seeded berry. 



F. cocciNEA Curt. FrcnsiA. Stem erect, widely branched; 

 leaves smooth, oval to cordate, denticulate, thick, sujooth : flowers 

 drooping ; calyx red or white ; corolla purple, red or white : stamens 

 and style long, exserted, filaments usually colored ; fruit oval, some- 

 what 4-sided. A common house-plant, introduced from Brazil. 



.s!>. araliace;e. ginseng family. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees ; leaves compound ; flowers in um- 

 V)els which are often paniculate, polygamous or sometimes 

 perfect ; calyx tube adherent to the ovary, its limb 5-toothed 

 or truncate ; petals usually 5, small, flat, and spreading, in- 

 serted on the summit of the calyx tube ; stamens as many 

 as the petals and alternate with them ; styles 2-5 ; fruit a 

 1 -several-celled dru[)e or berry. 



I. ARALIA. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees ; leaves alternate, })iniiately diH-om- 

 l)()uiid, base of the petiole sheathing ; umlxds in cymes or 

 panicles ; flowers small, w^hite or greenish, on jointed i)edicels ; 

 calyx r)-toothed or truncatt; ; i)etals, stamens and styles o ; 

 fruit usually a 5-seeded berry. 



1. A. si'iNosA L. IlKitcri-Ks's Ci.rn. A small tree, stem, 

 branelies and pcliujcs with very nuinrrous, large jiriekies; leaves 



