CALYCANTHUS FAMILY 101 



CALYCANTHACEAE. Calycanthus Family. 

 Aromatic shrubs with opposite entire leaves, no stipules, 

 the sepals and petals similar and numerous. 



1. CALYCANTHUS. Carolina Allspice. 

 1. C. occidentalis H. & A. Sweet-scented Shrub. Erect, 

 4 to 10 ft. high. Leaves harsh, ovate, acute, 2 to 6 in. long. 

 Sepals and petals about 1 in. long, livid red, turning brown or 

 tawny toward the ends. Stamens numerous. Fruit cup-like, 

 1 to 1*4 i n - long. — Foothill canons, extending up the Merced 

 to 3500 ft. alt. at Cascade Creek. Variously known as Spice- 

 bush, Spice-wood, Wine-flower, etc. The foliage and flowers 

 are aromatic when bruised. 



LAURACEAE. Laurel Family. 

 Trees or shrubs with simple leaves and small clustered 

 flowers. The foliage emits a pungent odor when crushed. 



1. UMBELLULARIA. 



1. U. californica Nutt. California Laurel. Leaves alter- 

 nate, oblong or broadly lanceolate, entire, 3 to 5 in. long, on 

 short petioles. Flowers greenish, in small short-stalked 

 clusters, regular, J /$ in. long. Sepals 6. Petals none. Sta- 

 mens 9, the anthers opening by uplifted valves. Ovary 

 superior, 1-celled, becoming a 1-seeded olive-like fruit. 



The laurel is an aromatic, evergreen tree, 20 to 60 ft. high, 

 inhabiting canons and hillsides at moderate altitudes. It is 

 also known as Bay Tree and Mountain Laurel. In northern 

 California and Oregon, where it is called Pepperwood, it 

 becomes so large that it yields lumber of a high grade. 



PAPAVERACEAE. Poppy Family. 

 Herbs with regular perfect flowers. Sepals 2 or 3, petals 

 4 or 6. Stamens numerous. Pistil 1, compound, the ovary 

 superior. 



Leaves finely cut; flowers orange-color 1. Eschscholtzia. 



Leaves entire; flowers cream-color. . , 2. Platystemon. 



1. ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 



1. E. californica Cham. California Poppy. Leaves much 

 dissected into linear or oblong segments, 1 to 6 in. long 

 including the petiole. Flowers orange-color, varying to 

 straw-color, J / 2 to l J / 2 in. long, on pedicels 2 to 4 in. long. 



