464» ENJfEANDUrA MONOGYNIA 



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ssefolia its affinity is much greater; but it is probably a species at 

 present unkuown. The description of Gronoviu3, howeyer, applies ti) 



the L.geniculata. 



Grows along the margins of rivulets. 

 Flowers 



6. Melissjefolia. Walt. 



L. foliis cordato-lance- j Leaves cordate lanceo- 

 olatis, venosis, subtus pu- late, veined, pubescent 

 bescentibiis ; floribusglo- | underneath; flowers in 

 merato-umbellatis ; gem- I clustered umbels ; buds 

 inis pedicellisque villosis. and pedicels villous. 

 Walt. p. 134. I 



L. diospyroldes, Midi. 1. p. 244. 

 L. Diospyrus, Pursb, I. p. 2r6, 



A small shVub, 2—3 feet high. Uoot Creeplag. Lmve$ strongly 

 veined, somewhat rugose, pubescent. Buds sessile, S flowered. 

 rioivers yellow. Drupe red 



Grows around the edges of ponds, particularly those that are fre- 

 quently dried up. * j 



Flowers February— March. 



7. Sassafras, I^ 



^ L. foliis integiis loba- [ Leaves entire and lo^ 

 tisque. Sp. pi 2. p. 484. bed. 



Walt 



Mich. I. p. 244. Pursh, 1. p. 27". 



A small tree, 15-23 feet high, frequently only a shrub. Leaves 

 various, entire, lanceolate, ovate, sometimes 2 or 3 lobed, somewhat 

 S^i'rJ c, '''■ P^H'T'*- ^^'«^'«'-* in umbels, yellow. Suds 

 fobed pfl'l ^ T'V f *^ ^t^"'« fl«^er 9. mL<; yellow, 2 

 fixed 'rnnnH Ik K ''"'A,' ^ orango-coloured glands, nearly reniform, 

 fixed round the base of the S interior filamenfs. Stav^nsoi the fer- 



StiJ^nT •: '^'^ '^perfect. Germ superior, ovate. Style filiform. 

 »«j^ma capitate, depressed. Drupe blue. ^ 



throws m light soils. Very common along fences, and around old 



Helds. 



Flowers March^-and, like all the species in this section, produc 

 Its flowers before the leaves unfold. ^ ' Sasmfras. 



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ERIOGONUM. Mich. 



Waeruw carapanu- I Involucrnm campanu- 



Uu n , , m uluflorum. Ca- late, many flowered! Ca- 



iyx subcampanidatus, «. | lyx somewhat campanu- 



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