BUTTERCUPS AND CLEMATIS. 91 
alludes to the aromatic properties of bark and leaves ; thus also 
arose the vernacular name in comparison to the Sassafras-tree 
of North America, the name itself changed from the Spanish 
Salsafras, applied to Saxifraga-herbs. Like the Sassafras so also 
our so-called Mulberry-tree, Hedycarya Cunninghami (Fig. 
XLIIL.), is an inhabitant of deep irrigated forest-glens, where Fern- 
trees abound; the flowers of both trees are unisexual. While the 
anthers of the 
Sassafras are 
opening by as- 
cendent valves, 
like those of all 
laurinaceous 
plants, those of 
Hedycarya are 
bursting _— by 
longitudinal 
slits in the 
usual manner 
of most plants. 
Although the 
fruits bear 
some resem- 
blance to Mul- 
berries, they 
might almost 
as well be com- 
pared to Rasp- 
berries ; but 
they are not 
like either in 
taste, indeed 
not edible, nor 
akin in inter- 
nal _ structure 
of the fruit- 
Fie. XLII. 
Fie. XLII.—(Hedycarya Cunninghami).—1, an anther ; 
2, a pollen-grain; 3, a fruitlet ; 4, longitudinal section of a 
lets composing fruitlet ; 5, a seed. 
