88 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 
1. C. floridus, L. SwrET-SCENTED SHRUB, STRAWBERRY Busu, 
Spice Busu, Surus. A widespreading bush, 4-8 ft. high; twigs 
downy. Leaves oval or oblong, acute or taper-pointed, rough 
above, downy 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. Banks of streams and rich hillsides &%., 
often cultivated.* 
36. ANONACEZ. Pawpaw FaAmILy. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire ; pinnately veined. 
Flowers perfect, hypogynous, axillary, solitary.- Calyx of 3 
sepals, corolla of 6 thickish petals in 2 rows. Stamens many, 
filaments very short. fPistils several or many, becoming 
fleshy or pulpy in fruit. 
ASIMINA, Adans. 
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves deciduous. Flowers nod- 
ding. Sepals 3, ovate. Petals 6, the 3 outer ones larger 
and spreading. Stamens very numerous, crowded on the 
globular receptacle. Ovaries 3-15, sessile, 1-celled, several- 
ovuled. Fruit a large, fleshy, oblong berry, seeds large, 
horizontal.* 
1. A. triloba, Dunal. Pawpaw. A small tree, 10-20 ft. high ; 
bark nearly smooth, lead-colored. Leaves oblong-obovate, acute at 
the apex, obtuse at the base, rusty-downy when young and becoming 
smoother with age, 6-10 in. long. Flowers on branches of the 
previous season, appearing before or with the leaves; the short 
peduncles and the sepals brown-downy. Petals purple, obovate, 3-4 
times longer than the sepals. Fruit 3-5 in. long, edible when ripe. 
Common on banks of streams, especially S. and 8. W. The bark 
is very tough and is often used in the place of rope.* 
37. LAURACEZ. LAvuREL FAMILY. 
Aromatic plants, nearly always trees or shrubs. Leaves 
alternate, simple, usually entire, and marked with translucent 
dots. Calyx regular, hypogynous, of 4 or 6 colored sepals. 
