DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS tT? 
wheel-shaped, 4-parted, the lobes long and linear. Stamens 
2-4, included, inserted on the base of the corolla. Style 
short; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit a 1-seeded stone-fruit.* 
1. C. virginica, L. Frrnce-rree. A small tree, with smooth, light 
gray bark and spreading branches. Leaves oval to oblong, acute or 
obtuse at each end, smooth or slightly downy. Panicles large and 
loose, leafy-bracted, appearing with the leaves. Flowers on slender, 
drooping pedicels. Petals 1 in. or more in length. Fruit ovoid, pur- 
ple, 43-2 in. long. Along streams, usually on light soil.* 
V. LIGUSTRUM, Tourn. 
Shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, entire, deciduous or some- 
times persistent. Flowers in terminal panicles or similar 
clusters, white, small. Calyx minutely 4-toothed or truncate. 
Corolla funnel-form, 4-lobed. Stamens 2, short, inserted in the 
tube of the corolla. Ovary free, 2-celled, 2 ovules in each 
cell, style short. Fruit a 1—4-seeded, globose berry.* 
1. L. vulgare, L. Priver. A branching shrub, 4-10 ft. high; 
branches long and slender. Leaves somewhat leathery, lanceolate to 
obovate, short-petioled, tardily deciduous. Panicles dense, minutely 
downy. Flowers } in. wide, fragrant. Stamens included. Berries 
black. Introduced from Europe and used largely for hedges.* 
79. GENTIANACEZ. GeENTIAN FAMILY. 
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves entire, usually oppo- 
site, sometimes alternate, without stipules. Flowers regular, 
solitary or in cymes. Calyx free from the ovary, 4—8-toothed 
or lobed. Corolla hypogynous, wheel-, bell-, or funnel-shaped, 
4-8-lobed. Stamens 4—8, inserted on the corolla-tube; fila- 
ments thread-shaped; anthers facing inwards. Ovary 1-2- 
celled; ovules many, on 2 opposite placentas. Capsule 1-celled 
or partially 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. 
I. OBOLARIA, L. 
A low, smooth, purplish-green perennial. Flowers axillary 
and terminal. Calyx of 2 distinct, spatulate, bract-like sepals. 
