142 SAXIFBAGACE.*:. (.SAXIFHAGE FAMILY.) 



ORDER 49. CALYCANTHACE^E. (CAROLINA-ALLSPICE 



FAMILY.) 



Shrubs, with opposite and entire leaves, without stipules or pel 

 lucid dots. Sepals and petals numerous and alike, united below 

 into an obconical fleshy cup, imbricated in the bud. Stamens numer- 

 ous, short, inserted within the petals, the inner ones often sterile. 

 Anthers adnate, extrorse. Ovaries several, enclosed in the calyx tube, 

 and inserted on its inner face, becoming 1-seeded achenia in fruit. 

 Seeds anatropous, without albumen. Cotyledons convolute. 



1. CALYCANTHUS, L. SWEET-SCENTED SHRUB. 



Calyx tube closed, leafy-bracted ; the lobes and petals in several rows, 

 lanceolate, somewhat fleshy. Stamens deciduous. Mature fruit dry, pear- 

 shaped, enclosing the large achenia. Aromatic shrubs, with opposite or 

 forking branches, short-petioled deciduous leaves, and large brownish pur- 

 ple terminal flowers. 



1. C. floridus, L. Branchlets, petioles, and peduncles hoary-pubescent ; 

 leaves oval or oblong, mostly acute or acuminate, very rough on the upper 

 surface, tomentose and hoary beneath ; sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, 

 acute. Banks of streams in the upper districts. April. Shrub 4 - 8 

 high. Leaves 2' -3' long. Flowers 1' in diameter, very fragrant. 



2. C. IsevigatTlS, Willd. Brauchlets, petioles, and peduncles pubescent 

 or smoothish ; leaves oblong or elliptical, mostly acute or acuminate, rough 

 on the upper surface, paler and nearly smooth beneath ; sepals and petals 

 linear-lanceolate, acute. (C. iuodorus, Ell., leaves very rough above, but 

 shining ; flowers inodorous.) Banks of streams, Florida, Georgia, and west- 

 ward. April - May. Shrub 4 - 8 high. Leaves 2' - 3' long. Flowers 1 \' 

 in diameter. 



3. C. glauCUS, Willd. Branchlets, petioles, and peduncles smooth ; 

 leaves large, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, green and roughish on the 

 upper surface, smooth and glaucous beneath ; flowers large, the sepals and 

 petals lanceolate, and abruptly sharp-pointed. Low shady woods along the 

 mountains of Georgia and North Carolina. May- June. Shrub 6- 8 high. 

 Leaves rather rigid, 4'- 7' long. Flowers l^'-2' in diameter. 



The POMEGRANATE (PUNICA GRANATUM, L.) belongs to the allied order 

 GRANATE^E. 



ORDER 50. SAXIFKAGACE^. (SAXIFRAGE FAMILY.) 



Calyx of 4-5 more or less united sepals, free, or more or less ad- 

 herent to the ovary, persistent. Petals as many as the sepals, rarely 

 wanting. Stamens as many, or 2 - 4 times as many, inserted with 



