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with the leaves in the axils of the latter. Drupe blue, on a 

 reddish pedicel. The 9 stamens in 3 rows, the 3 inner each with 

 a pair of yellow glands at the base of the filament. Anthers 

 4-celled, 4-valved. Rich woods, in southern and western Ontario* 



a. LIN'DERA, Thunberg. WELD ALLSPICE. FEVER-BUSH. 

 L. Benzo'in, Meisner. (SPICE-BUSH.) A nearly smooth shrub 

 with oblong-obovate leaves, pale beneath. Flowers honey-yellow, 

 in lateral umbel-like clusters, before the leaves. Stamens very 

 much as in Sassafras, but the anthers are %-celled and %-valved. 

 Pistillate flowers with 15-18 rudiments of stamens. Drupe red. 

 Damp woods, in early spring. 



ORDER LXXVI. THYMELEA'CE.51. (MEZBREUMF.) 



Shrubs with tough leather-like bark and entire leaves. Flowers 

 perfect. Calyx tubular, resembling a corolla, pale yellow. Sta- 

 mens twice as many as the lobes of the calyx (in our species 8). 

 Style thread-like. Stigma capitate. Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled, 

 free from the calyx. Fruit a berry-like drupe. Only one Species 

 in Canada. 



DIRCA, L. LEATHERWOOD. MOOSE-WOOD. 



D. palustris, L. A branching shrub, 2-5 feet high, with curi- 

 ous jointed branchlets and nearly oval leaves on short petioles. 

 Flowers in clusters of 3 or 4, preceding the leaves. Filaments 

 exserted, half of them longer than the others. Damp woods. 



ORDER LXXVII. EL.EAGNA'CE.&I. (OLEASTER F.) 



Shrubs with dioecious flowers, and leaves which are scurfy on tlie 

 under surface. The calyx- tube in the fertile flowers becomes fleshy 

 and encloses the ovary, forming a berry-like fruit. Otherwise the 

 plants of this Order are not greatly different from those of the last. 



SHEPHERD'IA, Nutt SHEPHERDIA. 



S. Canadensis, Nutt. Calyx in sterile flowers 4-parted. 

 Stamens 8. Calyx in fertile flowers urn-shaped, 4-parted. Berries 

 yellow. Branchlets brown-scurfy. Leaves opposite, entire, ovate, 

 green above, silvery-scurfy beneath, the small flowers in their 

 axils. Gravelly banks of streams and lakes. 



