2;6 MADDER FAMILY 



A very large family of plants, the greater number of species of which 

 are found in tropical regions. Only one genus of woody plants of this 

 family occurs within the state. 



Cephalanthus L i n n e 1753 

 (Gr. k e p h a 1 e, head, a n t h o s, a flower) 



Shrubs or small trees, leaves opposite or verticillate, short-petioled 

 and entire; flowers in axillary or terminal heads, small, white or yellow, 

 subtended by bracts, calyx-tube short, its limb 4-lobed, corolla tubular, 

 with 4 slightly spreading lobes, stamens 4, inserted on the corolla-tube. 



with very short filaments, ovary 2-celled, 1-2 ovules in each cavity, style 

 slender, long-ezserted, stigma capitate; fruit splitting into 2-4 achene-like 

 parts. 



A genus of 6 species, natives of North America and Asia. The' fol- 

 lowing species is the only one occurring in the U. S. 



