CALYCANTHACE^. (CALVCAXTIIUS FAMILY.) 1G7 



in": in June. — Var. K()Ti:m)If6lia, Torr. & (iray, appears to be only a hroad- 

 leavod form. 



Var. (?) oblongif61ia, Torr. & Gray. A smaller tree or shruh (fi- 10° 

 hifjch), the }oiiiig leaves antl racemes dcn.sely white-tumeiitose ; leaves oliloug 

 or sometimes rather broadly elliptical, acute, mostly rounded at base, finely 

 serrate, 1-2' long; Howers in denser ami shorter racemes; petals :i-4" l<mi? 

 oblong-spatulate ; fruit similar but more juicy, ou shorter pedicels. — Low 

 moist grounds or swampy woods; N. Brunswick to Va., west to Minn, and Mo. 



— A form of this with broader leaves (broadly elliptical or rounded), often verv 

 obtuse at the summit, and rounded, subcordate or acute at Ikisc, and usuallv 

 coarsely toothed, is common from Manitoba to Minn, and Iowa, and is some- 

 times cultivated for its fruit. 



2. A. Oligocarpa, Koem. A low shrub 2-4° high, soon glabrous; 

 leaves thin, oh/on;/, acute at both ends, fine! // serrate, 1-2' long; flowers few 

 (1 -4-), rather long-pedicelled ; petals obloufj-obovate ; fruit broad -p i/riform , dark 

 purple with a dense bloom. (A. Canadensis, var. oligocarpa, Torr. <^' (Jrai/.) 



— Cold swamps and mountain bogs; Lab. to northern N. Eug. and N. Y., and 

 the shores of Lake Superior. 



3. A. alnifblia, Nutt. A shrub 3-8° higli, usually glabrate or nearly 

 so; leaves somewhat glaucous and thickish, bruad/t/ elliptical or roundish, 

 very obtuse or rarelij acute, often subcordate at base, coarseli/ toothed toward 

 the summit, ^-2' long; raceme short and rather dense ; petals cuneate-oblong, 

 3-8" long; fruit globose, purple. (A. Canadensis, var. alnifolia, Torr. ^' 

 Gray) — A western mountain species, which occurs in Minn, and X. Mich., 

 and which the broad-leaved form of A. Canadensis sometimes closelv simulates. 



Order 34. CALYCANTHACExE. (Calycaxtiius Family.) 



Shrubs with opposite entire leaves, no stipules, the sepals and petals similar 

 and indejinitc, the anthers adnate and extrorse, and the cotyledons convolute ; 

 the fruit like a rose-hip. Chiefly represented by the genus 



1. CALYCANTHUS, L. Carolina Allspick. Swkkt- 



ScENTED Shrub. 



Calyx of many .lepals, united below into a fleshy inversely conical cuj) (with 

 some leaf-like bractlets growing from it) ; the lobes lanceolate, mostly colored 

 lik(* the petals, which arc similar, in many rows, thickish. in.**erted on the top 

 of tlie closed calyx-tube. Stamens numerous, inserte(| ju.st within the ]>etals. 

 short; some of the inner ones sterile (destitute of anthers). I'istils .several or 

 many, enclosed in the calyx-tube, inserted on its base and inner face, re.sentbling 

 those of the Kose; but the eidarged hip dry when rij>e, enclosing the achenes. 

 — The lurid purple flowers terminating the leafj^ branches. liark and foliage 

 aromatic; the crushed flowers exhaling more or le.ss the fragrance of straw- 

 berries. (Name composed of koKv^, a nip or calyx, and Hudos, jiaurr, from the 

 closed cup which contains the pistils.) 



1. C. fl6ridUS, L. Lrares oral,snf}-downy underneath. — Virginia(?) and 

 southward, on hillsides in rich soil. Common in gardens. April- Aug. 



