LALUACE.i:. (LALKKI. FAMILY.) 447 



1. P. Carolin^nsiS, Nees. (Ri:o Bay.) Iluury with a fine down, at 



least when vouu^^ ; Iciives ublong, pal»,', soun smooth above; peduncle bearing 

 few flowers iu a close cluster; sepals downy, the outer shorter; berries dark 

 blue, on a red stalk. — Swamps. S. Del. to Kla. and Tex. May. A small tree. 



2. SASSAFRAS, Nccs. 



Flowers dioecious, witli a 6-parted spreading calyx; the sterile kind witli 9 

 stamens inserted on the base of the calyx in 3 rows, tlie 3 inner with a pair of 

 stalked glands at the base of each; anthers 4-celled, 4-valved ; fertile flowers 

 with G short rudiments of stamens and an ovoid ovary. Drupe ovoid (blue), 

 supported on a clul)-shaped and rather flesliy reddish })edicel. — Trees, witli 

 spicy -aromatic bark, and very mucilaginous twigs and foliage ; leaves decidu- 

 ous, often lobed. Flowers greenish-yellow, naked, in clustered and peduncled 

 corymbed racemes, appearing with the leaves, involucrate with .><calv bracts. 

 Leaf-buds scaly. (The popular name, applied by the early Frendi settlers in 

 Florida.) 



1. S. oflS.cillile, Nees. Trees 15- 125° higli, with yellowish-green twigs; 

 leaves ovate, entire, or some of them 3-lobed, soon glabrous. — Rich woods, 

 E. Mass. to S. Out., Mich., E. Iowa and Kan., and south to the Gulf. April. 



3. LIT SEA, Lam. 



Flowers dioecious, with a 6-i)arted deciduous calyx ; tlie sterile with 9 sta- 

 mens iu 3 rows ; their anthers all introrse, 4-celled, 4-valved ; fertile flowers 

 with 12 or more rudiments of stamens and a globular ovary. Drupe globular. 



— Shrubs or trees, witli entire leaves, and small flowers in axillary clustered 

 umbels. (Name of Chinese origin.) 



1. L. geniculata, Benth. & Hook. (Po\D Spice.) Flowers (yellow) 

 appearing before the deciduous oblong leaves, which are hairy on the midrib 

 beneath; branches forked and divaricate, the branchlets zigzag; involucres 

 2-4-leaved, 2-4-flowered; fruit red. (Tetranthera geniculata, Nees.) — 

 Swamps, Va. to Fla. April. 



4. LINDERA, Thunb. Wild Allspice. Fever-bi-sh. 



Flowers polygamous-dioecious, with a 6-parted open calyx ; the sterile with 

 9 stamens in 3 rows, the inner fllaments 1 -2-lobed and gland-bearing at base ; 

 anthers 2-celled and 2-valved ; fertile flowers with 15-18 rudiments of stamens 

 in 2 forms, and a glol)ular ovary. Drupe obovoid, red, the stalk not thickened. 



— Shrubs, with deciduous leaves, and honey -yellow flowers in almost se.ssile 

 lateral umbel-like clusters, appearing before the leaves (in our spoeies) ; the 

 clusters composed of smaller clusters or umbels, each of 4-6 flowers and sur- 

 rounded by an involucre of 4 deciduous scales. Leaf-buds scaly. (Named for 

 John Linder, a Swedish botanist of the early part of the 18th century.) 



1. L. Benzdin, Blume. (Spice-bush. Benjamin-bush.) Nearly 

 smooth (6-15° high); leaces oblong-obovate, pale underneath. — Damp woods, 

 N. Eng. to Ont., Mich., E. Kan., and southward. ^L1^ch, April. 



2. L. melisssefolia, Blume. Young branches and buds pubescent ; leaves 

 oblong, obtuse or heart-shaptd at base, downy beneath; umbels few. — Low 

 grounds, N. C. to Fla., west to S. HI. and Mo. April. 



