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2. M. virginiana L. Tree becoming 25 m. tall, the twigs silky: leaf -blades 

 oblong, elliptic, or oval, 5-15 cm. long: flowers white, globose-campanulate, 

 3-8 cm. wide: petals elliptic, oblong, oval, or obovate: fruit oval or ovoid, 3-5 

 cm. long: seeds 8-10 mm. long. 



The Sweet-bay grows In swamps, wet woods and hammocks nearly throughout 

 Florida. The brown wood is rather close-grained and heavy, but soft. Also known 

 as Swamp-bay. (Cont.) 



3. M. pyramidata Pursh. A tree becoming 10 m. tall, the twigs glabrous: 

 leaf -blades rhombic-obovate, 10-20 cm. long, the basal lobes diverging: petals 

 lanceolate. 5-8 cm. long: fruit oblong, 6-8 cm. long. 



The SouTHEKN cucuMBER-TREH grows in low woods and on stream-banks In 

 western Florida. The wood has not yet been studied. (Cont.) 



4. M. macrophylla Michx. A tree becoming 15 m. tall, the twigs finely 

 pubescent: leaf-blades obovate to oblong-lanceolate, 30-90 cm. long, the basal 

 lobes broad: petals 12-20 cm. long, or rarely longer: fruit 6-10 cm. in 

 diameter. 



The Lakge-leaved cucumber-teee grows in rich woods in middle and western 

 Florida. The brown wood is close-grained, light, and hard but weak. (Cont.) 



2. LIKIODENDRON L. Trees. Leaves deciduous: blades lobed. Flowers 

 perfect, greenish-yellow. Sepals 3, reflexed. Petals 6, broader than the sepals, 

 erect. Fruit a cone of appressed samara-like carpels. 



1. L. tulipifera L. Tree becoming 60 m. tall, the bark with flat ridges: leaf- 

 blades 6-20 cm, wide, 4-lobed, truncate or notched at the apex: flowers cam- 

 panulate: sepals oblong to oblong-ovate, 4-5 cm. long: petals oblong, oval, 

 or suborbicular, greenish-yellow and often tinged with orange : fruit conic, 

 5-7 cm. long, erect, the carpels 3-4 cm. long, indehiscent. — Spr. 



The Tulip-tree grows in rich woods in northern Florida. The yellow or brown- 

 ish heart-wood is close-grained, light, soft, and brittle. {Cont.) 



Order PAPAVERALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves with entire, toothed, dissected, 

 or eomi^onnd blades. Flowers perfect. Calyx of distinct or neai'ly dis- 

 tinct sepals. Corolla of distinct or nearly distinct petals, or wanting. 

 Androecium of few or many hypogynous stamens. Gynoeeium of 2-sev- 

 eral united carj^els. Ovary superior, sessile or stipitate. Fruit capsular 

 or baccate. 

 Gynoeeium 2-carpellary : leaf-blades simple or palmately compound. 



Fam. 1. CAPPARIDACEAE. 



Gynoeeium 3-carpellary : leaf-blades plnnately compound. Fam. 2. Moringaceae. 



Family 1. CAPPARIDACEAE. Caper Family. 



Herbs, shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite: 

 blades simple or compound. Flowers perfect, in racemes or cymes, or 

 solitary. Calyx of 4 or 5 sepals. Corolla of 4 or 5, often unequal, 

 petals. Receptacle often produced into a gland. Androecium of 4-6 

 stamens or more. Gynoeeium of 2-united carpels. Ovary often stipitate. 

 Fruit capsular, sometimes baccate. Seeds conduplicate. 



1. CAPPAE.IS [Tourn.] L. Shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaf-blades simple, 

 entire. Sepals 4 or 5, often spreading or reflexed. Petals 4 or 5, sessile. 

 Receptacle unappendaged. Stamens numerous: anthers oblong to linear. 

 Ovary long-stipitate: style wanting. Capsules sometimes baccate, often 

 torulose. — Spr. — Caper-tree. 



