74 LAUEACEAE. 



amous or dioecious. Perianth of 4 valvate distinct or partially united 

 sepals. Androecium of 4 stamens, one borne on each sepal. Gynoecium 

 a single carpel. Ovary superior, often oblique. Fruit indehiscent, or 

 often follicular or capsular. 



Family 1. PROTEACEAE. Protea Family. 



Leaf-blades simple, entire, toothed, or divided. Flowers borne in 

 spikes, racemes, or panicles, which are commonly congested. Calyx, 

 androecium, and gynoecium, various, often vei-y irregular. 



1. GREVILLEA E. Br. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades often pinnately 

 parted. Flowers borne in racemes or panicles, sometimes irregular. Ovary 

 stipitate. Style often protruding from the cleft of the calyx. Fruit follicular 

 or 1- or 2-valved. Seeds flat, often winged. 



1. G. robusta A. Cunn. Tree becoming 20 m. tall: leaf- blades 2-4 dm. long: 

 panicle showy: the racemes 1-2 dm. long, many-flowered: sepals 9-11 mm. 

 long : follicles recurved, the bodies 1.5-2 cm. long, slender-beaked. — Spr. 



The SiLK-OAK, a native of Australia, grows in waste places and on roadsides in 

 northern Florida and the northern part of the peninsula. The wood is close-grained, 

 hard, and tough. {W. I.) 



Order THYMELEALES. 



Shiaibs or trees, or partially herbaceous plants. Leaves opposite or 

 alternate, the blades simple, rarely mere scales, or obsolete. Flowers 

 perfect, polygamous, or dioecious, regular or nearly so. Calyx of 5 or 

 fewer sepals. Corolla wanting (in our species). Androecium of as many 

 stamens as there are sepals or of twice as many. Anthers opening by slits 

 or hinged valves. Gynoecium a single carpel. Ovai-y inferior. Ovules 

 mostly solitary. Fruit usually baccate or drupaceous. 



Family 1. LAURACEAE. Laurel Family. 



Aromatic shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate or opposite : blades entire 

 or lobed. Flowers in open or congested cymes. Calyx of 5 (or rarely 

 4-10) sepals in 2 series. Corolla wanting. Androecium of usually more 

 stamens than there are sepals, in 2-4 series, those of the third series 

 usually glandular-appendaged, those of the fourth series mostly mere 

 staminodia. Gj'noecium a single carpel. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit drupaceous. 



Leaves persistent ; blades not lobed : flower clusters branched. 



Leaf-blades several-ribbed. 1. Camphora. 



Leaf-blades pinnately veined. 



Three rows of stamens with perfect anthers : calyx decidu- 

 ous, or persistent and appressed to the fruit. 

 Calyx persistent : fruit seated on the calyx. 2. Tamala. 



Calyx deciduous : fruit seated on the hypanthium. 



Fruit oblique : hypanthium not fleshy. 3. Persea. 



Fruit not oblique : hypanthium fleshy. 4. Ocotea. 



One row of stamens only perfect : calyx persistent as a 



lateral flange on the hypanthium. ^. Misanteca. 



Leaves deciduous ; blades lobed : flower-clusters umbel-like. C. Sassafras. 



1. CAMPHORA [Gronov.] L. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or 

 opposite, persistent: blades entire. Flowers in panicled axillary cymes. Style 

 slender. Stigma minute. Drupe equilateral, as broad as long, or nearly so. 



