CAPPARIDACEAE. 21 



1. MAGNOLIA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves deciduous or persistent: 

 blades entire or auricled at the base. Flowers perfect, white. Sepals and 

 petals about equal in size. Fruit an echinate cone. Spr., or spr. and sum. 



1. M. virginiana L. Shrub or tree 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. SWEET-BAY. SWAMP- BAY. 



Swamps, wet woods, and hammocks, nearly throughout Fla., except the F. Keys. 

 (Cont.)- Spr. 



2. ILLICIUM L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves persistent: blades entire. 

 Flowers perfect. Sepals 3-6. Petals many, in 3-several series, the inner the 

 narrower. Stamens numerous: filaments nearly linear: anther-sacs contiguous. 

 Carpels in 1 series. Seed solitary. Spr. ANISE-TREE. STAR-ANISE. 



Corolla 2 cm. broad : petals 6-12 : leaf-blades obtuse. 1. /. parviflorum. 



Corolla 2.5-3 cm. broad : petals 20-30 : leaf-blades acuminate. 2. /. floridanuin. 



1. I. parviflorum Michx. Shrub 1-2 m. tall: leaf -blades elliptic to oblong, 

 6-10 cm. long: sepals less than 10 mm. long: petals ovate or suborbicular, 

 about as long as the sepals, yellow: fruit about 2 cm. wide. 



Hammocks near the coast, e. Fla. (Ga., 11'. 1.) 



2. I. floridanum Ellis. Shrub 2-3 m. tall: leaf -blades elliptic, 6-15 cm. long: 

 sepals over 10 mm. long: petals linear or nearly so, 15-20 mm. long, purple: 

 fruit 25-30 mm. wide. 



Swamps, n. Fla. (Cont. ) 



3. SCHIZANDRA Michx. Vines. Leaves deciduous: blades sometimes 

 toothed. Flowers monoecious, drooping. Sepals 5 or 6. Petals 5 or 6, each 

 thickened at the base. Stamens 5: filaments dilated, united into a disk: 

 anther-sacs separated. Carpels in several series. Seeds 2. 



1. S. coccinea Michx. Woody vine: leaf -blades oval, elliptic or ovate, 5-15 

 cm. long, slender-petioled : sepals oval to ovate, 3-6 mm. long: petals obovate- 

 cuneate, mostly crimson: spike of fruit 4-7 cm. long, the berries about 1 cnu 

 long. BAY STAR-VINE. 



Woods, m. Fla. (Cont.) Spr. 



Order PAPAVERALES. 



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

 or compound blades. Flowers perfect. Calyx of distinct or nearly dis- 

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

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

 eral united carpels. Ovary superior, sessile or stipitate. Fruit capsular 

 or baccate. 



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. Gynoecium of 2-united carpels. Ovary often stipitate. 

 Fruit capsular, sometimes baccate. Seeds conduplicate. 



