AQLiroLIAC.i;. (IIOLLV FAMILY.) 3().j 



2. M. Hypdpitys, L. (I'ink-sap. Falsi-: Bi;i;< ii-i>roi'S.) Somewluit 

 pubc8wiit or (luwiiv, tawny, whitish, or ri-ddisli (4'- 12' lii;j;h) ; ]Kj(i ^;lol)iilar 

 or oval ; sti{;iiui ciliate. — (.)criirs in various forms: thf more piiljL'sccnt is M. 

 lanuginosa, Midix. — Oak and jiino wood.-.: common. Junc-Auj^. (Eii.) 



OuDKU 57. CJALACi]\E.li. (Galax Family.) 



CharacU'r that of the lullowinj; j^enus ; wliich is kept as a distinct order 

 until tlie true relationsliij) is asct-rtained. 



1. GALAX, L. Galax. 



Calyx of 5 small and scjuu-atc sepals, persistent. Petals T), liypojrynous, ob- 

 ovate-spatulate, rather erect, deciduous. Stamens hypojrynous : filaments united 

 in a 10-toothed tube, slightly cohering with the base of the petals, the 5 teeth 

 oppcsite the jjctals naked, the .5 alternate ones shorter and bearing each a round- 

 ish 1-celled anther, which opens across the top. Pollen simple. Style short: 

 .'^tigma .3-lol)ed. Pod ovoid, 3-celled, loculicidally 3-valved : columella none. 

 Seeds numerous, the cellular loose coat tapering to each end. Embryo straight 

 in iieshy albumen, more than half its length. — Evergreen herb, witli a thick 

 matted tuft of scaly creeping rootstocks, beset with fibrous red roots, sending up 

 round-heart-shaped crenate-toothcd and veiny shining leaves (about 2' wide) on 

 slender petioles, and a slender naked scape, \° -2° high, bearing a wand-like 

 spike or raceme of small and ininutely-bracted white flowers. (Name from 

 •yii'Xa, milk, — of no conceivable application to this plant.) 



I. G. aphylla, L. — Open woods, Virginia and southward. June. 



OuDioR 58. A<iUIFOLIACE.E. (Holly Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with small axUlary 4 - 8-merous foicers, a minute calyx 

 free from the 4 - 8-celled ovary and the 4 - 8-seeded berry-like drupe ; the 

 stamens as many as the divisions of the almost or quite 4 - 8-petalled corolla 

 and alternate with them, attached to their very base. — Corolla iniLrieated 

 in the bud. Anthers opening lengthwise. Stigmas 4-8, or united into 

 one, nearly sessile. Seeds suspended and solitary in each cell, anatrojious, 

 with a minute embryo in fleshy albumen. Leaves simple, mostly alternate. 

 Flowers white or greenish. — A small family, here represente<l by only 

 two genera (Prinos being j)laeed under Ilex) ; related to the Celastraeeie, 

 &e., among the Polypetalous orders jis nuich as to tlie following order. 



1. ILEX, L. (Ilcx& I'rinos. A..) Hoi.lv. 



Flowers more or less di(eci()nsly polygamous. Calyx 4-6-toothed. Petals 

 4-G, separate, or united only at the base, oval or olxnate, obtuse, s])reading. 

 Stamens 4-6. The berry -like dru])C containing 4- G little nutlets. — Leaves 

 alternate. Fertile flowers iudint'd to be .solitary, and the sterile or partly sterile 

 flowers to be clustered in the axils. (The ancient Latin name of the Holly-Oak 

 rather than of the Holly.) 

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