26 ORDER 5. MENISPERMACE,. 



2 C. laevigatus Willd. Lvs. thin, oval, obtuse or merely acute, nearly glabrous botfl 



sides; fls. smaller, sometimes inodorous Pa., & S. to Fla. Mar. Apr. 



3 C. glaucus Willd. Lvs. ovate, acuminate, large (4 70, glaucous beneath : sep. and 



pet. lance-oblong, V in length. Mt. woods, Ga. to N. Car. C Sf. May, June, t 



ORDER IV. ANONACE^E. ANONADS. 



Trees or shrubs with naked buds, entire, alternate Ivs. destitute of sti- 

 pules. Flowers usually green or brown, axillary, hypogynous, valvate in 

 aestivation. Sepals 3. Petals 6, in two circles, sometimes coherent Sta- 

 mens oo, with an enlarged connectile, short filament, on a large torus. 

 Ovaries several or oo, separate or coherent, fleshy or not, in fruit. Em- 

 bryo minute in the end of the ruminated albumen. Illust. fig. 314. 



ASIMINA, Adans. PAP AW. Sep. 3. Pet. 6, the outer row larger than 

 the inner. Stain, densely packed in a spherical mass. Pistils several, dis- 

 tinct, ripening but few, which become large, oblong, pulpy fruits, with 

 many flat seeds. Shrubs or small trees, with brownish, axillary, solitary, 

 flowers. 



* Flowers appearing before the leaves. Petals purple NOB. 1, 3 



* Flowers appearing with the leaves. Outer petals yellowish Nos. 3, 4 



1 A. triloba Dunal. Lvs. obovate-oblong, acuminate; pet. dark purple, the outer 



orbicular, 3 or 4 times as long as the sepals ; fruit ovoid-oblong. N. Y., S. and W. 

 15 20f. Lvs. 10', smooth. Fls. 1', Mar. Apr. Fr. 3', eatable in Oct. 



2 A. parviflora Dunal. Lvs. obovate-oval ; pet. oval, green-purple, twice longer 



than sep. Woods, coastward, Car. to Fla. 2 3f. Lvs. 5'. Fls. 6". Fr. 1', roundish. 



3 A. <i r a ii d i f 1 <*> ra Dunal. Lvs. obov.-obl. obtuse, grayish-tomcntous : outer pet. very 



large (2' long), yellowish white. Ga. Fla. 2 3f. Fr. small, obovate. Mar. Apr. 



4 A. pyii'iiuea Dunal. Lvs. coriaceous, evergreen, narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, 



smooth ; pet. obov.-obl., yellowish and brownish. Ga. Fla. 612'. Carp. 1'. May. 



ORDER V. MENISPERMACE^E. MENISPERMADS. 



Shrubs twining or climbing, with alternate, palmate-veined, exstipulate 

 leaves. Flowers dioecious, rarely or ? $ , hypogynous, 3-6-gynous.. Se- 

 pals and petals similar, in 3 or more circles, imbricated in the bud. Sta- 

 mens equal in number to the petals, and opposite t them, or 3 or 4 times 

 as many. Fruit a 1-seeded drupe, with a large or long curved embryo 

 in scanty albumen. Illust. 347. 



$ Stamens 12 20. Sep. 48, :iut moon-si aped. Lvs. peltate MKNISPKKMUM. I 



$ Stamens 6. Sep. 6, nut me jn-shaped. Lvs. sinuate, 3-lobed COCCULUS. 2 



$ Stamens 6. Sep. 6, nut <r p-sbapod. Lvs. deeply 5-lobed CALYCOCAKPUM. .1 



1. MENI9FERMUM, L. MOON-SEED. (Myri?, the moon, tin spit a, 

 seed ; from the crescent form of the seed.) Fls. ? $ . Sep. 4 8. Pet. 4 8, 

 minute, retuse. $ Anth. 12 20, 4-celled. ? Ovaries and styles 2 4. 

 Drapes 1-3-seeded. Seeds Innate and compressed. Fls. white, in axil- 

 lary clusters. Fig. 347 



