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Genus II.— CALLICAR'PA. L. 4—1. 



(From the Greek kalos, beautiful, and karpos, fruit.) 



Cahjx small, persistent, 4-cleft. Corolla 4-cleft, with obtuse 

 segments. Fruit baccate, 4-celled, juicy, purple. 



1. C. America'na. a shrub bearing many branche?, the old wood 

 glabrous young branches tomentose. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, 

 serraie, tonientose beneath; petioles sprinkled with resinous atoms. 

 Flmccrs in axillary clusters, on very short peduncles. Calyx toraentose. 

 — Purple. ''2 . May — July. Very common. 3 — 5 feet. 



French Mulberry. 



Gkxus III.— ZAPA'NIA. Sco. 13—2. 

 (In lionor of P. A. Zappa, an Italian botanist.) 



Calyx o-toothed. Corolla 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous. 

 Stigma capitate, peltate, oblique. Seeds 2, covered at first by 

 an evanescent pericarp. Flowers in heads. 



1. Z. nudiflo'ba. Stem procumbcJit, branching, somewhat scabrous, 

 herbaceous. Leaves ovate, cuneate, serrate toward the apex, on short 

 petioles. jP/ojt'^rs on axilbiry peduncles, in small heads, .^rac-^* broad, 

 pui'ple along the margin. Stamens short. Seeds 2. — Bluish-white. U. 

 July — Aug, Damp soils. Common. 4 — 6 inches. 



2. Z. lanceola'ta. Stem herbaceous, creeping, similar to the prece- 

 ding. Leaves linear-lanceolate, serrate. Flowers on long peduncles, in 

 conical heads. — Bluish- white. U- July — Aug. Banks of streams. 

 6 — 8 inches. Lippia lanceolata. 



Genus IV.— LAISTA'NA. L. 13—2. 

 (An ancient .larae of Viburnum.) 



Calyx obtusely 4-toothed. Corolla with the limb 4-cIeft. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous. Stiyma hooked. Fruit a drupe, dark 

 blue, containing a smooth 2-celled nut. Flowers in heads. 



2. L. cama'ra. a shrub, with the stems rough, square. Leaves op- 

 posite, ovate- lanceolate, scabrous, pubescent along the veins, serrate. 

 Flowers on axillary peduncles, numerous. Bracts longer than the ca- 

 lyx. Stameiis short. i)/-«;;<?s globular. — Bright yellow. ^. June — 

 Nov. Southern Geo. and Florida. 2 — 4 feet. 



Genus V.— PHRYMA. 13—2. 



(Etymology unknown.) 



Calyx iuhnlar, 5-nerved, bilabiate; upper lip the longer, trifid. 

 Corolla bilabiate; upper lip emarginate, the lower much larger, 

 flat, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, included. Fruit 1-seeded. 



1. P. leptosta'chva. Stem branching above. Leaves large, ovate- 

 acute ; coarsely toothed. Flowrs in slender terminal spikes, small, 

 mostly opposite. Calyx turned downward in fruit. — Purplish. U. 

 July. Shady woods, Lopsefd. 



