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THE FLORA. 



Order CIII. PHYTOLACCACE^. Pokeweeds. 



Herhs or shrubs with alternate leaves, no stipules, and^wers racemed; 



sepals colored, 4 or 5 ; petals none ; stamens few or many ; 



ovary of one or several carpels, which are united into a ring, forming a 



berry in fruit; cells as many as the carpels, each 1-seeded; 

 embryo curved around the fleshy albumen. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



Sepals 5, ronndish. Sta. 5-20. Ovary 5-12-carpeled and seeded. Phytolao'ca. 1 

 Sepals 4, persistent. Stamens 4-12. Ovary 1-carpeled and 1-seeded. S. Eivi'na. 



PHYTOLACCA. Poke. A £ A ^ 



Character expressed in the / . /^ si^^ / -Q '4^ 



Analysis. — Tall and stout per- i\"'w!l ^^f'"' VW^ S^ 



ennials, with greenish flowers ^^^/J ^^^ /||ii ^>^$ 



and purple berries. .^^^^s^ ^^^'/\\r^ ^^% 



P. decan'dra. Plant 5-8f. high, ^^^2— -^^^^^LllU^^^ ^^K 

 very smooth, bushy. Leaves ''''^■■^.!^v^. \\^; >2^s_;^^^l>^^>^ A^^^^ 

 large, ovate, acute at eacli end, £^;|||| jv^S>^^^ /^M^ 



petioled. Racemes at first ^^ft\^^^^ ^a. ^^v ^^^ 630 



terminal, finally opposite to Wrmj Z^^^'^^w^^""^"^^^ I f^^^ 

 the leaves. Berries oblate, of 9m|,JiP^ 8^M\ ' y'l \ \\^\. I )~^/f^4) 

 a rich dark purple. July-Sept. N^^ ^^^|^ b^^'V^-^^.^V ^^^f^y^ 



Fig. 627. Phytolacca decandria, leaves, flowers, and fruit. 8. A flower, natural size. 9. Ita 

 stamens and ovary. Fig. 630. Cross-section of the ovary. 1. A seed cnt open, shoMing the em- 

 bryo coiled around the albumen. 



Order CYII. LAURACE^. Laurels. 



Trees and shrubs aromatic, with alternate, simple, dotted leaves; 

 sepals colored, 4-6, slightly united, strongly imbricated ; 

 anthers 2 or 4:-celled, opening upwards by as many valves ; 

 ovary 1-ovuled, becoming a drupe in fruit ; no albumen. 



Analysis of the Genera. 

 % Flowers perfect, the caly.x persistent. Leaves evergreen.. ..a 



§ Flowers imperfect. Calyx deciduous. Leaves deciduous b 



a Trees. Lvs. thick, lance- oblong. Fls. umbeled. S. Bay GalU. Per'sea. 



