152 THE FLOKA. 



1 A. spica'ta. Bed B. Common in rocky woods, Can. to Penn. andW. Plant smooth 



l-2f., bearing 2 or 3 large bi- or triternate leaves and a sbort terminal raceane. 

 Petioles* 4-7' long. Stems hollow. I'edicels slender, 9" long. Berries cherry-red, 

 oval, 6". May. 



2 A. alba. W/ii/e B. Foliage the same as in No. 1. Stem solid. Raceme oblong, petals 



very slender. Pedicels in fruit as thick as the peduncle, red. Berries smalier (4-5"), 

 milk-white, May. 



14. HYDRASTIS. Turmeric-root. 



Petals none. Sepals 3, petal-like, soon falling. Ovaries 13 or more, be- 

 coming a fleshy fruit resembling a raspberry. Acines 1- or 2-seedecl. 

 % Roots a tangled mass, yellow, sending up in spring a single radical leaf, 

 and a stem wliicli is 2-leaved and 1-flowered. 



H. Canaden'sis. In damp Avoods, Can. to Car. and Ky.,rare eastward. Leaves palmately 

 3-5-lobed. Flower terminal, reddish-white. Fruit crimson. May, June. 



Order IL MAGNOLIA'CE^. The Magnoliads. 



Trees and shrvds with membranous stipules sheathing the buds, with 

 leaves alternate, leathery, simple entire, or lobed, never serrate ; 

 flowers solitary, large and showy, mostly odorous and perfect; 

 sepals 3-6, colored like the 6-12 hypogynous imbricated petals; 

 stamens numerous, hypogynous, distinct, and many ovaries ; 

 fruit compound, composed of the united carpels. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



% Pistils arranged in a cone 2 



§ Pistils whorled in a single row. Shrub. South. Star Anise. Illio'ium. 



2 Anthers opening inwards. Magnc'lia. 1 



2 Anthers opening outwards. Lirioden'dron. 2 



1. MAGNO'LIA. 



Sepals 3. Petals 6-9. Anthers longer than the filaments, opening in- 

 wards. Carpels 2-valved, 1-2-seeded, imbricated into a hard, cone-like 

 fruit. Seeds berry-like, suspended when ripe by a long seed- stalk. — A 

 noble genus of trees or shrubs, with large, fragrant flowers. 



§ Native Magnolias, flowering with the leaves a 



§ Exotic Magnolias, flowering before the leaves expand.... 8 



