TREES AND SHRUBS 



SIOUMI, Daphmphyllum macTopodum. 



Gardens. September. The compact growth and large foliage give this shrub 

 a striking resemblance to a Rhododendron. Propagated by layers or cuttings of 

 ripe shoots. 



Flowers small, dioecious, apetalous, in a short axillary raceme ; Sepals small, 

 3-8, connate; Stamens 5-18, anthers large, basifixed ; Ovary superior, imperfectly 

 2-celled, stigmas short, thick, recurved ; Fruit a drupe, ellipsoid, J in. long, 

 black. 



Leaves alternate, elliptic, or lanceolate, obtuse, base acute, entire, dark green 

 above, pale and glaucous beneath, 3-8 ins. long, 2 ins. wide, petiole long, reddish- 

 purple. 



An evergreen shrub, 6-8 ft. ; Bark reddish. 



Native of India, Ceylon, China, and .Japan. Known in gardens as D. 

 glaucescens. Generic name from Gr. Daphne, the Bay-tree (Laurus nobilis), 

 and phyllon, a leaf = resembling the Laurel. " Sioumi " is the Oriental name. 



Class I Dicotyledons 



Division IV. . . . IncompletcB 

 Naturai, Order . . . Ufticacece 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, with usually alternate and stipulate leaves, often 

 with stinging hairs ; Floivers usually small, vmisexual or rarely polygamous, 

 monoecious or dioecious ; Perianth in the males equally lobed or partite ; in 

 the females often unequally lobed, or consisting of a scale-like sepal ; Stamens 

 usually equal hi number to perianth segments, and opposite to them ; Ovary 

 superior, or in a few genera more or less inferior, 1 or 2-celled ; Fruit in- 

 dehiscent, 1-seeded. 



Distinguished from Euphorbiaceas by the 1-seeded fruit, and from Cupuli- 



ferfu by the regular perianth of the male flowers. Tiie Nettles (Urticeaj) are 



distinguished from Chenopodiacea' by their stipulate and rough leaves with 



stinging hairs ; the Elms (Ulmea;) often form a separate Order. 



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