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2. Lindera. Flowers dioeciously polygamous. Calyx 6-parted, 

 open. Sterile flowers with 9 stamens in 3 rows. Anthers 2-celled, 

 2-valved. Fertile flowers with 15-18 rudimentary stamens. Berry 

 obovoid, i-seeded. 



L. BENZOIN (Spice Bush}. Leaves oblong-obovate, entire, sessile, wedge- 

 shaped at base, thin, paler beneath, nearly smooth ; flowers greenish yellow, 

 in compound clusters ; pedicels scarcely as long as the flowers ; calyx-teeth 

 oblong ; berries red. In moist woods, 5-12 feet high. April. 



Order LXXI. THYMELEACE^E (Mezereum Family). 



Shrubs with a tough bark. Leaves alternate, or opposite, en- 

 tire. Flowers perfect. Calyx petaloid, tubular, free from the 

 ovary ; limb usually 4-cleft, the lobes imbricated in prefloration, 

 sometimes entire. Stamens definite, usually twice as many as 

 the calyx-lobes, inserted in its throat. Ovary with I ovule. Style I . 

 Stigma i. Fruit drupaceous. 



f Style short Daphne. 

 THYMELEACE^:. \ 



[ Style long Dirca. 



1. Dirca. Calyx petaloid, tubular, truncate; margin waved. 

 Stamens 8, long and slender, inserted in the calyx-tube. Style filiform. 

 Stigma capitate. Berry oval, i-seeded. 



D. PALUSTRIS (Leather-wood). Shrubby ; stem very branching ; leaves 

 oblong-obovate, entire ; flowers appearing before the leaves, pale yellow, 

 rather small, funnel-form, 2-3 together ; berry small, reddish. April-May. 



2. Daphne. Calyx 4-cleft, withering ; limb spreading. Stamens 

 8, included in the calyx-tube. Style i. Berry i-seeded. Shrubs. 



D. MEZEREUM (^Mezereum). Leaves deciduous, lanceolate, entire, ses- 

 sile, in terminal tufts ; flowers sessile in clusters of 3-4 ; calyx salver-form, 

 with ovate, spreading segments ; stamens inserted in 2 rows near the top of 

 the tube ; stigma sessile. March. 



Order LXXII. SANTALACE.E (Sanddlwood Family). 



Trees, shrubs, or herbs. Leaves alternate, entire. Flowers 

 small, perfect, rarely dioecious, polygamous. Calyx-tube adher- 

 ent to the ovary ; limb 4-5-cleft. Stamens as many as the lobes 

 of the calyx, and inserted opposite them. Ovary i -celled, with 

 i -4 ovules. Style i. Fruit indehiscent, crowned with the per- 

 sistent calyx, often drupaceous. 



Comandra. Flowers perfect. Calyx somewhat urceolate ; limb 

 4-5-parted, with an adherent, 5-lobed disk. Stamens 4-5. Fruit dry, 

 i-seeded, crowned with the persistent calyx-lobes. 



