CALYCANTHACE^ STRAWBERRY- 

 SHRUB FAMILY 



CAROLINA ALLSPICE. STRAWBERRY-SHRUB. 

 SWEET-SCENTED SHRUB 



Butncria florida. Calycdnthus fldridus. 



Butneria in honor of Butner. Calycanthus, from calyx, 

 cup, and anthus, flower, referring to the closed cup which 

 contains the pistils. 



A compact shrub, four to six feet high, native to the Alle- 

 ghany mountains, and found along the shady banks of streams. 



Bark. Dull brown ; branchlets yellow brown at first ; swol- 

 len at the nodes. 



Leaves. Opposite, simple, three to five inches long, oblong, 

 ovate or oval, entire or slightly ruffled, wedge-shaped or rounded 

 at base, acute or acuminate ; midrib depressed above, all the 

 veins prominent beneath. They come out of the bud face to 

 face, bronze green, shining, slightly hairy above, with dense 

 brown hairs beneath ; when full grown are bright green above, 

 pale yellow green, slightly pubescent beneath. Their autumnal 

 tint is a clear yellow. Petiole short, stout, grooved. 



Flowers. May to July. Perfect, reddish chocolate brown, 

 solitary and terminal on very short, lateral, leafy branches. 



Calyx. Sepals many, narrow-oblong, united below into a fleshy 

 inversely-conical cup, with some leaf-like bractlets growing from 

 it, chocolate brown with a reddish tinge. 



Corolla. Petals many, reddish chocolate brown, thickish, nar- 

 row-oblong, in many rows, inserted on the top of the closed 

 calyx-tube ; similar to the sepals. 



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