26 OKDEK 5. MEXISPERMACE^. 



2 C. laevlgatas Willd. Lvs. thin, oval, obtuse or merely acute, nearly glabrous botH 

 sidee> ; fls. smaller, sometimes inodorous Pa., & S. to Fla. Mar. Apr. 



8 C. glancus Willd. Lvs. ovate, acuminate, large (4 7'), glaucous beneath ; sep. and 

 pet. lance-oblong, 1' in length. Mt. woods, Ga. to N. Car. 8f. May, June, t 



ORDER IV. ANONACE^E. ANONADS. 



Trees or shrubs with naked buds, entire, alternate Ivs. destitute of sti- 

 pules. Flowers usually green or brown, axillary, hypogynous, valvate in 

 aestivation. Sepals 3. Petals 6, in two circles, sometimes coherent Sid 

 mcns oo, with an enlarged connectile, short filament, on a large turns 

 Ovaries several or oo, separate or coherent, fleshy or not, in fruit. Em- 

 hryo minute in the end of the ruminated albumen. Illust fig. 314. 



ASIMINA, Adans. PAP AW. Sep. 3. Pet. 6, the outer row larger than 

 the inner. Stain, densely packed in a spherical mass. Pistils several, dis- 

 tinct, ripening but few, which become large, oblong, pulpy fruits, with 

 many flat seeds. Shrubs or small trees, with brownish, axillary, solitary, 

 flowers. 



* Flowers appearing before the leaves. Petals purpie ....................... Nos. 1 . 3 



* Flowers appearing with the leaves. Outer petals yellowish ................ Nos. 3, 4 



1 A. triloba Dunal. Lvs. obovate-oblong, acuminate; pet. dark purple, the outer 



orbicular, 3 or 4 times as long as the sepals ; fruit ovoid-oblong. N. Y.. 8. and W. 

 15 20f. Lvs. 1(K, smooth. Fls. 1', Mar. Apr. Fr. 3', eatable in Oct. 



2 A. parviflora Dunal. Lvs. obovnte-oval ; pet. oval, green-purple, twice longer 



than sep. Woods, coastward. Car. to Fla. 2 3f. Lvs. 5'. Fls. 6". Fr. 1', roundish. 



3 A. grandlflira Dunal. Lvs. obov. -obi. obtuse, grayibh-tomentous ; outer pet. very 



large (2' long), yellowish white. Ga. Fla. 2 3f. Fr. small, obovate. Mar. Apr. 



4 A. pygmaea Dnnal. Lvs. coriaceous, evergreen, narrowly oblong or oblancoolate, 



smooth ; pet. obov.-obl., yellowish and brownish. Ga. Fla. 6 12'. Carp. 1'. May. 



ORDER V. MENISPERMACE^E. MENISPERMADS. 



Shrubs twining or climbing, with alternate, palmate-veined, exstipulate 

 leaves. Flowers dioecious, rarely 2 or 2 2 $ , hypogynous, 3-6-gynous. Se- 

 pals and petals similar, hi 3 or more circles, imbricated in the bud. Sta- 

 mens equal in number to the petals, and opposite t them, or 3 or 4 times 

 as many. Fruit a 1-seeded drupe, with a large or long curved embryo 

 in scanty albumen. Illust. 347. 



f Stamens 1220. Sep. 48, - iut moon-si aped. Lvs. peltate .................... M ENISPK RMCM. 1 



$ Stamens 6. Sep. 6, nut me on-shaped. Lvs. sinuate, 3-lobed .................. COCCCLUS. 2 



g StamensS. Sep. 6, nut c- p-sbpd. Lvs. deeply 5-lobed ...................... CALYCOCABPUM. S 



1. MENISPERMUM, L. MOON-SEED. (Mijvjf, the moon, 

 seed ; from the crescent form of the seed.) Fls. $ 5 . Sep. 4 8. Pet 4 8, 

 minute, retuse. $ Anth. 12 20, 4-celled. ? Ovaries and styles 2 4, 

 *> Drupes 1-3-seeded. Seeds lunate and compressed. Fls. white, in axil- 

 lary clusters. Fig. 347 



