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ORDER XLVII. HAMAMELACE^E. WITCH HAZELWORTS. 



Shrubs or </*res with alternate simple leaves and deciduous stipules 

 Flowers in heads or spikes, often 352 or 6" . Culyx adherent. Petals 

 linear, or 0. Stamens twice as many as the petals, the opposite sterile and 

 scale-like, or oo. Ovaries of 2 carpels, 2-celled, 2-styled, ovules 2 or GO. 

 Fruit a woody capsule, 2-beaked, 2-celled, 1 -2-seeded. 



Petals4. Calyx 4-lobed. Stamens 4. Flowers mostly B ............................ UAMAMKLIS 1 



I'etiils 0. Calyx truncate. Stamens 20 28. Flowers 9 .............................. FOTHKKCII.I.A. 2 



SPetalsO. CalyxO. Stamens 00. Flowers g , in globular heads .................... LIQUIDAMBAR. 3 



1. HAMAMELIS, L. WITCH HA/EL. Calyx with an involucel of 

 2 3 bracts at base. Pet. veiy long, linear. Sterile stamens scale-like, 

 opposite the petals, alternating with the 4 fertile ones. Caps, nut-like, 

 2-ct'lled, 2-beaked. J> *> Flowers yellow. 



H. Virginia na L. Lvs. oval or obovate, acuminate, crenate-dentate, obliquely coi- 

 date; fls. sessile, 3 4 together, blooming in lato autumn and winter. Woodf. Stems 

 crooked, 10 15f. Pet. twisted, 9" long. 



2. FOTHERGILLA, L. filius. Calyx campanulate, truncate and ob 

 scurely 5-7-toothed, bearing the stamens in one marginal row. Styles 

 distinct. Caps. 2-iobed. *> Lvs. oval or obovate, expanding after the 

 dense spikes of flowers. 



F. alulfblia L./. SwampB, Va. to Fla. 2 If. Calyx white, fringed with the loiif 

 wliitu or pink filaments. Styles long, recurved. March, April. 



3. LIQUIDAMBAR, L. SWEET GUM TREE. Involucre 4-parted 

 deciduous. $ Ament conical. ? Amcnt globular. Calyx a scale, if any. 

 Fruit a globular sorosis (% 171), woody, consisting of the scales, and 

 capsules which open between their beaks. Ovules oo, 1 or 2 maturing. 

 ^) Leaves and gum fragrant Twigs winged with corky bark. 



L. styraciflua L. Lvs. palmate, with 5 acuminate, serrate lobes ; veins villous at 

 f heir bases. A large and handsome tree, Conn, to 111. and 8. 60f. May. 



ORDER XLVIII. HALORAGEvE. THE HIPPURIDS. 



Herbs mostly aquatic, with incomplete or minute ^/ j/ flowers. C<tlyx 

 tube adherent. Petals 4. Stamens 1 8. Pollen 4-grained. Ovary 1-4- 

 celled. Styles 1 4, distinct, one pendulous ovule in each cell. Fruit in- 

 dehiscent, 1-4-celled, 1-4-seeded. Seed pendulous, anatropous, albuminous 

 (Formerly joined to Onagraceae.) 



Flowers 3-parted, apetilous, perfect .......................................... PROSKRPINACA. 1 



Flowers 4-parted, moncecious ; petals 4 or ................................ MYKIOPHYLLU.M. 2 



Flowers 1-parted, apetalous, perfect ........................................ HIPPUBIS. 3 



1. PROSERPINACA, L. MERMAID WEED. Calyx tube adherent to 

 the ovary, 3-sided, limb 3-parted. Pet. none. Sta. 3. Stig. 3. Fruit 3- 

 angled, 3-celled, bony, crowned with the calyx, sy Roots creeping. Lvs. 

 alternate. Fls. greenish. 



