ORDER 112. EL^EAGNACE.E. 



II. distycliopliylla Torr. Mountains of E. Tenn. Shrub 10 20f ; loaves ovalc, 

 acuminate ; fruit 8 9" long, resembling that of Forestiera. 



3. P.TRULARIA, MX. OIL-NUT. Fls. $ $ . Calyx 5-cleft, half-adhe- 

 rent by the 5-toothed disk. Style 1, stigmas 2 or 3. Drupe pear-shaped, 

 1 -seeded, with the albumen very oily. J) 



P. pnbera MX. Shrub 4 6f, spineless, with oval-oblong leaves and small greenish 

 flowers in terminal racemes ; drupe 7 9". Mountain streams. Pa., and S. May. 



ORDEK CXI. THYMELACE^E. DAPHNADS. 



Shrubs with a very tough, acrid bark, entire leaves and perfect flowers, 

 with the calyx tubular, colored, the limb 4-(4- or 5-)parted, regular, the 

 tube bearing the stamens, as many or usually twice as many as its lobes, 

 and free from the ovary, which is 1-celled, 1-ovuled, the suspended seed 

 vvith little or no albumen. 



1. DIRCA. L. LEATIIERWOOD. Cal. colored, tubular, limb obscurely 

 4-toothed. Sta. 8, exserted. Style 1. Berry 1- seeded. 5 Fls. opening 

 before the oblong-obovate, alternate leaves, 3 from each bud. 



D. palustrls L. Shrub 3 5f, along streams, with very tough bark ; flowers 4", yel- 

 lowish, in April, May ; berry oval, small, red. 



2. DAPHNE, L. Cal. colored, funnel-form, limb spreading, 4-parted. 

 Anthers 8, subincluded. Stigmas capitate. Berry fleshy, 1-seeded. 5 

 Native of the Old World. 



1 D. MEZEREUM. Shrub 1 Sf. with very smooth lanceolate leaves appearing later than 



the lateral clusters of rose-purple, sweet-scented flowers. 



2 D. ODORA. Shrub 2 3f ; leaves lance-oblong, evergreen ; clusters terminal, roseate, 



very fragrant. Greenhouse. 



3 D. LAUREOLA. Shrub 1 5f, hardy, with large oblauceolate, shining, evergreen leaves 



and axillary clusters of greenish flowers. 



ORDER CXII. EL^EAGNACE^E. OLEASTERS. 



Shrubs or trees usually with the leaves covered with a silvery scurf, en- 

 tire. Flowers mostly dioecious, the calyx free, entire, persistent, becoming 

 in fruit pulpy and berry-like, enclosing the 1-celled, 1-seeded achenium 

 Embryo straight, with little albumen. 



' Flowers perfect. Stamens 4. Leaves alternate, petiolate. entire ELKAGSUS. 1 



Flowers dioecious. Stamens 8. Leaves opposite, after the flowers SHKPIIKKDIA 2 



Flowers dioecious. Stamens 4. Leaves alternate, after the flowers HIPPOPH*. 3 



1. EUEAGNUS, L. OLEASTER. Cal. 4-cleft, colored within. Sta. J, 

 alternate with the sepals. Achenium enclosed in the mealy, 8-furroweil 

 calyx tube. J> J> With silvery foliage. 



1 K. ARGENTEA Ph. SUverbemj . Shrub 8 121'; leaves broadly or narrowly elliptical, 

 acute, 12' ; flowers axillary, deflexud, cane^cent. Dakota, and W. 



1 K. HORTENSIS. Tree with narrow-lanceolate, acute leaves ; flowers axillary, erect. 

 Also, E. LATIFOUA, with evergreen leaves, is cultivated. 



