88 FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 



1. C. floridus, L. SWEET-SCENTED SHRUB, STRAWBERRY BUSH, 

 SPICE BUSH, SHRUB. A widespreading bush, 48 ft. high ; twigs 

 downy. Leaves oval or oblong, acute or taper-pointed, rough 

 above, downy beneath, 2-3 in. long. Flowers 1 in. wide, brownish- 

 purple, very fragrant ; sepals united below to form a cup, on the 

 inside of which the other parts of the flower are inserted, cup leafy- 

 bracted on the outside. Banks of streams and rich hillsides S., 

 often cultivated.* 



36. ANONACEJE. PAWPAW FAMILY. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire ; pinuately veined. 

 Flowers perfect, hypogynous, axillary, solitary. Calyx of 3 

 sepals, corolla of 6 thickish petals in 2 rows. Stamens many, 

 filaments very short. Pistils several or many, becoming 

 fleshy or pulpy in fruit. 



ASIMINA, Adans. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves deciduous. Flowers nod- 

 ding. Sepals 3, ovate. Petals 6, the 3 outer ones larger 

 and spreading. Stamens very numerous, crowded on the 

 globular receptacle. Ovaries 3-15, sessile, 1-celled, several- 

 ovuled. Fruit a large, fleshy, oblong berry, seeds large, 

 horizontal.* 



1. A. triloba, Dunal. PAWPAW. A small tree, 10-20 ft. high ; 

 bark nearly smooth, lead-colored. Leaves oblong-obovate, acute at 

 the apex, obtuse at the base, rusty-downy when young and becoming 

 smoother with age, 6-10 in. long. Flowers on branches of the 

 previous season, appearing before or with the leaves ; the short 

 peduncles and the sepals brown-downy. Petals purple, obovate, 3-4 

 times longer than the sepals. Fruit 35 in. long, edible when ripe. 

 Common on banks of streams, especially S. and S. W. The bark 

 is very tough and is often used in the place of rope.* 



37. LAURACEJE. LAUREL FAMILY. 



Aromatic plants, nearly always trees or shrubs. Leaves 

 alternate, simple, usually entire, and marked with translucent 

 dots. Calyx regular, hypogynous, of 4 or 6 colored sepals. 



