294 THE FLORA. 



A. hrpochondri'acns. Prince ' Feather. Smoothish. Leaves lance-oblong, some rod 

 dened. Spikes very obtuse, the terminal one much the longest Flowers deep pur- 

 ple, 5-parted. Fields and gardens. 3-f. From Mexico. 



A. panicula'tus Pubescent, pale green or purplish, teaves lance-ovate. Spins '^len- 

 der, acutich. numerous, all subequal, reddish green, or In the variety sangulneus, 

 crimson. Bracts awn-poiuted. Calyx 5-parted. Fields and garlens. 8-3f. 



ORDER CVII. THYMELACE^E. Daphnads/ 



Shrubs with a veiy tough bark, entire leaves and perfect flowers ; r 

 calyx colored, tubular, regular, 4-parted, bearing the 4-8 stamens ; 

 ovary free, forming a 1-celled, 1-seeded drupe in fruit. 



1. DIRCA. Leatherwood. 



Calyx colored like a corolla, its limb obscurely 4-toothed. Stamens 8, 

 exserted. Style 1. Flowers opening before the leaves, 8 from each bud. 



D. palus'tris. Shrub 3-5f. hi;h, alone stream?, with pendent, yellowish flowers In April 

 and May. Drupes small, oval, red. Lvs. oblong-obovate. 



2. DAPHNE. Daphne. 



Calyx colored, funnel-form, limb spreading, 4-parted. Stamens 8, not 

 exserted. Berry fleshy, 1-seeded. Exotics. 



1 D. Meze'renm i? a shrub, 2-3C., with very smooth lanceolate leaves appearing later than 

 the side clusters of rose-purple, sweet-scented flowers. Two or three other species 

 are found in tLe greenhouse. Europe. 



ORDER CXVII. JUGLANDACE^E. Walnuts. 



Trees with altercate, pinnate exstipulate Ivs. and monoecious flowers; 

 sterile flowers in aments with an irregular perianth ; fertile, solitary, &c. ; 

 8 calyx regular, 8-5-lobed. Fruit a try ma ( 172) with a fibrous epicarp 



(shuck) and a bony endocarp (sftelf) ; 

 need large, with lobed, often sinuous, oily cotyledons. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



Sterile aments solitary, simple. Epicarp persistent on the tryma. JCTGLAN? 1 



Sterile amenta c^ i-cered. lateiil. Epicarp 4-valved, separating. CABTA. > 



