PARSLEY FAMILY. 145 
2. Serre ee foe L. (Sweet-cum.) 
[Name compounded from Latin, ws, fluid, and Arabic, Ambar, amber ; in allusion 
to a fragrant liquid t pote ofr exudes from the tree 4 
Fl usually monececious, = — heads or catkins ; sterile flowers 
in conical Beet — sins tae: intermixed with minute 
a ed, 2: 
many, but only one or two perfecting. Seeds with a wing-angled seed- 
coat. Catkins re nodding in the bud enclosed by a 4-leaved a 
tous involuc 
LL, macy L. Leaves rounded, deeply 5 — 7-lobed, smooth and 
shining, piaadalan arate, the lobes pointed. 
Sweet Gum. Bilsted. 
A large tree, 60—70 feet high and 2 or more feet in diameter ; 4 corky layer of the 
bark often benign, in ridges on the smaller branches. Leaves 3- oe in diameter, 
- A td cap to appear star- shaped, fragrant when bruised, Fruita lobose prickly 
Woods, Counsotiont, southward. Fl. April. #r. September. 
Obs. One of our finest forest trees, and deserving of more attention 
than it has yet received. E is especially conspicuous in case when 
its beautif pga oda es assume a deep crimson color. The wood 
is fine-grained bu seadile and soon decays when ex mois- 
it is an aromatic having t 
stimulant namtie 6 ; i Storax of the gaat 
Oxper XXXIII. Guar ten (Parstey Famtzy.) 
er. a. né 
surrou: ; petals mostly with an inflexed point. Fruit of 2 seed- 
like dry carpels eee ee. eens by their — face, marked with 5 primary ribs — 
parton cata stb reid mediate (secondary) ones spaces between the ribs often con- : 
her 8" very deacon oil (otl-tubes). pHa, most suspended ; embryo minute, — 
Fete copious 
The plants of this family'ean only be satisfactorily studied with the full-grown frait, 
igre arte nol coe is best seen by making a slice across the fruit and examining it 
with a magnifier. 
This and important Orde r comprises about 200 genera,—and is remarkable for the 
: ves) is often highly deleterious. ‘The species best known on the farm, 
eo Soe Riche orden ore wen ebeg tin on are furnished by this 
