EBONY FAMILY. 217 
inhabitants of South America, belongs to this genus. One of our own 
southern species, I, Cassi’ne, L., at nown as Yaupon, furnished the black 
drink of the North Carolina India 
§ 2 Stik hte “4 (east oe m ie fives, or sixes ; those of the fertile 
flowers co nde n fives, sevens or et ights ) ; nutlets smooth 
and even. arnt ‘Enna 
2. I. verti siomee’ ta, Gray. Leaves obovate, oval or wedge-lanceolate, 
poi Biel, acute at the base, pac downy on the veins beneath ; flowers 
all ver P acetciemae: es red. 
VeRTICILLATE InEx. Black Alder. Winter-berry. 
Stem 6-8 feet high, much branched. Leaves 2-3 inches long ; petioles about half an 
inch in length. _Fiaters greenish white, in sessile clusters or solitary. Berries about 14 
of an inch in diameter. 
Low grounds : msn especially northward. June. 
bs. The bark and berries of this species have Agee medicinal repose 
tion as a cure for ill-conditioned sores—used both externally and in 
nally. Another nearly related species, J. leeviga ‘ta, ns found in a 
smoo 
seen cultivated a shrubbery, Gar red berries vaca 3 them very 
showy in autumn. I. gla’bra,Gray, the Ink-berry, has evergreen, nar- 
row leaves, and black berries. It is mostly yore near the coast, and is 
— ch so sought after by t the flower-merchants ae cities, as if is 
of the most’ suitable evergreens to work ote bouquets. 
Orper XLIV. EBENA’CEA. (Ezony Famtty.) 
Trees d often black Leaves alternate and entire, 
without tial. com pena A area re fi Stamens twice 
oo ee es as many as the lobes of the corolla “onary 3-several-celled. Fruit bac- 
pendulous, bony, with cartilagino 
Tan Order, and the genus here given rn eee merge f any considerable impor- 
tance,—some of the species of which furnish the well- ren inal hard black wood called 
1. DIOSPY’ROS, L. Prrsmmon. 
[Greek, Dis, Dios, Jupiter, and Pyros, fruit ; a rather fanciful name for such fruit.) es 
Drecrovsty Porycamous: calyx 4-6-parted. Corolla tubular, some-— 
what ie, 4- 6-c Sreri 
aaher to the base, 8- 12-seeded, se aldeade 
or rarely shrubs. Flowers iy, ee Ss aioe 
