90 ANGIOSPERM^. 



? fls. twin ; drupe blue. 30°-70° high (or a shrub in pine-han-ene^ 



Pbppbkidob Sour Gdm, Upland Tupelo. ? fls. 3-8, clustered 

 Drupe dark blue. 30°-60= high. Wood with interlacing fibres, im- 

 possible to split. Rich woods, dry or damp; Mass. to 111., S Lv! 

 bright crimson in autumn. B. Fls. ? J>. Lvs. opp. 1. Girrya! 

 Jr-etals 0. J> 4-merous; ? 2-merous; both in showy, drooping cut- 

 M ^"7 2-seeded, haw-like. Evergreen shrubs ; few specrCal., 

 xr^^w A °' *^%'*<=''i fls. green, Cal. . G. foemina, fls. yellow! 



^. W. Am. G. laurifolia, fls. white, Mex. 8. Aticuba. ' Corol 

 4-merous; fls. purple, small, panicled. Berry 1-seeded, bright red or 

 vellow ; lvs. often mottled. Evergreen bushes, sev. spec. ; Himalayas, 

 Japan. C. Fls. g, dichlampd., i-merous. 1. Benthamia Els 4- 

 merous, fleshy ca,pitate. Drupes small, foi-ming together a multiple, 

 large, red, edible berry, mulberry-like. Trees, small, resembling C6r- 

 nas florida. B.frac/ifera, N. Ind. B.japdnica, Japan. 2. C6rnus. 

 ^ Is. clustered. Drupe 2-seeded. Small trees or shrubs, rarely herbs 

 ^^s. usually opp. C.fldrida, FhOWERma Cornel, BoawooD. 20°- 

 35 high; fl. cluster with an involucre of 4 white, petal-like bracts. 

 Drupes small, scarlet. U. S. C. canadensis, Bunch-berry. Els. 

 and fr. near last, but stems 5'- 7' high, Q, from a % rhizome. 

 N. U. S., Can. C. mds, Male Cornel, QoRNi;i,iAN Cherry, Dog- 

 woop. Fls. and fr. of last, but involucre small, and drupes larger. Fls. 

 ff in the young trees ; hence the specific name. 12°-20° high. Eur., 

 W. Asia. The following have white fls. in flat, open cymes, witiiout 

 involucre : C. sanguinea, Bloody Cornel, Female" C. Fls. ill- 

 scented; fruit dark purple. Branches (and lvs. in autumn) darlc red. 

 4°-15° high. Eur., N. Af. C. alba (stolonifera), Bed Osikr C. Fls. 

 and fr. white ; branches and shoots of a finer red than the last. 4°-10° 

 high. Siberia ; Can. to Va., W. to Cal. C. asperifolin., 8°-12° high ; 

 drupes pale blue. 111., Fla., and S. W. C. sericea, drupes pale 

 blue. 6°-10° high. Can., U. S. C. paniculdia, cymes panicled, 

 - showy ; drupes white. 10° high. U. 8., Can. C. altemifUia, only 

 spec, with alt. lvs. ; drupes dark blue. 15''-20° high, branching 

 widely. U. S., Can. 2. Curtisia faginea, Assabay Tree. Lvs. 

 opp. Fls. small, 4-merous ; drupes small, 4-.5-celled. Large, fine 

 tree, 80° high ; wood made into assagays (javelins) by the natives. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 3. Al^nghim. Lvs. alt. Fls. purple, 5-6- 

 merous ; sta. 2-4 times as many as petals ; drupe 1-seeded. Tall, fine 

 trees ; rts. aromatic, wood beautiful, valuable. 2 spec. . A. decapetalum, 

 A. hexapetalum. E. Ind. 



Ord. 76. Araliacese. — Fls. ^ , rarely diclinous by arrest. Petals 

 5-10 or more. Sta. equal to or 2-3 times their number. Ova. of 2-15 

 1-ovuled cells. Berry fleshy or dry. Shrubs, Trees, rai-ely Herbs; 

 sometimes spiny. Lvs. exstip. 22 gen., 160 spec. 5 Tribes ; dis- 

 tinctions in sest. and number of stamens. 



1. Plerindra. Fls. 5-merous, $ § J*, umbelled. Fr. a drupe. 

 Lvs. digitate. Trees, Feejee Islands. 2. H6dera Helix, Ivy. Ever- 

 green creeper; fls. 5-merou8, yellowish, umbelled; berry 5-celled, 

 small, dark. Eur. Fig. 92 ; hiiirs, Fig. 106, 4. 3. Cuss6nia. Fls. 

 5-7-merous, greenish ; spiked or panicled ; berry 2-3-seeded. Lvs. 

 digitate. Shrubs, Cape of Good Hope, New Z. 4. Dendrbpanax. 

 Fls. and fr. of HMera; but lvs. entire. Trees, trop. Am., Asia. 5. 



