126 ANGIOSPERM^. 



4-5. Sta. 4-5. Ova. 2-3-5-oelled, more or less l)uried in a fleshy disk 

 lining the calyx-tube. Pr. a boll, drupe, or samilra. Lvs. simple, alt., 

 rarely opp. Trees or Shrubs, often climbing. 39 Icnown gen. , 400 

 spec. ; warmer parts of both worlds. 2 Tribes : 



Tribe 1. Sta. 3, rarely 2-4-8. Lvs. usually opp. 1. Hippocratea, 

 evergi-een climbing shrubs; 60 spec, both worlds;, fr. samaroid. 

 Tribe 2. Sta. 4^5, rarely 10. 1. Myginda. g . Evergreen shrubs. 

 Pr. a drupe. 8 spec, trop. Am. M. Uicifdlia, M. Rhaebma. S. Pla., 

 W. Ind. 2. Schaefferia, (^ ^ . Evergreen shrubs or trees. Drupe dry. 

 S. frutescens, small tree, S. Fla., W. Ind. 3. Cassine. Ev. bushes 

 or climbers, drupes edible. 8 spec, S. Af. 4. Kokoona zeyldnica, 

 KoKOON. Large evergreen tree, 60° high. Fr. 3-angled, sds. winged, 

 oily. Ceylon. 5. Celdstrus, Stafp-tbbb. Small trees, shrubs, usu- 

 ally evergreen, sometimes climbing. Boll berry-like, 3-angled, red or 

 orange; sds. with fleshy red aril. Many spec. Trop., both worlds. 

 C. scdndens, Climbing Bitteksweet. (^ $; decid. U. S. 6. 

 Euonymus. g. Boll 3-4-5-lobed, red; sds. with fleshy red or 

 orange aril. Shrubs or small trees, often evergreen, both worlds. E. 

 europa&us, Spindle Tree. Decid., 10°-30° high; wood made into 

 spindles, etc Eur. E. atropurpurea, Whahoo ; fls. daric purple, 4- 

 merous. Decid., 8°-12° high. U. S. E. americanus, Stbawbekry 

 Bush. Fls. 5-merBus. Boll warty. Decid. 3°-6° high. U. S. and 

 Can. 



5Wx Alliance.— Fls. §, c? $i C? § ?■ O^*- l-of -celled, cells 

 1-3-ovuled. Emb. small. Shrubs, Trees; lvs. alt., simple, exstip. 

 109. Empetracese. 110. Iliclnese (Aquifoliaceae). HI. Olacineae. 

 (Close to Sandalwood Alliance^ 



Ord. 109. Empetraceae. — Fls. c? 9, J* § ?> small, reg., sol., or 

 clustered. Perianth of 4-6 hypogynous scales, inner sometimes petal- 

 oid, marcescent. Sta. 2-3. Ova. 2-3-6-9-celled, cells 1-ovuled. Stig. 

 radiate. Drupe fleshy, of connate or separate pyrenes ; small, berry- 

 like. Low heath-like evergreen Shrubs, Eur., N. Am., Straits of 

 Magellan. ' 4 gen., 5 spec. 1, Ceratiola ericdides. Stig. horned. 2°- 

 5° high ; fls. whorled, reddish, drupes yellow. S. C. to Fla. 2. Corema 

 alba, low ; drupes white. Portugal. 3. Oakesia (Corema)_ Conrddii, 

 e'-9' high; drupe dry. N. J. to Newfoundland. 4. Empetruim 

 nigrum, Crowberky, Crakeberry ; low ; drupes black, edible. Fig. 

 99. N. Eur., N. W. Asia; adv. in Can. E. rubrum, drupes red, 

 edible. Magellan. 



Ord. 110. Ilicineae.— Fls. g , J' § ^-(^ 9 ,• sol. , fascicled, cyraose ; 

 4-5-6-7-8-merous ; small, white. Drupe small, berry-like. 4 gen. 

 Both worlds. 1. Nemopdinthes canadensis ; only spec. ; decid., 4°-6° 

 high. Drupe i-ed. Va. to Maine, Wis , Can. 2, Byronia, holly-like 

 shrubs ; few spec. Australia, Sandwich Islands. 3. Prinos glaber, 

 2°-4° high, Mass. to Fla., W. to Miss. ; and P. coridceus, 4°-8° high,' 

 Fla., Ga., W., are evergreen, with black drupes, called Gall-ben'ies 

 or Ink-berries. P. lanceoldtus, Ga.,, S. C. ; P. Icevigdius, Maine to Va. ; 

 P. vertieilldtus (drupes whorled). Can. to Fla., are decid., 6°-9° high, 

 berries red, called Winterberries. 4. Ilex ambigua (monticola), N. Y. 

 to Fla. ; I. deeidua {pi-inoides), are 6°-10° high, decid. ; berries red or 

 purple. — Evergreen, berries red: I. Cassine, Yatjpon, 8°-12° high. 

 Gulf States. I. Dahboh, 10°-20° high, Va. to Gulf. I. opdca. Am. 

 Holly, 20°-40° high; If.-margins wavy, with spiny teeth. Maine to 



