160 ANGIOSPERM^. 



W. ; and S. to Gulf States, b. Eo. FLs. white, fragrant. 1A. glailca, 

 Sweet Bay ; 8°-20° high ; fl. 2'-3' wide ; pet. 9. Cone I'-IJ' long, 

 red-brown. Lvs. Z'-t' long, dark green. Fig. 133. Mass. to La. 

 M. grandifibra, majestic columnar tree, 60°-120° high, 2°-3° in diam., 

 hd. conical ; fl. 6'-10' wide, white, fragrant. Sep. 0. Pet. 9, 3-seriate, 

 middle series much larger than the similar inner and outer ; blooming 

 in spring and all summer. Cone Z'-i' long, red-brown. Lvs. i'-V2,' 

 long, dark green, coriaceous, shining above, often ferruginous beneath. 

 N. C, Tenn., to Gulf. Many fine var. in Eur. gardens. B. Asiatic, 

 a. Ev. FU. fragrant: lli. fuscata, fls. brown-purple, small, sweet; 

 M. anoncefblia, fls. red ; M. pumila, fls. white, are shrubs 5°-15° high, 

 China. M. Kbbus, 20° high, fls. white, Japan, b. Deeid. .- M. con- 

 spiaua, Yu-LAN {Chinese, meaning Lily Tree) ; fls. large, white or 

 rose-tinted, before lvs. in spring. 40°-50° high; China. M. pur- 

 purea, fls. large, purple, fragrant, 10°-2.5° high; Japan. M. Camp- 

 belli, fls. large, crimson, before lvs. in spring. Splendid tree, 150° high. 

 Sikkim. 



5. Talautna. Sep. 3. Pet. 6- oo, 2- oo -seriate. Carpels 2-ovuled, 

 fused in a cone, but becoming pyxidial and falling, leaving the pre- 

 hensile sds. Otherwise like Magnolia. Fls. large, fragrant. Hand- 

 some ev. trees, shrubs ; 14 spec. ; 4 trop. Am , rest in trop. Asia, 

 Japan ; T. (Aromadendron) elegans, Java. 



Tribes. Fls. g.c? $,.cf § ?. Carpels whorled, or 1-seriate, or 

 sol. Lvs. exstip. 2 gen. 1. lUicium, Star-Anisb. Fls. g . Sep. 

 8-6. Pet. 9- 00, 3- oo -seriate, yellow or purple, sol. Carpels oo, 1- 

 seriate, whorled, 1-ovuled, compressed follicular, dehisc, star-like in 

 fr. Ev. anise-scented shrubs or small trees. 5 spec, N. Am., E. Asia. 

 I. foridanum, pet. 20-30, fl. purple, V wide; 6°-10° high. Fla. to 

 La. I. ;3ff?-M^6rMm, pet. 6-12, fl. smaller, yellow. Shrub. S. Ga., E. 

 Fla. Others in Asia, Japan. 2. Drimys (including Tasmdnnia of 

 Australia, which has sol. carpel). Fls. 8 , j> g ?,^9. Sep. 2-3. 

 Pet. 6- CD, 2- CO -seriate, small, green, yellow, rosy, or white. Carpels 

 baccate, oo, whorled, or few, or sol.; l-oo -seeded. Trees, shrubs, 

 aromatic, often with taste of black pepper. 5 spec, 1 S. Am., 2 Aus- 

 tralia, 1 New Zealand, 1 Borneo. D. Winteri, Wintbk's Bark ; 

 tree; Chili to Magellan. 



Tribe 4. Achlam;fd. Fls. § , c? ? ?-(?§• Carpels whorled. 

 2 gen. 1. Trochodendron aralioides, monotypic Fls. g . Sta. oo. 

 Ova. 5-8, sev.-ovulod. Lvs. whorled, persistent 3 years. Carpels 

 baccate, connate. Ev. tree, Japan. 2. Euptelea. J* § 9-^^ 9i 

 fls. before lvs. Carpels free. 2 spec, decid. trees; fls. appearing 

 before lvs 1 Japan, 1 Assam. 



Ord. 163. Calycanthaceae.^Fls. ^, reg., sol., term., or ax., ap- 

 pearing Avith or before the lvs. in spring. Pet. 0. Sep. oo, distinct, 

 oo-seriate, imb. on an urceolate torus-cupule ; alike (Calycanthus), or 

 outer bract-like, inner petaloid (Chimonanthus). Sta. oo, 4-merous 

 (Calycanthus), or 10, 5-merous (Chimonanthus) ; on a fleshy ring 

 lining the cupule-throat ; outer fertile, inner sterile; distinct or co- 

 herent at base ; fila. short, anth. extrorse. Cai-pels oo, 1-2-ovuled. Sty. 

 and stig. term. Fr. fig-like, of oo akaines included in the accrescent 

 torus-cupule. Perisperm 0. Emb. with foliaceous convolute cotyl. 

 Lvs. simple, ent., petiolate, exstip. Decid. Shrubs, usually ai-omatic 

 2 gen., 5 spec. 1. Calycanthus. Fls. usually term, on leafy branches ; 



