EXOGENS. Igl 



blooming all spring and summer. C. floridus, Sweet Shrub, Caro- 

 lina Allspicb. Pubescent. 5°-8° high ; lis. brown-purple, l'-\Y 

 wide, strawberry-scented. Fr. 2' long. Lvs. oblong or ovate, 2'-3' 

 long. rig. 176. Banks of streams, Va. to Miss. River, S. to Gulf. 

 C. Icevigatus, similar, but smoother; fl. 2' wide, scentless. Same 

 habitat; reaching to Penn. C. glaucus, similar, but smooth; fl. 2' 

 wide; lvs. 4'-7''"long. Mts., Tenn., N. C, Ga. (Two last perhaps 

 var. of first.) C. occidentalis, similar to last, but lvs. cordate; ns. 

 brick-red, 3' wide, scentless. Cal. 2. Chimoninthus /m^'j-ans, Japan 

 Allspice; monotypic. Sta. 10; 5 fertile. Petaloid sepals waxy, 

 pale yellow ; in one var. the inner chocolate-colored, in another mot- 

 tled with red. Lvs. rough ; branches long, half scandent. Fls. V 

 wide, very sweet-scented ; sessile in the ax. of fallen lvs., and appear- 

 ing in winter, long before the lvs. Japan. Hardy in TJ. S., S. of 

 Penn. 



Ord. 164. Dilleniacese. — Fls. § or (^ fj 9 , rarely (^ ? ; raoemed 

 or panicled; rarely sol., usually yellow. Sep. 5, rarely fewer or oo ; 

 persist., often accrescent and covering the fr. Pet. 5, rarely fewer or 

 00 ; decid. Sta, co, rarely def. ; usually distinct, rarely mon- poly- 

 adelph. ; anth. introrse or extrorse, often separated and overtopped by 

 the connective ; dehisc. vert, or by an apical pore. Ova. sev., distinct 

 or coherent, sometimes sol. ; styles terminal or sub-dorsal ; stigmas 

 simple or sub-capitate. Ov. 2 or sev., 2-seriate ; ascending ; rarely 

 sol., erect. Carpels dehisc. or indehisc. Fr. crustaceous or baccate. 

 Sds. sol. or few, arillate except in Dillenia. Emb. minute. Lvs. alt., 

 rarely opp. (Hibbertia), entire or dentate, rarely pinnatiiid or trifid ; 

 usually very rough. Stip. or adnate to petiole and caduc. Shrubs, 

 often climbing, or Trees; rarely Q|. Herbs. Juice astringent. 17 gen., 

 180 spec, chiefly in S. hemisphere. 3 Tribes, differences in sta. 



Tribe 1. 6 gen., 92 spec, both worlds. 1. Crossosoma, monotypic. 

 Only spec, with sep. connate into a cup at base. Small shrub, fls. 

 white. Cal. 2. Hibbertia. Ev. heath-like shrubs, 3°-6° high ; often 

 climbing; fls. j'ellow, showy, ill-scented. 70 spec, Mascarenes, Aus- 

 tralia. Tribe 2. 5 gen., 34 spec, all in Asia but 1. Wormia, lofty ev. 

 trees, 9 spec, of which 1 is in Australia, 1 in Mascarenes-, the rest in 

 trop. Asia. 2. Dillenia, lofty trees, ev. or decid. ; fls. showy, yellow 

 or white. 9 spec, trop. Asia. D. specibsa, ev., fls. white, 9' wide. 

 T). penidgyna, decid., fls. yellow, V wide ; lvs. 2° long ; 4°-5° long on 

 young trees. Tribe 3. 6 gen, 60 spec. 1. Tetrdicera, 24 spec, climb- 

 ing shrubs, rarely trees, both worlds. 2. Delima sarmentbsa, mono- 

 typic, ev. climber, fls. yellow, Ceylon. 3. Doliocarpus, fls. white or 

 yellow, boll or berry red; 18 spec; 4. Davilla, fls. yellow; 14 spec; 

 are shrubs, often climbing; trop. Am. 



Ord. 165. Ranunculaceae. — Fls. § , rarely rf ? (Clematis, Thali'c- 

 trum). Sep. 3, usually 5; or S-oo ; free; rarelj- herbaceous and per- 

 sist., usually petaloid ; imb. rarely valv. Pet. = sep. or more, hypog., 

 distinct, various, often 0. Sta. usually oo, oo-seriate, hypog. ; fila. 

 filiform, distinct ; anth. term., 2-celled ; cells adnate, extrorse or lateral. 

 Carpels few or oo, rarely sol. (Actnea), distinct, rarely coherent 

 (Nige)Ia) ; sty. simple ; stig. on its inner surface at top, or sessile ; ov. 

 various. Akaines, pointed or feathered ; or follicles, which are rarely 

 united into a boll (Nigella) ; or a berry, oo-seeded (Actaea). Sds. 

 erect, pend. or horizontal. Emb. minute. Perisperm horny (fleshy 



