196 THE FLORA. 



e Carpels many, in the fleshy calyx. Flowers often double. Jlose: Eosa. 5 



e Carpels 2 only, in the dry, fluted, prickly calyx. Agrimony. AoEmo'NiA. 



f Petals and sepals 8 or 9. A small, rare plant on mountains Detas. 



f Petals and sepals 5. Achenia numerous. Avens. Geum. 6 



g Sepals equal. Fruit a heap of pulpy achenia. FIs. cyanic. Bramble. Efehs. 7 

 g Sepals unequal. Stems creeping. Flowers white, ^alse Violet. Dalibar'da. 8 



h Torus small, dry. Flowers yellow. Bractlets minute or 0. "Waldstei'nia. 9 



h Torus small, dry. FIs. mostly yellow. Bractlets large. 



Cinqvefoil. Potentil'la. 10 



h Torus becoming very large and juicy in fruit. Strawberry. Feaoa'kia. 11 



li Torfts becoming large and spongy. FIs. purple. Lvs. pinnate. Com'arum. 

 k Petals obovate, not yellow. , Stamens very long. Steeple-bush. St-iR^'A. 12 



k Petals lance-linear, not yellow. Stamens very short. Indian Physic. Gillb'nia. 

 k Petals multiplied, orange-yellow. Pods 1-seeded. Shrubs. 



Gelder Ease. Kee'kia. 



1. OEE'ASUS. Cherry. 



Calyx 5-oleft, regular, deciduous. Petals 5, much spreading. Stamens 

 15-30. Ovary with 3 ovules. Drupe globular, very smooth, destitute 

 of a glaucous bloom. Stone also globular and smooth. — Trees or shrubs. 

 Leaves folded in the bud. Flowers early, white. May. (Fig. 452.) 



§ Leaves evergreen, leathery, entire .... 1 



§ Leaves deciduous, thin a 



a Flowers in umbel-like clusters from side buds. Drupes red b 



= Flowers in racemes leafy at base. Cherries black or blackish 2, 3 



1) Shrubs or trees growing wild, native 4, 5 



b Trees cultivated, not native 6, 7 



1 C. Oarolinia'na. Cherry Laurel. Flowers in dense, short racemes. Fruit black, 

 poisonous. Splendid in cultivation. 



2 0. sero'tiua. Wild Black G. Trees with lanoe-oblong, blunt-toothed leaves. 



3 C. Virgima'na. Choke G. Shrubs with oval-obovate, slender-toothed leaves. 



4 O. pnm'ila. Sand C. Shrubs trailing, with lance-obovate, acute lvs. Fr. egg-shaped. 



5 O. Pennsylvan'ica, Wild Bed C. Trees. Lvs. oblong-ovate, acuminate. Fr. roundish. 



6 O. A'vium. Oxheart C. Leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, hairy beneath. 



7 O. vnlga'ris. Great Bed G. Leaves lance-ovate, acute, narrowed to base. 



2. AMELAN'OHIER. June-berry. 



Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, oblong-ovate and oblanceolate. Stamens short. 

 Styles 5, somewhat united at base. Pome 5-celled, cells cai-tilaginoiisj 

 each nearly divided into two 1-seeded divisions. — Small trees or shrubs 

 with simple, serrate leaves, and white early flowers in racemes. 



