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THE FLORA. 



Order CIII. PHYTOLACCACEJE. Pokeweeds. 



Herbs or shrubs with alternate haves, no stipules, and. flowers raoemed; 



sepals colored, 4 or 5 ; petals none ; stamens few or many ; 



ovary of one or several carpels, whicli are united into a ring, forming a 



berry in fruit; cells as many as the carpels, each l-seeded; 

 embryo curved around the fleshy albumen. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



Sepals 5, roundish. Sta. 5-20. Ovary 5-12-carpeled and seeded. Phttolao'oa. 1 

 Sepals 4, persistent. Stamens 4-12. Ovary I-carpeled and l-seeded. S. Em'NA. 



PHYTOLACCA. Poke. 



Character expressed in the 

 Analysis. — Tall and stout per- 

 ennials, with greenish flowers 

 and purple berries. 



P. docan'dra. Plant 5-8f. liigh, 



very smooth, bushy. Leaves 



large, ovate, acute at each end, 



petioled. Eaoemes at first 



terminal, finally opposite to 



the leaves. Berries oblate, of 



a rich dark purple. July-Sejit. 

 fiy, 627. Phytolacca dooandria, leaves, flowers, and fruit. 8. A .flower, natural size. 9. Its 

 stamens and ovary. Fig. 680. Cross-section of the ovary. 1. A seed cut open, showing the em- 

 bryo coiled around the albumen. 



Order, C VII. LAIJRACE^. Laurels. 

 Trees and shrubs aromatic, with alternate, simple, dotted leaves; 

 sepals colored, 4-6, slightly united, strongly imbricated ; 

 anthers 2 or 4-celled, opening upwards by as many valves ; 

 oi>ary 1-ovuled, becoming a drupe in fruit ; no albumen. 



Analysis of the Genera. 



§ Flowers perfect, the calyx persistent. Leaves evergreen a 



§ Flowers imperfect. Calyx deciduous. Leaves deciduous ^...b 



>• Trees. Lvs. thioli, lance-oblong. Fls. umbeled. S. JBa;/ Galls. Pek'sea. 



