196 THE FLORA. 
e Carpels many, in the fleshy calyx. Flowers often double. Rose. Rosa. 5 
e Carpels 2 only, in the dry, fluted, prickly calyx. Agrimony. AGRIMO/NIA. 
f Petals and sepals 8 or 9. A small, rare plant on mountains Dryas. 
f Petals and sepals 5. Achenia numerous. Avens. Geum. 6 
g Sepals equal. Fruit a heap of pulpy achenia. Fls. cyanic. Bramble. Rusvs. 7 
g Sepals unequal. Stems creeping. Flowers white. alse Violet. Datrpar’pa. 8 
h Torus small, dry. Flowers yellow. Bractlets minute or 0. Watpsrer/nia. 9 
h Torus small, dry. Fils. mostly yellow. Bractlets large. 
: ; Cinquefoil. PorEnTIL’LA. 10 
h Torus becoming very large and juicy in fruit. Strawberry. FRaga’rta. 11 
h Torus becoming large and spongy. Fls. purple. Lvs. pinnate. Com’arum. 
k Petals obovate, not yellow. Stamens verylong. Steeple-bush. Sprraw’a. 12 
k Petals lance-linear, not yellow. Stamens very short. Indian Physic. GILLE’NIA. 
k Petals multiplied, orange-yellow: Pods 1-seeded. Shrubs. 
Guelder Rose. Kur’/Ra. 
1, CER’ASUS. Cherry. 
Calyx 5-cleft, regular, deciduous. Petals 5, much spreading. Stamens 
15-80. Ovary with 2 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 Flowers in umbel-like clusters from side buds. Drupes red....b 
a Flowers in racemes leafy at base. Cherries black or blackish....2, 3 
b Shrubs or trees growing wild, native....4, 5 
b Trees cultivated, not native....6, 7 
1 ©. Carolinia’na. Cherry Laurel. Flowers in dense, short racemes, Fruit black, 
poisonous. Splendid in cultivation. 
2 C.sero’tina, Wild Black C. Trees with lance-oblong, blunt-toothed leaves, 
3 ©. Virginia’na, Choke VU. Shrubs with oval-obovate, slender-toothed leaves. 
4 0. pum‘ila. Sand C. Shrubs trailing, with lance-obovate, acute lvs. Fr. egg-shaped. 
5 C. Pennsylvan’ica. Wild Red C. Trees. Lvs. oblong-ovate, acuminate. Fr. roundish. 
60. A’vium. Oxheart 0. Leaves oblong-ovate, acuminate, hairy beneath. 
7 ©, vulga’ris. Great Red C. 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 cartilaginons, 
each nearly divided into two 1-seeded divisions.—Small trees or shrubs 
with simple, serrate leaves, and white early flowers in racemes. 
