130 MTRTACKiE. (myrtle FAMILY.) 



1. CALYCANTHUS, L. Sweet-scented Shrub. 



Calyx-tube closed, Icafy-bracted ; the lobes and petals in several rows, lanceo- 

 late, somewhat fleshy. Stamens deciduous. Mature fruit dry, pear-shaped, 

 enclosing the large achenia. — Aromatic shrubs, with opposite or forking branch- 

 es, short-petioled deciduous leaves, and large brownish-purple terminal flowers. 



1. C. fioridus, L. Branchlets, petioles, and peduncles hoary-pubescent; 

 leaves oval or oblong, mostly acute or acuminate, very rough on the upper 

 surface, tomentose and hoary beneath ; sepals and petals linear-lanceolate, acute. 



— Banks of streams in the upper districts, North Carolina to Mississippi. April. 



— Shrub 4° -8° high. Leaves 2'-3' long. Flowers 1' in diameter, very fra- 

 grant. 



2. C. Isevigatus, Willd. Branchlets, petioles, and peduncles pubescent 

 or smoothish ; leaves oblong or elliptical, mostly acute or acuminate, rough on 

 the upper surface, paler and nearly smooth beneath ; sepals and petals linear- 

 lanceolate, acute. (C. inodorus, Ell, leaves veiy rough above, but shining; 

 flowers inodorous.) — Banks of streams, chiefly in the low country, Florida, 

 Geoi-gia, and westward. March and April. — Shrub 4° -8° high. Leaves 2'- 

 3' long. Flowers \^' in diameter. 



3. C. glaueus, Willd. Branchlets, petioles, and peduncles smooth; leaves 

 large, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, green and roughish on the upper 

 surface, smooth and glaucous beneath ; flowers large, the sepals and petals lan- 

 ceolate, and abruptly sharp-pointed. — Low shady woods along the mountains 

 of Georgia and North Carolina. May and June. — Shrub 6° -8° high. Leaves 

 rather rigid, 4' -7' long. Flowers \^'-'l' in diameter. 



The PoMEOKANATE (PtJNicA Gkanatum, L.) belongs to the allied order 

 Gkanate^. 



Order 50. MYRTACE^. (Myrtle Family.) 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple, entire, dotted and commonly 

 ■with an intra-marginal vein. Stipules none. — Calyx 4 - 6-cleft, valvato 

 in the bud, the tube adherent to the compound ovary. Petals 4-6, 

 inserted with the numerous stamen,? on the throat of the calyx, sometimes 

 wanting. Filaments long, free, or variously combined. Anthers introrse, 

 roundish, longitudinally dehiscent. Style solitary. Seeds without albu- 

 men, fixed to a central placenta. 



1. EUG-ETfIA, Micheli. Allspice. 



Calyx-tnbe roundish, the limb 4-cleft. Petals 4. Stamens distinct. Ovary 

 2 - 3-cellcd, with several ovules in each cell. Fruit baccate, roundish, 1 - 2-celled, 

 1-2-seeded. Cotyledons thick and united. Radicle very short. — Flowers 

 white, axillary, solitary, cymose, or clustered, 2-bracted. 



