Haistdbook of Trees of teie Worti-iern iStates and Canada. 453 

 THE BUMELIAS. Genus BUMELIA Sw. 



Small trees and shniljs with ukut or loss siiiiiiscent liriinchlcls and of about 20 species. 

 natives of tlie western hemispliere, 5 bring found witbin llie t'niird States and tour of tliese 

 are small trees. 



Lcares alternate on viKorous sIkhiIs or cliisb'red on spurdike lateriil hrnnrhlds, eondupli- 

 cate in the bud, oblanceobih' to olioxob', (dli|ilii';ib more (jr li'ss silky bimenfosi' ln'UiMtb. shoii 

 petiolate. Flowers -n-ith sIimhIit pcdiorls, in cvo^dcd axill.-iry fascirii^s; oalvx sub.Muipanulaliv 

 with 5 unequal lobes; corolla campanul.-ite, white, ."idobed, I he rounded lobes and IlKur a]>pi'uii- 

 ages equal: stamens with short Hliform Hlaments and sagitate anthers; mn y coiiM-d 

 ovoid hirsute with simple pointed stylo stigniatic at apex. Fruit an oblong, obovoid, or sub- 

 globose black drupe, solitary or few (ogclbci-. with thin flesh and large seed having a thick 

 smooth light brown crustaceous tesia, basal hiluni, large straight embryo with thick fleshy 

 cotyledons and no albumen. 



The name is the classical Grrrk fiu- the Axli-trrr transfia-red to this genus. 



KEY TO THE RPECIES. 



Leaves beneath, ju'dicels and calyx buncntose B. lanuginosa. 



Leaves beneath, pedicels and calyx glabrous or nearly so B. lycioides. 



For Sjirrirs yrr iiji. .m/;-,,'77 '/'(// thr jnlloninfl : 



Smooth or Buckthorn Bt'inajA, /;. hicUiiih-f: (I>.l (iaertn. f. An inlcresting small 

 tree of the southern states, ranging sparingly as far iioi'lb as inlo southern \'irginia and 

 southern Illinois. Lrrirnf mostly oblaucroln tc or nblougdanrrolnte, 1"'j-4 in. long, cuneate ai 

 base, usually a<utc nr acinuinati' al apex. i:lauoous brighl i^rcm abo\-('. ]-ialer aurl glabrous loi' 

 somewhat pubesci-nt at brsi ) ami limly naicubi ic bcnr;iili, iliinuisli, deciduous; jicrioles about 

 ^ in. long; branchlets gbibrate and mostly unarmed. Fhiirrrs (in midsummer) in crowded 

 glabrous fascicles, pedicles about i- in. long; calyx glabrous, Fniit oblong to subglobose, 

 black, about % in. long. 



EBONY FAMILY. EP.EXACE.E \'ent. 



Trees and shrubs of wide distribution mostly in tropical cnuidries and of about I'T.'i 

 species grouped in ."> gener.-i. The following siugli^ genus is represented iu the I'uited State;-. 

 by 2 species — one widely distributed in the Atlantic states and the other iu Texas and northern 

 Mexico. 



Lrarcs simide. alternate, entire and without stipmles. Floirrrs siu.-ill. moslly dio'cious oi' 

 polygamous, solitary or in cymes, axillary, regul.-ii-; calyx 3-7dol)ed. inl'ei'ioi-. iiersisleut; coivdia 

 with .1-7 convoluted lobes, deciduous; stamens uiore numerous than Ibe lobes of I'orolla and 

 inserted on its tube, with short filaments and erecl introrse aulhers; disk none; ov;iry suiierioi-. 

 several-celled, with 1-.3 suspended ovules in each eell ; styles I'-S. Fniit a berry sid)tended b\- 

 the enlarged persistent calyx and coutainiug oldong seeds with small axile embryo and copious 

 albumen. ^„„., ^ 



THE PEKSIMMONS. Genus DK )SPER0S L. 



This genus, consisting of aliont It'.H spieci.'s wididy disli'ibuled iu tropical regions and nio-~t 

 abundantly in southern Asia, is the most imiiortant of the family. Some of its representatives 

 yield the ebony of commerce and others \-;ibnibli' fruits. 



Lrrirri alternate, simple, entire, and witla.ut stipules. Fhnrrrx dimcious, polygamous, or 

 rarelv jierfect regular, solitary or iu cymes iu the axils of tlie leaves ol the seasoi^i_ calyx lu- 

 ferior .l-T-lobed iiersisteut ami commonly acca-escent ; corolla hyi.ogem.us, regular .,-, -lolled. I lie 

 lobes Convolute in the bud; disk none; stamens 2-:i times as many as the lobes of the corolla and 

 inserted on its tidie. some imperfect in the pistillate llowers ; hlaments short and aulhers 

 2-celled, introrse; ovary several-celled with usually 2 auatroiious suspended ovules in etieb 

 cell: styles 2-S, Fruit' a berry with from l-seyeral seeds; seed with axile embryo m fleshy 



" "The name is from two Greek words meaning Ibe vhrat or food uf Jove. 



For .tlirrirs ^rc ]ip. .llS-.TiO. 



SWEET-LEAF FAMILY, .S\'ArPLOCACE.^ ^Iiers. 



A family of the following single genus of trees and slirulis. 



Ir.n-r, simple, alternate, without stipules; buds s.'aly. /-Veirrr.r regular, mostly perfeci 

 nnd vellnw in axillary or lateral clusters; c-Iyx .l-lobed. , .,1111, nulla !.■. tli,. tube adnate to the 

 nvnrv- corolla deeply' r,-Iobcd, with iiebricated lobes; disk u.me: stamens numerous, more ,.r 

 lJss united at base into clusters. wiHi lone filiform filaments ami small -celled anthers opeu.ug 

 torallv- ovarv 2-."-celled with simi.le style, tia-minal sriL-uia ami usually 2 anatfo],oiis ovules 

 sremied in each cell. Fruit esimllv a drv drupe crowned wirb the persistent calyx-lobes, 

 thin flesh and one bony stone; embryo straight in fleshy albumen. 



