Handbook of Tisees of the Noktheen States and Canada. 457 

 FIGWORT FAMILY. SCOPHULARIACE.E Lindl. 



This family coiisisis cliii'lly ot" licrbs, Imt some slinilis and troi's, and is (if very wide dis- 



trihutiDii. Ahoiil l.',."',(ll) spiM-ii's aiv kiiiiwn, utouihmI in ir,,", -nipra. 



/.('((ITS lari.uis. wiiliunt slipiilrs. l-'lniicru ninstl\' pci-frct. ('(jniiili'ti' and irrcRulai' ; ralyx 

 inferior, variously clefl or di\idrd, iiri'sisteiil : corolla Kaniopetalous, irregular, \yiUi imbricated 

 lobes; stamens I'-n. didynanious lu' nearly equal and inserted on the corolla alternate with its 

 lobes; .anthers 2 or 1-celled ; jiislil solitary with slender style, entire or 2-Iobed stigma and 

 mostly 2-celled ovary containing anutropous or amphitropous ovules on axile phicento?. Fruit 

 a capsule usually containing numerous seeds with small embryo in copious albumen. 



THE PAULOWNIA. Genus PAULOWNIA SiEt;. & Zucc. 



This is a genus composed of jiossibly two or three s)iecies of Asiatic trees but is generallr 

 known only by the single species /'. iiniiiriiilis S. & Z.. now luituralized in America. 



Liarr.s opposite, long-petioled, mostly ~i-H in. long larger on vigorous shoots, broad-ovate, 

 cordate, acute or short acuminate, entire ov with a single short-jiointed lobe on each side, vel- 

 vety jiuliescent esjiecially at HrsI ; long-petioled, branchlets with segmented pith. Floircrf: 

 before or wilh the leaves, fi'agranl. in large erect rusty tomentose terminal panicles from buds 

 formed the |ire\-ious summer and remaining iial<ed during the winter; calyx with I"! thick lobes; 

 corolla l'e-2 in. long, jiale violet or blue, some\\'hat irregular, \\-ith ."i sjireading lobes, pubern- 

 lent outside; stamens -t. didynamons. in(duded. wilh divaricate anther-sacs. Fruit liroa(l-o\'oid 

 woody abruiilly poinled 2-eidled ca|isule. about 1 Vi in. long, loculicidally dehiscent and contain- 

 ing many small membranous-winged si-eds. 



The genus is named after I'rincess Anna I'aulowna, daughter cf the Czar Paul I. 



For sprcics sec l>p. '/lO-'iU. 



HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. CVPRH'OPLVClLli P.e.xt. 



Trees, shrubs, \-ines, and jierennial herbs of about 2()0 siiecies and grouped in ten genera. 



They are most abundant in the north temperale zone, but a few extend into the tropics and 



the southern hemisphere. 



Lffirra oiiposite. petiolate. involute in I he bud and mostly without stipules. Floirrrn regu- 

 lar. )ierfect. and in terminal compound cymes; calyx-tube adnate to the ovary with .o-toothed 

 limb; corolla .""i-lobed and sometimes 2-lipiie(l ; stamens fi, inserted on the tube of the corolla, 

 and alternate with its lobes, exsiu'ted, with slender free filaments; anthers oblong, introrse, 

 2-celled, longitndinallv dehiscent; o\ary inferior, l-(i-celled with short style and ."i-fi-lobed cajii- 

 tate stigma; ovules solitary, anatroiious and suspended from the apex of the cell. Fruit a 

 l-f,-celled drupe, caiisule or berry; seeds with membranous coat, minute embryo and copious 

 albumen. 



THE NANNY-BEimiES, ETC. (jEnu.s VIP.URNUM L. 



Shridis and small trees with tougli branches of nearly KK) species widely distributed in 

 north temperate regions and a few in (he (ropics. Several species are impoiiant on account 

 of their (oaiamental flowers and fruil. .Vbout 7."i are natives of North America, all shrubby 

 exi'cpt thi-ee, whiidi are small trees of the Atlantic states. 



Lrarri deciduous gmieralh- wiHiour stipules and (he Hrst pair rudimentary; petioles 

 broad; buds large and enveloped wiih a single pair of scales. /•Voiccr,, white or rarely pnik, 

 in terminal or axillarv .■onuionnd cymes with minute caducous brads and liractlets, the (inter 

 flowers sometimes radiani and neutral; calyx with tuhinale tube and st.iut .-"i-toothed limb, 

 persistent in the fruit; corolla rolat.^ with .1 spreading and fiually reflexed lobes ; ovary l-celb-d, 

 nferior with short conical style. :!-lobed and stigmatic at apex. Fnnt an oblong or sub- 

 globose and sometimes Hattened drupe with thin sweet or a(adulous flesh and a single stone 

 which in the .Vnierican species is dark brown, coriaceous and much flattened. 



The name is ancient Latin name of one (d^ llie I-hiro|iean sjiecies. 

 For species sec pp. -'//.i--'//7. 



