88 FOUJSDATIONS OF BOTANY 



1. C. floridus, L. Sweet-scented Shrub, Strawberry Bush, 

 Spice Bush, Shrub. A widespreading bush, 4-8 ft. high ; twigs 

 downy. Leaves oval or oblong, acute or taper-pointed, rough 

 above, downy beneath, 2-3 in. long. Flowers 1 in. wide, brownish- 

 purple, very fragrant ; sepals united below to form a cup, on the 

 inside of which the other parts of the flower are inserted, cup leafy- 

 bracted on the outside. Banks of streams and~ rich hillsides S., 

 often cultivated.* 



36. ANONACEJE. Pawpaw Family. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, entire ; pinnately veined. 

 Flowers perfect, hypogynous, axillary, solitary. Calyx of 3 

 sepals, corolla of 6 thickish petals in 2 rows. Stamens many, 

 filaments very short. Pistils several or many, becoming 

 fleshy or pulpy in fruit. 



ASmilNA, Adans. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves deciduous. Flowers nod- 

 ding. Sepals 3, ovate. Petals 6, the 3 outer ones larger 

 and spreading. Stamens very numerous, crowded on the 

 globular receptacle. Ovaries 3-16, sessile, 1-celled, several- 

 ovuled. Fruit a large, fleshy, oblong berry, seeds large, 

 horizontal.* 



1. A. triloba, Dunal. Pawpaw. A small tree, 10-20 ft. high ; 

 bark nearly smooth, lead-colored. ■ Leaves oblong-obovate, acute at 

 the apex, obtuse at the base, rusty-downy when young and becoming 

 smoother with age, 6-10 in. long. Flowers on branches of the 

 previous season, appearing before or with the leaves ; the short 

 peduncles and the sepals brown-downy. Petals purple, obovate, 3-4 

 times longer than the sepals. Fruit 3-5 in. long, edible when ripe. 

 Common on banks of streams, especially S. and S. W. The bark 

 is very tough and is often used in the place of rope.* 



37. LAURACE.ffi. Laurel Family. 



Aromatic plants, nearly always trees or shrubs. Leaves 

 alternate, simple, usually entire, and marked with translucent 

 dots. Calyx regular, hypogynous, of 4 or 6 colored sepals. 



