Obdeb 61.— SAXIPBAGACB^. 37a 



9. LEPUROPET'ALON, Ell. (Gr. Ximpov, a scale, TreraXov, a 

 petal.) Calyx 5-parted, lobes obtuse, tube turbinate, adherent to the 

 base of the 3-carpeled ovary ; petals 5, minute, spatulate, persistent ; 

 stamens 5, short ; capsule globous, 1-celled, 3-valved, many-seeded. — 

 A minute, succulent herb, growing in tufts. Lvs. entire, dotted. Fls. 

 terminal. 



L. spatuldtum Ell. Q Grows in hard soils, S. Car. (Charleston), Ga. to Tex. 

 The plant is less than 1 high, branched from the base, forming little convex tufts. 

 Lva. spatulate, veinless. Ma. large in proportion, white. Mar., Apr. 



10. TTEA, L. (Gr. name for the willow ; for the resemblance of 

 the foliage.) Calyx small, with 6 subulate segments ; petals 5, lance- 

 linear, inflexed at the apex, inserted on the calyx ; stamens 5, inserted 

 into the calyx; styles united; capsule 2-celled, 2-furrowed, 8 to 12- 

 seeded. — A shrub with alternate, simple lvs., and a simple, spicate, ter- 

 minal raceme of white fls. 



I. Virglnioa L. Margins of swamps and sluggish streams, N. J., Penn. to Fla. 

 Shrub about 6f high. Lvs. Ij to 3' long, oval-acuminate, serrulate, on short 

 petioles. Rao. oblong-cylindrio, 2 to 3' long. Caps, oblong, acuminate with the 

 style, its 2 carpels separating in maturity. May, Jn. 



il. ESCALLO'NIA rubra and E. gladulosa are handsome shrubs, 

 with evergreen leaves and scarlet flowers, prized in greenhouse cultiva- 

 tion. 



12. HYDRAK'GEA, L. Hydrangea. (Gr. v3up, water, ayyeXov, a 

 vessel ; requiring an abundance of water.) Marginal flowers, com- 

 monly sterile, with a broad, rotate, 4 to 6-cleft, colored calyx, and with 

 neither petals, stamens, nor styles. Fertile fls. Calyx tube hemispheri- 

 cal, adherent to the ovary, limb 4 to 5-toothod, persistent ; petals ovate, 

 sessile ; stamens twice as many as the petals ; capsule 2-beaked, open- 

 ing by a foramen between the beaks ; seeds numerous. — Shrubs with 

 opposite lvs. Fls. cymous, generally radiant. 



1 H. arboresoens L. Lvs. ovate, obtuse, or cordate at lose, acuminate, serrate- 

 dentate, paler beneath, nearly smooth ; fls. in fastigiate cymes. — An elegant shrub, 

 native in the Mid. and 'West. States, cultivated in the Northern, attaining the 

 height of 5 or 6f on its native, shady banks. Fertile fls., small, white, becoming 

 roseate, very numerous. The sterile fls. are often reduced or wanting. The cul- 

 tivated varieties have either the marginal flowers radiate, or all sterile and radi- 

 ate. (H. vulgaris Mx.) 



2 H. quercifolia Bartram. Lvs. deeply simiate-lobed, dentate, tomentous be- 

 neath, and on the petioles and veins above ; cymes paniculate, radiant, the ster- 

 ile fls. very large and numerous. — A superb species, nativo of Fla. and S. Ga., in 

 wet, springy places, also often cultivated. Shrub 4 to 8f high. Lvs. nearly all 

 as broad as long (5 to 10'), green above, hoary beneath ; panicles dense, thyrsoid, 

 large, pyramidal, the sterile fls. 18" broad, with orbicular, white or roseate sepals. 

 Often cultivated. May, Jn. (H. vulgaris Mx.) (Fig. 271.) 



3 H. radiata Walt. Lvs. ovate, abrupt or cordate at base, acuminate, serrate, 

 silvery-iomentous beneath ; cymes fastigiate, radiate. — Upper country of Ga., Car. 

 and Tenn. Shrubs 6 to 8f high. Sterile fls., white, smaller than in No. 2, often re- 

 duced to 3, 2 or 1 sepal. The silver white of the under leaf-surface is a striking 

 character, f May, jn. 



4 H. hortensis L. Ohanseablb Htdeangba. Lvs. eUipiical, narrowed at 

 each end, dentate-serrate, strongly veined, smooth j cymes radiant ; fls. mostly ster- 

 ile. — Probably native of China, where it has long been cultivated. Sts. 1 to 3f 

 high. Lvs. large. Barren fls., very numerous and showy, at first green, passing 

 successively through atraw-color, sulphur yellow, white, purple, and pink. The 



