152: POPULAR FLORA. 
384. CAROLINA-ALLSPICE FAMILY. Order CALYCANTHACES. 
A small family of a few rather curious shrubs, with opposite leaves; represented by the 
Carolina=-Allspice. Calycdnthus. 
Flowers somewhat on. the plan of the rose, having a large 
number of simple pistils contained in a sort of closed calyx-cup, 
or hollow receptacle, and attached to its inner surface. But the 
several rows. Stamens many, on the top of" 
the cup; filaments hardly any; anthers long, 
tipped with a point. Ovaries making large 
akenes, enclosed in the large and dry hip. 
Seed-leaves of the embryo rolledup. Shrubs, 
with rather aromatic bark, &c., and opposite 
entire leaves, without any stipules. Flowers, 
large, when bruised giving out a fragrance 
resembling that of strawberries. Wild in the 
Southern States, especially in and near the 
mountains; and also cultivated, especially the 
first species. 
362. Mowering branch of Carolina Allspice. 363. Half of 
acalyx-cup of the same, cut through lengthwise, (Compare 
it with a Rose, Fig. 360.) 364, A ripe fruit or hip, 
1. Common C. Leaves oval or roundish, downy beneath. Commonly cult. in gardens. C. (fisridus. 
2. Smooru C. Leaves oblong, smooth, green both sides; flowers smaller. C. levigatus. 
8. GLaucous C. Leaves oblong- or lance-ovate, pointed, glaucous or whitened beneath. C. glaucus. 
85. LYTHRUM FAMILY. Order LYTHRACER. 
Herbs with entire and mostly opposite leaves, and no stipules; the calyx tubular or cup- 
shaped, bearing from 4 to 7 petals and 4 to 14 stamens on its throat, and enclosing the 
many-seeded ovary and thin pod. Between the 4 to 7 teeth of the calyx are as many 
additional projections or supernumerary teeth. Style one. 
Flowers regular, or nearly so. 
Calyx cylindrical, several-ribbed or angled: petals 4 to 7, rather unequal: stamens 
twice as many as the petals: pod 2-celled, (Lythrum) LytHRum.* 
Calyx short bell-shaped: petals 5: stamens 10 or 14, long and protruded: pod with 
8 to 5 cells: leaves often whorled, (Neséa) Nesma. 
Flowers with an irregular tubular calyx, spurred or projecting at the base on the upper 
side. Very unequal petals, and 12 unequal stamens in two sets. Pod few-seeded, 
bursting through o” one side of the calyx, (Ciphea) CupHEA. 
* Sometimes called Loosestrife ; but this name properly belongs to plants of another family. 
outside is covered with sepals or calyx-lobes, which are colored 
like the petals (brown-purple); these are many and narrow, in’ 
