GIXSEXG FAMILY 169 



5. CE. missouriensis Sims. Perennial. Stems low, decumbent, with 

 short, silky down. Leaves thick, from oval to linear, usually lanceo- 

 late, narrowed to a slender petiole, L'-fi in. long, entire or remotely 

 toothed. Flowers axillary, yellow, :i-lj in. in diameter. Capsule 

 orbicular, with broad wings. In dry soil S.W. 



II. FUCHSIA L. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl. 

 Flowers showy. Calyx colored, tubular-funnel-shaped, the 

 tube extending much beyond the ovary, the margin 4-lobed. 

 Petals 4, borne in the throat of the calyx. Stamens 8, project- 

 ing outside the corolla. Capsule berry-like, ellipsoidal, 4-angled. 



1. F. macrostemma R. & P. Common Fuchsia, Ladies' Ear- 

 DKOPS. Smooth. Leaves slender-petioled, toothed. Flowers on long, 

 drooping peduncles from the axils of the leaves. Calyx tube oblong 

 or a short cylinder, not as long as its spreading lobes. Petals obovate 

 and notched, wrapped spirally around the projecting filaments and 

 style. Found in many varieties, sometimes the calyx white or nearly 

 so and the petals dark or with dark calyx and light i>etals. Culti- 

 vated from Chile. 



HI. CIRC^A L. 



Slender, erect herbs, with creeping rootstocks. Stem simple. 

 Leaves opposite, petioled. Flowers small, in terminal and 

 lateral racemes. Calyx tube ovoid, the limb 2-parted, reflexed, 

 deciduous. Petals 2, inversely heart-shaped, inserted with the 

 2 stamens under the margin of a disk which is borne on the 

 pistiL Ovary 1-2-celled ; style thread-like ; stigma knobbed, 

 2-lobed ; ovules, 1 in each cell. Fruit ovoid, not splitting open, 

 covered with hooked bristles. 



1. C. lutetiana L. Enchanter's Nightshade. Stem 1-2 ft. 

 high, glandular-downy. Leaves ovate, faintly toothed, long-petioled. 

 Flowers ^ in. in diameter, white or pink, on slender pedicels, jointed 

 at the base. Damp, shaded places ; very common. 



72. ARALIACE.S;. Ginseng Family 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves alternate, simple or com- 

 pound ; stipules united to the petiole or wanting. Flowers 

 regular, in umbels or heads. Limb of the calyx epigynous. 



