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than the calyx. Fruit 2—3 inches long, eatable, with 6 — 8 seeds. — 

 Brownish purple. 2{. April. Middle Geo. 15— 20 ft. Papaw. 



3. A. grandiflo'ra, (Dunal.) Leaves cuneate, obtuse, with the under 

 surface and branches covered with a ferruginous pubescence Flowers 

 few, large ; the outer petals obovate, 2 — 3 inches long. — Yellowish 

 white. If. April. Middle Car. and Geo. 1—2 feet. 



4. A. pygm^e'a, (Dunal.) Leaven coriaceous, long, 4 — 6 inches, cu- 

 neate, obtuse, oblong, obovate or elliptical, variable in size and form. 

 Petals obovate-oblong, outer ones 1 inch. long. — Reddish brown. If. 

 April. Geo. and Flor. 6 — 18 inches. 



Order IV.— SCHIZANDRA'CE^E. Blum. 



Flowers monoecious ; staminate flowers 5-sepaled, 5-petaled, 

 anthers sessile; pistillate flowers, ovaries numerous, on a conical 

 torus, which in maturity becomes elongated. Carpels baccate, 

 1-seeded, in maturity forming a loose spike on the elongated 

 torus. Albumen fleshy, cotyledons ovate. 



Genus I.— SCHIZAN'DRA. Mich. 19—5. 

 (From the Greek schizo, to cut, and andros, a stamen, the stamen being cleft.) 



Sepals and petals confounded, roundish, concave. Anthers 

 connate. Before the fruit ripens the carpels are aggregated, as 

 in the Rubus, but as it matures the torus lengthens and the 

 carpels separate, and do not form a mass as in the Rubus, but 

 become detached and scattered. 



1. S. coccin'ea, (Mich.) A trailing shrub. Leaves alternate, variable, 

 ovate or oval, sometimes denticulated, tapering at each end, frequently 

 somewhat cordate. Flowers solitary, axillary, on short peduncles, up- 

 per ones staminate. Carpels small, red ; torus red. Seed suspended.— 

 Red. U. May, June. Rich damp soil. 10 — 15 feet. 

 A handsome plant, and easily cultivated. 



Order V.— MENISPERMA'CE^E. Jus. (Moonseed Family) 



Flowers dioecious, small, in racemes or panicles. Sepals and 

 petals often confounded, hypogynous, deciduous. Stamens mo- 

 nadelphous, or separate, generally equal the petals in number, 

 and opposite them, sometimes three or four times as many. 

 Anthers adnate or innate, 4-lobed. Ovaries several, distinct. 

 Drupes baccate, 1-seeded, incurved. Embryo curved. Climb- 

 ing shrubs or suffructicose plants. Leaves alternate, simple, 

 palmately veined. No stipules. 



Genus L— COC'CULUS. Bau. 6—6. 

 (From the Latin coccus, cochineal, in allusion to the shape of the fruit) 



Sepals 6, in a double series. Petals 6, fleshy, auricled. 

 Staminate flowers, stamens 3 — 6, distinct; filaments thickened 



