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PAM. 190, 131, 122, 123. 97 



120. Begoniaceae, Begonia Family. 



Herbs or shrubby plants with alternate, commonly 



1 inequilateral, toothed or lobed leaves; flowers in cymes, 

 monoecious; the sterile ones with 2-more sepals, 5 or less 

 minute petals, and numerous stamens; the fertile ones 

 with calyx and corolla, inferior 1-several celled ovary, 

 the styles partly united, and twisted or coiled stigmas; 

 fruit a winged capsule. 



Flowers with colored perianth, stamens many; ovary winged. 3-eeIled; 

 style short, stigmas spirally twisted; capsule membranous, un- 

 equally 3-winged. Species all cultivated, ----- Begonia 



121. Proteaceae, Protea Family. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees, mainly with alternate, simple 

 or compound leaves, and perfect flowers; perianth of 4 

 partially united sepals; stamens 4, adnate to the sepals; 

 ovary superior, 1-celled, and ovules 1-2; fruit often a fol- 

 licle. 



Shrubs or trees with pinnately parted leaves, and flowers in terminal 

 racemes; tube of perianth cleft with style protruding; anthers 

 sessile and ovary stalked, ------- Grevillea 



G. robusta, Australian Silk Oak. Evergreen tree with bipinnately parted lei 

 and narrow, more or less incised segments; racemes long. Cultivated. 

 Spring. 



122. Elaeagnaceae, Oleaster Family. 



Shrubs and trees with silvery scaly foliage; leaves oppo- 

 site or alternate, entire; flowers perfect, polygamous or dioe- 

 cious; sepals 4 or 2; corolla absent; stamens 4 or 8; ovary 

 1-celled with 1 ovule, style 1 ; fruit an achene enclosed in 

 the calyx, making it drupe-like. 



Shrubs with alternate leaves, silvery beneath, and perfect or polygamous 



flowers in the axils; sepals and stamens 4. Cultivated. Elaeagnus, Oleaster 

 E. edulis Uongipes , Goumi. Evergreen leaves; flowers yellowish-white in 

 Spring; fruit scarlet in Summer. 



E. pungens. Evergreen leaves, variegated in some varieties; flowers in Fall, 

 fruit in Spring. 



123. Lauraceae, Laurel Family. 



Trees and shrubs with exstipulate simple leaves, and 

 perfect, polygamous, or dioecious flowers; perianth im- 

 bricated in two rows, of 6, rarely 4-10 parts; stamens 6 

 or more in 2-4 rows; ovary free, 1-celled, 1-ovuled, style 



