112 FAM. 142, 143. 



greenish; stamens 2, partly included; styles thick; fruit a berry- 

 like drupe. Cultivated. ------- Ligustrum, Privet 



L. Amurense, with small leaves, and L. Nepalense, with large leaves, are ever- 

 greens, planted in hedges. 

 4. Corolla rotate, tube very short, and long linear lobes; — shrubs or 

 small trees with perfect or polygamous flowers in axillary, droop- 

 ing panicles; calyx short and as the corolla 4-lobed; stamens 2; 

 stigmas notched or 2-lobed; fruit a drupe, - Chionanthus, Fringe-tree 



C. Virginica. Petals white, drupe deep purple or black. Cultivated. 



142. Spigeliaceae (Loganiaceae), Lcgania Family. 



Herbs, shrubs or vines with stipulate, simple, oppo- 

 site or whorled leaves, and perfect, regular flowers in cymes 

 or panicles; calyx and corolla 4-5 lobed; stamens 4-5, alter- 

 nate with the corolla-lobes; ovary superior, 2-rarely 3-5 

 celled; ovules 1-2 or numerous in each cell; styles united 

 or partially so; fruit capsular or baccate or drupaceous. 



1. Shrubby vines; — leaves opposite, with minute caducous stipules; flowers 

 dimorphous, solitary or few together, cymose; calyx and f unnelf orm 

 corolla 5- lobed; stamens 5, ovary 2-celled; ovules numerous 

 in each cell; stigmas 4; fruit a capsule, Gelsemium, Yellow Jessamine 



G. sempervirens. A smooth evergreen vine with fragrant flowers. Thickets 

 near water, and planted. Early Spring. 



1. Herbs, -2 



2. Calyx shorter than the urn-shaped corolla; lobes of corolla valvate, 



throat bearded; — leaves opposite and stipules small; flowers in 

 cymes, white or purplish; calyx and corolla 5-lobed; stamens 

 5; ovary 2-celled with 2 styles united when young; capsule tip- 

 ped with 2 curved horns. Low ground. Summer, 



Cynoctonum (Mitreola), Mitrewort 



C. Mitreola (M. petiolata). Deep green, with more or less petioled membran- 

 ous leaves. 



C. sessifolium. Pale green, with sessile leathery leaves, ovate to orbicular. 

 2. Calyx not shorter than the campanula te corolla; lobes of corolla im- 

 bricate, throat bearded; — branches 4-angled; leaves opposite 

 and clustered below, narrow; calyx and corolla 4-5 lobed; sta- 

 mens 4-5; ovary 2-celled with a very short style; capsule slightly 

 2-lobed. Dry soil. Summer. - Polypremum 



P. procuxnbens. Stems clustered, erect or prostrate; flowers very small, white. 



143. Gentianaceae, Gentian Family. 



Mostly herbs with simple, exstipulate leaves, partly 

 sheathing, opposite, rarely alternate; flowers regular, cym- 

 ose; calyx 4-12 parted; corolla 4-12 lobed; stamens alternate 

 with the corolla-lobes and inserted on its tube; ovary su- 



