472 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



curved. — Downy or woolly herhs ; leaves alternate, opposite 

 or whorled ; sheaths none ; inflorescence various. 



E. LOXGIFOLIUM, Xutt. Stciii ercct, tomentose, corym- 

 bose above, leafy below ; leaves smooth or villous above, 

 wliite-tomentose beneath, the lowest clustered, oblong- 

 linear, long-tapering at the base, the upper scattered, the 

 uppermost bract-like; involucre stalked, many-flowered, 

 obtusely 5-toothed ; calyx herbaceous, equal, woolly with- 

 out. Sand-ridges. Stem 2°-3° high ; lowest leaves 3-5' 

 long. Perennial. 



E. T0MEXT0SU3I, Michx. Stem erect, tomentose, corym- 

 bose above, leafy throughout; leaves smooth above, white- 

 tomentQse beneath, the lowest clustered, obovate-oblong, 

 long-petioled, the others in whorls of 3-4, elliptical, sessile ; 

 involucre sessile, obtusely 5-toothed; calyx v,'\\\t.e, unequal, 

 woolly without. Dry pine-barrens. July-September. 

 Stem 2°-3° high; lowest leaves 4-6' long; flowers Yevj 

 numerous on one side of the spreading branches. Peren- 

 nial. 



103. LAUEEL FAMILY. Order, Laurace^. 



Aromatic trees or shrubs (except Cassyta), with alter- 

 nate simple minutely dotted leaves, without stipules, and 

 perfect or polygamous cliisteTedfloicers; calyx 6-9 --pavtediy 

 imbricated in 2 rows ; stamens 6 or more, in 1-4 rows ; 

 anthers adnate, 2-4-celled, opening by lid-like valves ; 

 ovary free, 1-celled, with a solitary anatropous suspended 

 ovule; style simple, thick ; stigma obtuse ; fruit a drupe 

 or berry; 5ee^ without albumen; embryo large; radicle 

 superior. 



SYNOPSIS. 

 Tribe I. LiaTiriiieae. Fruit naked. Trees or shrubs. 



* Flowers perfect ; stamens 12, the 3 inner ones sterile. 

 Anthers A-ceUed, i-v^ved. Trees vAth evergreen leaves Pekska. 



