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Genus II— CALLICAR'PA. L. 4—1. 

 (From the Greek kalos, beautiful, and karpos, fruit.) 



Calyx small, persistent, 4-clei't. Corolla 4-cleft, with obtuse 

 segments. Fruit baccate, 4-celled, juicy, purple. 



1. C. America'na. A shrub bearing many brandies, the old wood 

 glabrous, young branches tomentose. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, 

 serrate, tomentose beneath ; petioles sprinkled with resinous atoms. 

 Flowers in axillary clusters, on very short peduncles. Calyx tomentose. 

 — Purple. J 2 . May — July. Very common. 3— 5 feet. 



French Mulberry. 



Genus III.— ZAPA'NIA. Sco. 13—2. 

 (In honor of P. A. Zappa, an Italian botanist.) 



Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous. 

 Stif/ma capitate, peltate, oblique. Seeds 2, covered at first by 

 an evanescent pericarp. Flowers in heads. 



1. Z. nudiflo'ea. Stem procumbent, branching, somewhat scabrous, 

 herbaceous. Leaves ovate, cuneate, serrate toward the apex, on short 

 petioles. Flowers on axillary peduncles, in small heads. Bracts broad, 

 purple along the margin. Stamens short. Seeds 2. — Bluish- white. 2£. 

 July — Aug. Damp soils. Common. 4 — 6 inches. 



2. Z. lanceola'ta. Stem herbaceous, creeping, similar to the prece- 

 ding. Leaves linear-lanceolate, serrate. Flowers on long peduncles, in 

 conical heads. — Bluish-white. If. July — Aug. Banks of streams. 

 6 — 8 inches. Lippia lanceolata. 



Genus IV.— LAJNTA'NA. L. 13—2. 

 (An ancient name of Viburnum.) 



Calyx obtusely 4-toothed. Corolla with the limb 4-cleft. 

 Sta??ie7is 4, didynamous. Stigma hooked. Fruit a drupe, dark 

 blue, containing a smooth 2-celled nut. Flowers in heads. 



2. L. uama'ka. A shrub, with the stems rough, square. Leaves op- 

 posite, ovate- lanceolate, scabrous, pubescent along the veins, serrate. 

 Flowers on axillary peduncles, numerous. Bracts longer than the ca- 

 lyx. Stamens short. Drupes globular. — Bright yellow. ^ . June — 

 Hot. Southern Geo. and Florida. 2—4 feet. 



Genus V.— PHRY MA. 13—2. 

 (Etymology unknown.) 



Calyx tubular, 5-nerved, bilabiate; upper lip the longer, trifid. 

 Corolla bilabiate; upper lip emarginate, the lower much larger, 

 flat, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, included. Fruit 1-seeded. 



1. P. leptosta'chya. Stem branching above. Leaves large, ovate- 

 acute ; coarsely toothed. Flowers in slender terminal spikes, small, 

 mostly opposite. Calyx turned downward in fruit. — Purplish. 2f. 

 July. Shady woods. Lopseed. 



