12 DICOTYtEDONOUS. 



ed, 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. 



GEims I. SCHIRANDRA. 



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. Coccinea. A (railing shrub. Leaves alternate, variable, ovate or 

 oval, sometimes denticulated, tapering at each end, frequently somewhat 

 cordate. Flowers solitary, axilary. on short peduncles, upper ones stami 

 nate. Carpels small, red ; torus red ; Seed suspended. 



Red. % May — June. Rich damp soil. 10 — 15 feet. 



B.emarks. A handsome plant, and easily cultivated. 



Order V.— MENISPERMACE.E. 



Flowers dioecious, small, in racemes or panicles. Sepals 

 and petals often confounded, hypogynous, deciduous. Sta- 

 jnens maonadelphous, 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 seve- 

 ral, distinct. Drupes baccate, 1 -seeded, incurved. Seed hete- 

 rotropous. Embryo curved. Climbing shrubs or sufiructi- 

 cose plants. Leaves alternate, simple, palmately veined. 



Gentjs I, COCCULUS. 

 [Sym. Wendlandia, Menispermun.) 



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

 Staminatejlowers, stamens 3 — 6, distinct ; filaments thickened 

 at the summit. Pistillate Jloivers sometimes, with 6 abortive 

 stamens. Ovaries 3 — 6. Drupes 1 — 6. 



1. C. Carolinus. S'tem slender sarmentose, minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 variable, cordate or ovate, or nearly orbicular, commonly with several obtuse 

 lobes, mucronate, pubescent underneath, frequently coriaceous when ma- 

 ture. Petals with two inflexed auricles at the base of each. Drupe com- 

 pressed, red ; nut curved, forming nearly a rin^. 

 White. T2 June. Georgia to Mississippi. 



Genus II. MENISPERMUM. 



Flower diceceous. Sepals 4 — 8 in a double series. Petals 

 4 — 8, sometimes none. Stamens numerous, distinct ; anthers 



