112 VASCULAR PLANTS. 



Family LXXIX. Calycantheae. 



Calyx fleshy; tube obconical; limb divided 

 into oo -seriate lobes. Petals 0. Stamens oo ; 

 anthers extrorse. Ovaries go , 1 -ovulate, in- 

 serted on the whole inner surface of the calyx- 

 tube ; styles go , terminal, exserted Fruit 

 go akenes, enclosed in the fleshy calyx-tube. 

 Leaves opposite; stipules 0. 



l. Calycanthus, Lind. 



Inner lobes of the go -seriate calyx-limb 

 smaller than the external. Outer series of 

 stamens fertile; inner, sterile. 



*? . flowers purple or brownish. 



Family lxxx. Pomacese. 



Calyx-tube aclnate to the ovary; limb 5-part- 

 ed. Carpidia 2 — 5, 2-ovulate. Styles 2 — 5. 

 Fruit baccate. 



1. Photinia, Lmd. 



Carpidia 2, imperfectly united and only half 

 immersed in the calyx-tube; styles 2. Calyx- 

 limb growing fleshy in fruit and covering the 

 upper half of the carpidia, which are 1-seeded 

 by abortion. 



*> . flowers in corymbose panicles. 



2. Amelanchier, Medik. 



Ovules of the carpidion separated by an in- 



