130 MTRTACttJB. (myrtle family.) 



1. CALYCANTHUS, L. Bweet-hcewtbd Siirkr. 



Calyx-tube closed, leafy-bracted ; the lobes and petals in several rows, lanceo- 

 late, somewhat fleshy Stamens deciduous. Mature fruit dry, pear-shaped, 

 enclosing the large achenia — Aromatic shrubs, with opposite or forking branch* 

 cs, short-pctiohd deciduous leaves, and lame brownish-purple terminal Mowers. 



1. C. floridus, L. Branchlets, petioles, and peduncles hoary-pubescent ; 

 leaves oval or oblong, mostly acute or acuminate, very rough on the upper 



surface, tomentose and hoary beneath ; sepals and petals lineardanceolate. acute. 



— Hanks of streams in the upper districts, North Carolina to Mississippi. April. 



— Shrub 4° -8° high. Leaves 2' -3' long. Flowers 1' in diameter, very fra- 

 grant. 



2. C. laevigatllS, Willd. Branchlets, petioles, and peduncles pubescent 

 orsmoothish; leaves oblong or elliptical, mostly acute or acuminate, rough on 

 the upper surface, paler and nearly smooth beneath ; sepals and petals linear- 

 lanceolate, acute. (C. inodOTUS, Ell, leaves very rough above, but shining; 

 flowers inodorous.) — Banks of streams, chiefly in the low country, Florida, 

 Georgia, and westward. March and April. — Shrub 4° -8° high. Leaves 2'- 

 3' long. Flowers H' in diameter. 



3. C. glaucus, "Willd. Branchlets, petioles, and peduncles smooth; leaves 



huge, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, green and roughish on the upper 

 surface, smooth and glaucous beneath ; flowers large, the sepals and petals lan- 

 ceolate, and abruptly sharp-pointed. — Low shady woods along the mountains 

 of Georgia and North Carolina, May and June. — Shrub 6° -8° high. Leaves 

 rather rigid, 4'- 7' long. Flowers H'-2' in diameter. 



The PoHKGBANATE (PuNlCA Gkanati m, L.) belongs to the allied order 



(jIJAN.VTEX 



Order 50. MYRTACEiE. (Myrtle Family.) 



Trees or shrubs. Loaves opposite, simple, entire, dotted and commonly 

 with an intra-marginal vein. Stipules none. — Calyx 4-6-clefl, valvate 

 in the bud, the tube adherent to the compound ovary. Petals 4 - G, 

 inserted with the numerous stamens on the throat of' the calyx, sometimes 

 wanting. Filaments long, five, or variously combined. Anthers introrse, 

 roundish, longitudinally dehiscent. Style solitary. Seeds without albu- 

 men, fixed to a Central placenta. 



1. EUGENIA, Mieheli. Am.sncK. 

 Calyx-tube roundish, the limb 4-cleft. Petals 4. Stamens distinct. Ovary 



2 - .'{-celled, u ith several o\ tiles in each cell. Fruit baccate, roundish, 1 - 2-<vlled, 



I - » se ed ed. Cotyledons thick and united. Radicle rery short. — Flowers 



white, axillary, solitary, cymose, or clustered, 2-l>racted. 



