132 
Spring Flora of Oklahoma 
at the apex, rounded or narrowed at the base, sharply serrate. Key 
linear-oblong' or cuneate, l'-2' long, winged all around, parallel- 
veined. 
In woods. March-April. 
III. FORESTIERA Poir. 
Shrubs with opposite, simple, serrulate or entire, decidu¬ 
ous or persistent leaves, and small, yellow or greenish dioe¬ 
cious or polygamous flowers, fascicled, short-racemose or 
paniculate from scaly buds produced at the axils of the pre¬ 
ceding season. Calyx wanting. Corolla wanting, or of 1 
or 2 small, deciduous petals. Stamens 2-4. Ovary ovoid, 
2-celled. Stigma 2-lobed. Fruit an oblong or sub-globose 
drupe. 
1. Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir. Adelia. A shrub or 
small tree, the branches somewhat spiny, the foliage glabrous. Leaves 
ovate, lanceolate or oblong, finely denticulate, l'-4' long. Staminate 
flowers fascicled. Pistilate flowers short-paniculate. Drupe oblong 
when mature. 
River banks. March-April. Southeastern part of state. 
FAMILY 68. LOGANIACEiE. Logania Family. 
Herbs, shrubs or vines, with opposite or verticillate, 
simple, stipulate leaves, or the leaf-bases conected by a 
stipular line or membrane, and regular, perfect, 4-5- 
parted, mostly cymose or spicate flowers. Calyx inferior, 
the tube campanulate. Corolla gamopetalous, funnel- 
form, campanulate, or, rarely, rotate. Ovary superior, 2- 
celled (rarely 3-5-celled.) Fruit a 2-valved capsule. 
Seeds winged or wingless. 
I. POLYPREMUM L. 
A glabrous, diffusely-branched, annual herb, with op¬ 
posite, linear-subulate leaves, their bases connected by a 
stipular membrane, and small, white flowers in terminal, 
bracted cymes. Calyx deeply 4-parted. Corolla rotate- 
