] About 150 species, natives

] About 150 species, natives Post Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:25:27 +0000
Seeds in I or 2 rows on both margins of the partition, winged, much broader than high, the wing entire, or erose at the end. [Named after the Abbe Bignon, 1662-1743, librarian to Louis XV.] About 150 species, natives of America.

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1. - Ont to Fla, Mont Post Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 4:06:55 +0000
undulate; pod deeply 3-4-lobed. 12-16 cm broad. Ont to Fla, Mont, and the Ind Terr June.

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2. - Leaves oblong, to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate Post Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 3:56:33 +0000
4 Euonymus Europaeus L SPINDLE-TREE. (I F F 2368) A glabrous shrub, 1-3 M high, resembling the preceding. Leaves oblong, to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, crenulate; peduncles mostly less than 25 cm long, stouter; flowers about i cm broad; petals 4 (rarely 5).

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3. - Low glabrous shrubs, with corky Post Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 3:41:01 +0000
oblong or obovate; pod smooth, deeply 4-lobed. Escaped from cultivation, N H, N Y and N J June. Low glabrous shrubs, with corky branches, coriaceous evergreen leaves, and small axillary, perfect brownish flowers.

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4. - Stamens 4, inserted beneath Post Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 3:28:23 +0000
Calyx-lobes 4, broad. Petals 4, spread- ing. Stamens 4, inserted beneath the disk ; filaments longer than the anthers.

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5. - Seeds oblong with a white Post Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 3:11:32 +0000
Ovary immersed in the disk, 2-celled; ovules 2 in each cavity, erect; style short; stigma slightly 2-lobed. Capsule oblong, compressed, 2-celled, at length loculicidally de- hiscent, i-2-seeded. Seeds oblong with a white many-lobed aril at the base.

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6. - CANBYS MOUNTAIN LOVER Post Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 2:52:07 +0000
Two species, natives of N Am P Myrsiniles occurs in the Rocky Mountains. I Pachystima Canbyi A Gray. CANBYS MOUNTAIN LOVER.

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7. - On dry exposed rocks, Va Post Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 2:38:44 +0000
(I F F 2369 ) A shrub 1-3 dm high, with decumbent rooting branches. Leaves oblong, or slightly obovate, 12-2 cm long, 3-4 mm wide, obtuse at each end, very short- petioled, pale green, serrate, the margins revolute; peduncles i-3-flowered, 2- bracted below the middle; pedicels slender and 2-bracted near the base; calyx- lobes oval, about equalling the petals; capsule about 8 mm long and 4 mm in diameter. On dry exposed rocks, Va and W Va April-May.

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8. - Petals 5, inserted under Post Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 2:21:06 +0000
Shrubs, mainly climbing, with thin deciduous leaves, and racemose or panic- ulate, small dioecious or polygamous flowers. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5, inserted under the disk.

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9. - Capsule 2-4-celled, loculicidally dehiscent into Post Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 2:06:40 +0000
Stamens in the sterile flowers 5, inserted at the sinuses of the 5- lobed disk. Ovary 2-4-lobed, 2-4- celled; style thick; stigma 2-4-lobed; ovules 2 in each cavity, erect. Capsule 2-4-celled, loculicidally dehiscent into as many valves.

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10. - ] About 30 known species, only Post Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 1:48:40 +0000
Seeds enclosed in a scarlet aril; embryo straight; endosperm fleshy; coty- ledons flat, coriaceous. [Greek name of some evergreen tree.] About 30 known species, only I in N Am I Celastrus scandens L SHRUBBY OR CLIMBING BITTERSWEET.

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