. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Gen IS 3, HYDRANGEA FAMILY. 233 Petals 7-10. narrow. Stamens 20-30, inserted on the disk; filaments subulate. Ovary 5-10- celled, 10-15-ribbed, its ape.\ conic; style thick; stigma capitate, 5-10-lobed; ovules «. Capsule fragile, ribbed, opening between the ribs. Seeds numerous, the testa menibranous, reticulated, produced into a club-shaped appendage. [Latin, decern,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Gen IS 3, HYDRANGEA FAMILY. 233 Petals 7-10. narrow. Stamens 20-30, inserted on the disk; filaments subulate. Ovary 5-10- celled, 10-15-ribbed, its ape.\ conic; style thick; stigma capitate, 5-10-lobed; ovules «. Capsule fragile, ribbed, opening between the ribs. Seeds numerous, the testa menibranous, reticulated, produced into a club-shaped appendage. [Latin, decern, ten; the parts being often in lo's.] A monotypic cenus of southeastern North .^.merica. I. Decumaria barbara L. Decumaria. Fig. 2192. D. barbara L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1663. 1763. Glabrous, or the shoots pubescent, climb- ing by aerial rootlets to a height of several feet. Petioles i'-i' long; leaves ovate, acute or obtuse at the apex, rounded or narrowed at the base 2'-^ long, entire or repand-denticulate, sometimes pubescent on the veins of the lower surface, glabrous and shining above; corymbs terminal, com- pound, 2'-3' broad; flowers white, fragrant, 3"-4" broad; deciduous; cap- sule top-shaped, 2"-3" high, tipped with the conic persistent style, opening between the ribs and remaining on the plant after the seeds fall awa>. In swamps, southeastern Virginia to Flor- ida, west to Louisiana. May-June. Family 49. ITEACEAE Agarclh, Theor. Syst. PI. 151. 1858. Virginia Willow Family. Consists of the following genus : I. iXEA L. Sp. PI. 199. 1753. Shrubs or small trees, with simple alternate petioled deciduous leaves, no stipules, and small white flowers in terminal narrow racemes. Calyx-tube obconic or campanulate, 5-lobed, its base adnate to the ovary. Petals 5, linear, their apices infiexed. Stamens 5, inserted on the disk. Ovarj' 2-celled; style slender; stigma 2-grooved in our species; ovules few or numerous. Capsule oblong or narrowly conic,
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