. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 136 LAURACEAE. Vol. 2. Benzoin melissaefolium (Walt.) Nees. Hairy Spice-bush. Fig. 1972. Launis melissaefolia Walt. Fl. Car. 134. 1788. Lindera melissaefolia Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. i ; 324. 1857. Benzoin melissaefolium Nees, Syst. 494- 1836. A shrub similar to the preceding species but the young twigs, buds and lower surfaces of the leaves densely pubescen
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 136 LAURACEAE. Vol. 2. Benzoin melissaefolium (Walt.) Nees. Hairy Spice-bush. Fig. 1972. Launis melissaefolia Walt. Fl. Car. 134. 1788. Lindera melissaefolia Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. i ; 324. 1857. Benzoin melissaefolium Nees, Syst. 494- 1836. A shrub similar to the preceding species but the young twigs, buds and lower surfaces of the leaves densely pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceo- late or oblong, acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, 2-4' long, 9"-i8" wide; petioles i"-3" long; pedicels equal- ling or slightly longer than the calyx-segments; anthers truncate, at the summit; drupe 3"-5" high. In swamps and wet soil, Illinois and Missouri to North Carolina, south to Alabama and Florida. Jove's-fruit. Family 36. PAPAVERACEAE B. Juss. Hort. Trian. 1759. Poppy Family. Herbs, with milky or colored sap, and alternate leaves or the upper rarely opposite. ' Stipules none. Flowers solitary or in clusters, perfect, regular. Sepals 2 (rarely 3 or 4), caducous. Petals 4-6 or rarely more, imbricated, often wrinkled, deciduous. Stamens mostly numerous, hypogynous, distinct; filaments filiform; anthers innate, longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary i, many-ovuled, mainly I-celled, with parietal placentae; style short; stigma simple or divided; ovules anatropous. Fruit a capsule, dehiscent by a pore, or by valves. Seeds mostly numerous; embryo small at the base of fleshy or oily endosperm. About 23 genera and 115 species, widely distributed, most abundant in the north temperate zone. Pod dehiscent at the top, or only to the middle. Leaves not spiny-toothed. Leaves spiny-toothed. Pod dehiscent to the base. Flowers white ; petals 8-16 ; juice red. 3- Sangmnarxa Flowers and juice yellow
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