. 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 . I. Pachysandra procumbens Michx. Alle- ghany Mountain Spurge. Fig. 2775. P. procumbens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 177. />/. 4$. Somewhat pubescent, forming large clumps; stems stout, simple, 1° long or less. Leaves ovate, oval, or obovate, 2'-4' long, obtuse or acutish at the apex, coarsely dentate or some of them entire, cuneate or abruptly narrowed at the base into a petiol
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . I. Pachysandra procumbens Michx. Alle- ghany Mountain Spurge. Fig. 2775. P. procumbens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 177. />/. 4$. Somewhat pubescent, forming large clumps; stems stout, simple, 1° long or less. Leaves ovate, oval, or obovate, 2'-4' long, obtuse or acutish at the apex, coarsely dentate or some of them entire, cuneate or abruptly narrowed at the base into a petiole shorter than or equalling the blade; spikes i or several in the axils of the lower scales, densely many-flowered, 2'-->,' long, the staminate flowers forming most of the spike, the pistillate few toward its base; sepals green or purplish; filaments white, 4"-5" long. ads. West Virginia to Kentucky, 1. Flowers fragrant. April-May. Florida Family 74 ANACARDIACEAE Lindl. Nat. Syst. 1830. Sumac Family. Trees or shrubs, with acrid resinous or milky sap, alternate or rarely oppo- site leaves, and jjolygamo-dioecious or perfect, mainly regular flowers. Calyx 3-7-cleft. Petals of the same number, imbricated in the bud, or rarely none. Disk generally annular. Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals, rarely fewer, or more, inserted at the base of the disk; filaments separate; anthers commonly versatile. Ovary in the staminate flowers i-celled. Ovary in the pistillate flowers i- or sometimes 4-5-celled; styles 1-3; ovules i in each cavity. Fruit generally a small drupe. Seed-coat bony or crustaceous; endo- sperm little or none; cotyledons fleshy. About 60 genera and 500 species, most abundant in warm or tropical regions, a few extending into the temperate zones. Styles terminal : leaves compound : fruit nearly symmetrical. Fruit densely pubescent, its stone smooth. Flowers in dense terminal panicles, appearing after the leaves. i. Rhus. Flowers in clustered spikes,
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