An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . nnial loaves arising at thebase and with naked, branching flowering stem bearing large numbers oflavender-colored flowers. Flowers one-sided on the branches; calyx5-lobed; the lobes linear; corolla bell-formed, tubular, 5-parted. Stamens5, usually attaelied to the lobes of the corolla. L. carolinianum, (Walt.) Britton, (Fig. 8, pi. 119.) Sea Laven-der. Marsh Kosemary. Leaves narrow, broadest toward the apex, taper-ing
An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . nnial loaves arising at thebase and with naked, branching flowering stem bearing large numbers oflavender-colored flowers. Flowers one-sided on the branches; calyx5-lobed; the lobes linear; corolla bell-formed, tubular, 5-parted. Stamens5, usually attaelied to the lobes of the corolla. L. carolinianum, (Walt.) Britton, (Fig. 8, pi. 119.) Sea Laven-der. Marsh Kosemary. Leaves narrow, broadest toward the apex, taper-ing into long loaf-stems, one conspicuous rib tipped with a bristly with flower cluster 1 to 2 ft. high. Salt meadows, all along ourcoast. July-Oct. Order III.—EBENALES. Order of the Ebonys Shrubs or trees, with hard wood. Flowers with stamens as manyas tiie corolhi lobes or twice as many; with both stamens and pis-tils or staminate and pistillate flowers separate. Fruit a berry. Family I.—EBENACEAE. Ebony Family Calyx well developed, 5- to 7-parted, but its parts united belowthe fruit. Ovary free from calyx; in the staminate flowers it is PRIMROSE FAMILY 483. Plate 120 1. Lysimachia terrestris. 2. Steironema lanceolata. 3. Lysimachia quad-rifolia. 4. Steironema lanceolata. 5. Naumburgia tliyrsiflora. 484 OLEACEAE only partially or not at all developed. Fniit a berry containingone or more seeds. DIOSPYROS, L. A tree of considerable size in southern part of our area, common fur-ther south. Bark furrowed, dark; leaves broad egg-shaped or oval, 2 to5 in, long, about i as wide, dark green above, light beneath. Corollaswith petals united but parted i way into 4 lobes or more. Stamens 8 to20; styles 2 to 6. In the sterile flowers stamens reach the highest num-ber, in the fertile flowers very few or no stamens. Berry pulpy. Theberry has an extremely astringent taste before ripening, but when ripeis sweet and palatable. D. virginiana, L. (Fig. 11, pi. 121.) Persimmon. Is oc
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