. 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. 57s SAURURACEAE. Vol. I. pels, recurved, stigmatic along the inner side. Fruit rugose, depressed-globose, separating into 3 or 4 one-seeded carpels. [Name Greek, lizard's tail, alluding to the long slender spike.] Two species, the following typical one of eastern North America, the other of eastern Asia. i. Saururus cernuus L. Lizard's-tail. Fig. 1420. Saururus
. 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. 57s SAURURACEAE. Vol. I. pels, recurved, stigmatic along the inner side. Fruit rugose, depressed-globose, separating into 3 or 4 one-seeded carpels. [Name Greek, lizard's tail, alluding to the long slender spike.] Two species, the following typical one of eastern North America, the other of eastern Asia. i. Saururus cernuus L. Lizard's-tail. Fig. 1420. Saururus cernuus L. Sp. PI. 341. 1753. Somewhat pubescent when young, becoming glabrous; stem rather slender, erect, sparingly branched, 2°-s° high. Leaves ovate, thin, pal- mately 5-9-ribbed and with a pair of strong ribs above, which run nearly to the apex, dark green, entire, deeply cordate at the base, acuminate, 3'-6' long, 2-3Â¥ wide; petioles stout, shorter than the blades, striate; spikes few, very dense, longer than their peduncles, 4'-6' long, the apex drooping in flower; flowers fragrant; stamens white, spreading, about 2" long; fruit slightly fleshy, ii" in diameter, strongly wrinkled when dry. In swamps and shallow water, Rhode Island to Florida, west to southern Ontario, Minnesota and Texas. Swamp-lily. Breast-weed. June-Aug. Family 2. â JUGLANDACEAE Lindl. Nat. Syst. Ed. 2, 180. 1836. Walnut Family. Trees with alternate pinnately compound leaves, and monoecious bracteolate flowers, the staminate in long drooping aments; the pistillate solitary or several together. Staminate flowers consisting of 3-numerous stamens with or without an irregularly lobed perianth adnate to the bractlet, very rarely with a rudimentary ovary. Anthers erect, 2-celled, the sacs longitudinally dehiscent; filaments short. Pistillate flowers bracted and usually 2-bracteolate, with a 3-5-lobed (normally 4-lobed) calyx or with both calyx and petals, and an inferior i-celled or inco
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