Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) 2nd ed.Sargent, Charles Sprague
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) 2nd ed.
Sargent, Charles Sprague
Trees -- North America
LIII. Ericaceæ (p. 790). Flowers perfect; calyx and corolla 5-lobed
(_in Elliottia corolla of 4 petals_); (_ovary inferior in
Vaccinium_); fruit capsular, drupaceous or baccate; leaves
simple, alternate, without stipules, persistent (_deciduous in
Elliottia and Oxydendrum_).
LIV. Theophrastaceæ (p. 804). Flowers perfect, with staminodia; sepals
and petals 5; stamens 5; fruit a berry; leaves simple,
opposite or alternate, entire, without stipules.
LV. Myrsinaceæ (p. 805). Flowers perfect; calyx and corolla 5-lobed;
stamens 5; fruit a drupe; leaves simple, alternate, entire,
without stipules, persistent.
LVI. Sapotaceæ (p. 808). Flowers perfect; calyx 5-lobed; corolla
5-lobed (_6-lobed in Mimusops_), often with as many or twice
as many internal appendages borne on its throat; fruit a
berry; leaves simple, alternate, without stipules, persistent
(_deciduous in some species of Bumelia_).
LVII. Ebenaceæ (p. 820). Flowers perfect, diœcious, or polygamous;
calyx and corolla 4-lobed; fruit a 1 or several-seeded berry;
leaves simple, alternate, entire, without stipules, deciduous.
LVIII. Styraceæ (p. 824). Flowers perfect; calyx 4 or 5-toothed;
corolla 4 or 5-lobed or divided nearly to the base, or rarely
6 or 7-lobed; ovary superior or partly superior; fruit a
drupe; leaves simple, alternate, without stipules, deciduous;
pubescence mostly scurfy or stellate.
LIX. Symplocaceæ (p. 830). Flowers perfect; calyx and corolla 5-lobed;
ovary inferior or partly inferior; fruit a drupe; leaves
simple, alternate, without stipules, deciduous; pubescence
simple.
LX. Oleaceæ (p. 832). Flowers perfect or polygamo-diœcious; calyx
4-lobed (_0 in some species of Fraxinus_); corolla 2—6-parted
(_0 in some species of Fraxinus_); fruit a winged samara
(Fraxinus) or a fleshy drupe (Forestiera, Chionanthus and
Osmanthus); leaves pinnate (Fraxinus) or simple, opposite,
without stipules, deciduous (_persistent in Osmanthus_).
LXI. Borraginaceæ (p. 858). Flowers perfect or polygamous; calyx and
corolla 5-lobed; fruit a drupe; leaves simple, alternate,
scabrous-pubescent, without stipules, persistent or tardily
deciduous.
LXII. Verbenaceæ (p. 864). Flowers perfect; calyx 5-lobed; corolla 4
or 5-lobed; fruit a drupe or a 1-seeded capsule; leaves
simple, opposite, without stipules, persistent.
LXIII. Solanaceæ (p. 867). Flowers perfect; calyx campanulate, usually
5-lobed; corolla usually 5-lobed; fruit baccate, surrounded at
base by the enlarged calyx; leaves alternate, rarely opposite,
without stipules.
LXIV. Bignoniaceæ (p. 868). Flowers perfect; calyx bilabiate; corolla
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