Genus 43. LAGERSTRŒ̀MIA.
Flowers with 6 long-clawed petals inserted on the broadly spreading calyx; fruit 3- to 6-celled pods with many winged seeds.
L. Índica.
Lagerstrœ̀mia Índica, L. (Crape-myrtle.) Leaves roundish-ovate, thick, smooth, short-petiolate; branches winged; flowers in terminal clusters with large, delicately crisped, long-stemmed petals of pink, purple, and other colors. A beautiful small tree, or usually a shrub, from India; often cultivated in the North in conservatories; hardy as far north as Washington.
Order XXI. ARALIÀCEÆ. (Ginseng Family.)
A small order of herbs, shrubs, and trees, here represented by the following genus:
Genus 44. ARÀLIA.
Herbs, shrubs, or trees, with pinnately or palmately compound leaves; here including Acanthopanax with palmately cleft leaves. Flowers whitish or greenish, in umbels, often forming large panicles. Fruit small, berry-like, several-celled, several-seeded.
| * Leaves 2 to 3 times odd-pinnate (Aralia proper) | 1, 2. |
| * Leaves simple, palmately cleft (Acanthopanax) | 3. |