752 VITACEAE 
1-4 em. long, rounded but often apiculate at the apex, serrate-dentate, gradually or abruptly 
narrowed into short petioles or sometimes truncate or subcordate at the base : flower-clusters 
sessile or nearly so: hypanthium tomentose : sepals 5, rather persistent : drupes subglobose, 
aie mm. in diameter, on recurved pedicels, which are about as longas the diameter of the 
ruit. 
On plains and prairies, Texas to New Mexico and northern Mexico. 
2. Colubrina reclinata (L’Her.) Brongn. A tree, reaching a maximum height of 
20 m., with a trunk diameter of about 1.5 m., its twigs and young leaves puberulent, the 
bark exfoliating in paper-like scales. Leaf-blades leathery, ovate-oblong or rarely oval or 
obovate, 3-8 cm. long, short-acuminate but usually obtuse, entire, sometimes undulate, not 
3-nerved, never rusty-pubescent, rounded or somewhat cuneate at the base ; petioles 1-1.5 
em. long: flowers in loose glabrate clusters which are usually surpassed by the petioles : 
calyx glabrate: sepals 5, ovate, slightly acuminate: petals sessile: drupes capsule-like, 
4-6 mm. in diameter, rather densely clustered. 
In sahd, peninsular Florida and the Keys. Also in the West Indies and Bahamas. NAKED Woop. 
SOLDIERWOOD. 
3. Colubrina colubrina (L.) Small. Anevergreen shrub 2-5 m. tall, the foliage more 
or less persistently rusty-tomentose, Leaf-blades leathery, ovate, oblong, elliptic, or rarely 
oblanceolate, 5-15 em. long, obtuse or short-acuminate, smooth and glabrous above, rusty- 
pubescent and veiny beneath, 3-nerved, rounded or subcordate at the base; petioles 5-15 
mm. long, densely rusty-pubescent: cymes shorter than the petioles, and pubescent like 
them: calyx 3.5-4.5 mm. broad: sepals triangular-ovate, obtuse: petals spatulate, 1.5-2 
mm. long, notched at the apex, surpassed by the sepals : drupes obovoid-globose, 8-9 mm. 
in diameter, on pedicels 8-10 mm. long. {Rhamnus colubrina L., C. ferruginosa Brongn]. 
In sand, southern Florida and the Keys. Also in the West Indies. 
11. GOUANIA Jacq. 
Shrubs, mostly high-climbing by tendrils, with slender elongated branchlets. Leaves 
alternate: blades petioled, commonly leathery, stipules elongated, deciduous. Flowers 
polygamous, in axillary or terminal, sometimes panicled spikes or racemes, whose rachis 
often gives off tendrils. Hypanthium obconic. Sepals 5, spreading. Disk epigynouss 
filling the hypanthium, 5-angled or produced into 5 horns, glabrous or pubescent. Petal, 
5, inserted in the sinuses of the edge of the disk, shorter than the calyx: blades hooded. 
Stamens 5: filaments hidden by the petals. Ovary immersed in the disk, 3-celled : styles 
3, united at the base. Drupe capsule-like, leathery, 3-winged, separating into 3 nutlets. 
Seeds plano-convex, witha shining horny testa. Endosperm thin. 
1. Gouania Domingénsis L. A slender climbing shrub, with more or less pubescent 
branches. Stems much branched, elongated : leaf-blades oval or elliptic verging to ovate, 
3-9 cm. long, short-acuminate, with obtuse commonly coarsely serrate blunt teeth, 
rounded or subcordate at the base, glabrous on both surfaces; petioles 3-12 mm. long, 
clothed with appressed hairs: spikes interrupted, 6-15 em. long, villous-tomentose, pro- , 
ducing tendrils at or near the base : flowers yellow : drupes subglobose, 3-winged, about 
cm. broad (including the wings), finally separating into three 2-winged nutlets. 
In sand, southern Florida and the West Indies. Also in Mexico. 
FAMILY 2. VITACEAE Lindl. Grapm FAMILY. 
Shrubby or tree-like vines, usually climbing by means of tendrils, possessing 
copious watery and sometimes gelatinous sap. Stems swollen at the nodes, 
clothed with a shreddy or close bark. Leaves simple or compound, the lower 
ones opposite, the upper alternate: blades petioled, coarsely toothed or lobed. 
Stipules present or wanting. Inflorescence axillary, cymose, umbel-like, race- 
mose, thyrsoid or panicled. Flowers often fragrant; perfect, polygamous or dioe- 
cious, regular. Calyx of 4-5 sepals or sometimes obsolete. Disk filling the hypan- 
thium or wanting. Corolla of 4-5 valvate and often caducous petals sometimes 
cohering by their tips. Androecium of 4-5 stamens opposite the petals. Fila- 
ments distinct. Anthers introrse. Ovary 2-celled or sometimes 3—6-celled, free 
or adnate to the disk at the base. Styles united. Stigma capitate or peltate. 
Ovules 1-2 in each cavity, anatropous, ascending. Fruit a berry, often with a 
very watery pulp. Seeds 1-2 in each cavity, erect, with a bony testa. Endo- 
