906 ARDISIACEAE 
Connective-body broad, less than 14 as long as the anther-saes: corolla-lobes linear or spatulate. 
Anthers prominently auricled at the base: corolla typically white. 1. D. Hugeri. 
Anthers scarcely if at all auricled at the base: corolla typically pink-purple. 
Capsules oblong-cylindric, over 1 em. long: filament-tube over 1 mm. long. 2. D. Meadia. 
Capsules ovoid, less than 1 em. long: filament-tube very short or filaments 
distinet. 3. D. brachycarpa. 
Connective-body narrow, over 1% as long as the anther-sacs: corolla lobes obovate. 4. D. Stanfieldüi. 
1. Dodecatheon Hügeri Small. Leaf-blades spatulate, oblong or oblong-oblanceo- 
late, 5-40 cm. long, often undulate or repand-crenate: scapes erect, overtopping the 
leaves: calyx-lobes lanceolate, somewhat longer than the tube : corolla white or delicately 
tinged with purple, 1-2 em. long: anthers prominently auricled at the base: capsules 
oblong-conic, 1-1.5 cm. long, much longer than the calyx. 
On river banks and bluffs, Maryland to Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama. Spring. 
2. Dodecatheon Meàdia L. Leaf-blades spatulate to oblong, 5-20 cm. long, entire 
to coarsely crenate: scapes overtopping the leaves: calyx-lobes linear to linear-lanceolate, 
much longer than the tube: corolla pink-purple or almost white: petals 1-1.5 em. long: 
filaments mostly united, the tube over 1 mm. long: anthers scarcely if at all auricled at 
the base : capsules oblong-cylindric, 1.2-1.5 cm. long, much longer than the calyx. 
On rocky bluffs and river banks, Pennsylvania to Wisconsin, Georgia and Texas. Spring and 
summer. 
3. Dodecatheon brachycárpa Small. Similar to the two preceding species in 
habit. Corolla pink-purple: filaments mostly united but the tube very short: anthers 
scarcely if at all auricled at the base: capsules ovoid, less than 1 em. long, slightly longer 
than the sepals. 
On prairies, Maryland to Missouri, Alabama, and Arkansas. Spring and summer. 
4. Dodecatheon Stanfiéldia Small. Leaf-blades spatulate, 7-13 cm. long, entire, 
undulate and obtuse, the petiole-like bases relatively slender: scapes erect, 3-4 dm. tall, 
slender, glabrous: umbels few-flowered : calyx-lobes lanceolate, 3-5 mm. long, acute: 
corolla rose-purple, showy ; lobes obovate, mainly about 2 cm. long. 
In moist soil, San Marcos, Texas. Spring. 
FAMILY 3. THEOPHRASTACEAE D. Don. JACQUINIA FAMILY. 
Shrubs or small trees, with a light bark. Leaves opposite or somewhat 
whorled : blades leathery, yellowish, varying from retuse to apiculate, persistent. 
Flowers perfect, yellowish, in racemes, corymbs or panicles. Calyx campanu- 
late, of 5 imbricated sepals. Corolla campanulate or rotate-salverform : lobes 
5, imbricated in the bud, spreading, with a series of staminodia which represent 
the outer series of stamens, attached below each sinus. Androecium of 5 stamens 
adnate to the base of the corolla-tube. Staminodia at the sinuses of the corolla. 
Gynoecium of 5 united carpels. Styles united, mostly hidden by the converging 
anthers. Ovules not immersed in the placentae. Berry leathery, subglobose. 
Seeds few or many. E 
1. JACQUINIA L. 
Characters of the family, as given above. JOEWOOD. 
1. Jacquinia Keyénsis Mez. A shrub or small tree, reaching a height of us an 
a maximum trunk diameter of 10 em., with a smooth blue-gray blotched bark, branc e 
above into a round top, the young branchlets angled, rusty-puberulent, sometimes orange OF 
yellowish green, becoming terete, darker and glabrous with age and marked with conspicu 
ous orbicular leaf-scars. Leaf-blades leathery, cuneate-spatulate or oblong-obovate, m 
long, yellowish green, 3-nerved, glabrous, shining, retuse or obtuse, often mucronu'? d 
revolute, short-petioled : racemes 2-6 cm. long: calyx campanulate, 2-3 mm. bise iod 
rowed to the club-shaped pedicel: sepals orbicular-ovate, obtuse: corolla sae Pies 
salverform, about 1 cm. broad ; lobes longer than the tube, spreading, oblong, o rm z 
staminodia shorter than the corolla-lobes, oblong, erose at the apex : stamens = pail eer 
Las disp berry subglobose, 8-10 mm. in diameter. [J. armillaris Chapm., 
acq. : 
On and near the coast, southern peninsular Florida and the Keys. 
FAMILY 4. ARDISIACEAE Juss. MYRSINE FAMILY. 
Shrubs or trees, with rather compact wood and usually a gray bark. 
mostly alternate: blades leathery, entire, punctate: stipules none. 
Leaves 
Inflores- 
