668 KRAMERIACEAE 
obovate, mostly 1-2 em. long, rounded or retuse and mucronate at the apex 
jas , 15-2 dm. long: bracts spr eading : corolla light-yellow, less than 1. 5 
m. wide: pod obo wate, 6-8 cm. long, prickly all over: seed yellow or yellow- 
i ich eee S Fla.— (W. I.) 
14. TAMARINDUS [Tourn.] L. Unarmed trees. Leaves relatively small: 
eaflets numerous. Sepals 4. Petals 3, often with 2 additional rudiments. 
3, e 
mi 
ia. Ovary elongate. Pod indehiscent, suc- 
eulent within.—One species. 
1, T. indica L. Tree with spreading 
branches: leaflets 18-36, 12 em. long, the 
blades elliptie to linear- “elliptic, becoming 
reticulate:. sepals 10— ong: petals 
yellowish or reddish, $16 long, 
erisped: pod thick, 6—13 em. long, more or 
less curved, the edges rounded MA- 
— Hammocks an lt. grounds, Ever- 
glade Keys, Fla. and Florida Keys : 
d eult.—( 4 Mes., C. A., 8. A.) —Spr.-sum — The green fruit 
is used to make an acid drink and the ripe fruit may be eate 
Famity 18. KRAMERIACEAE — Ruatany FAMILY 
Shrubs or perennial gs Leaves alternate: blades pon or rarely 
3-foliolate. owe rregular. Calyx of 4 or 5 unequa sepals. 
Corolla of 2 seale-like Rud. 3- dared partially united petals. eee cium of 
3 or 4 stamens with partially united filaments, the anther-sacs opening by 
terminal pores. Gynoecium 1-carpellary, the ovary pubescent and echi- 
nate. Fruit indehiscent, spine-armed.—Comprises the following genus. 
1. KRAMERIA Loefl. Herbs with prostrate stems, or spinescent shrubs. 
Calyx with petaloid inner sepals. Fruit w hu ——About 20 species, American. 
The flowers, mainly r r yellowish, hav 
superficial a i some orchids, end 
are frequently fragrant. 
orb and sto rown es, the body 
globula E. secundiflora (Fl. SE. U. S.)] 
—(SANDBUR.)—San p nds and sand 
i T Coastal Plain, Fla. a The 
G eolor > 
e foliage of the prostrate branches rA |n the plants scarcely dis- 
ed shable from the: sand in which the Th nts, however are 
readily seen when in flower on account of the decided purple of the petals. 
