MALPIGHIACEAE | 799 
KALLSTROEMIA Scop. Herbs resembling Tribulus. Sepals 5, per- 
isten t Petals yellow or red. Filaments unappendage Fruit uneven or 
Dos —AÀbout 20 species of wide geographie discite —CALTROPS. 
Sepals lanceolate, not hirsute, mainly appressed-pubescent : fruit glabrous. 
1. K. e 
Sepals linear-subulate, bristly hirsute: fruit pubescent. 2. K. parviflora. 
1. K. maxima (L.) T. & G. Branches prostrate or procumbent, 2-6 dm. long 
or longer, appressed- pubescent and often HE hirsute: leaflets usually 6-8, 
‘the blades of the terminal pair 9—1 
long, elliptie or oval, often w o 
lanceolate, 3—4 mm. long: petals E 
yellow, obovate, m. long: fruit 7—10 
cbe qud aste-places, roadsides, and cu 
grounds, Coastal Plain, Fla., Ala., and Ga. 
Nat. of trop. Am.— (W. I., ‘Mex ; C. A., S. 
mazim ma in habit: sepals 45-6 mm. long: 
petals yellow: fruit 10-12 mm. long, the 
slender pem EE longer than dy. 
—Dry soil, Coastal and E A 
provinces, Miss. to n — (Mes. ) —Spr.- fall. 
3. GUAIACUM [Plum.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves relatively large, 
dice kt leaflets but little longer than wide. “Senate 5 or rarely 4, un- 
lue or purple. Filaments 
sone ier Fruit angled or winged.— 
About 8 species, natives of tropical America. 
1. G. sanctum L. Shrub or tree sometimes 
10 m. tall, with very hard heavy wood, the 
bark pale: leaves 5-10 cm. long; leaflets 6-8, 
the blades broadly elliptic 7 Bins , 2-3 
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Famity 8. MALPIGHIACEAE—MarriGHiA FAMILY 
Shrubs or trees, or partially woody herbs or vines. Leaves opposite: 
blades simple. Flowers usually perfect, sometimes cleistogamous. Calyx 
of 5 often gland-bearing sepals. Corolla of 5 usually clawed petals, or 
wanting. Androecium of 5-10 perfect or partly sterile stamens. ee 
eium of 2-4, usually 3, distinct or united carpels. Fruit drupaceous, cap 
sular, or nut-like.—About 60 genera and 750 species, cy distributed in 
tropical and subtropical regions. 
