POLYGALACEAE 765 
cleft. | Anthers sagittate. Stigma 3-6- 
lobed. Drupe coriaceous-fleshy. Seed not 
winged.—About 25 species, Asiatic. 
1. M. Azedarach L. Tree becoming 15 m. 
tall (in M. Azedarach umbraculifera with 
an umbrella-like top): leaflets numerous; 
blades herbaceous, ovate, oval, or de 
-— 1 obed: flow 
and N. C. Nat. 
A favorite shade-tree about cabi One 
much used for cabinet-work. “Extensively turned and very showy when 
in flower.—Spr.—The leaves are deciduou 
2. SWIETENIA Jacq. Trees, with hard wood. Leaf-blades once equally 
pinnate. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamin al-tube short, the lobes entire. Stigma 
id. Capsule woody. Seed winged.— 
Three species, 2 American and 1 African. 
1. Mahagoni Jacq. Tree becoming 25 
m. tall: leaflets 4-8; gees rae das. 
to ovate-lanceolate, 3-8 ong, 
zi 
D 
IAN MAHOGANY.) —Ham ocks, Ever- 
Keys to Cape Sable, pen. Fla. and 
lade DOC 
Florida Keys.—(W. I., C. A., S. A. )—Sum. vtt: 
—The source of the mahogan much used 
in sabe wou The leaves are persistent. 
OrpER POLYGALALES — POLYGALAL ORDER 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves alternate, opposite, or whorled, some- 
times aes Flowers perfect. Perianth mostly irregular, each whorl 
ments often partially united. Anthers opening by terminal pores or 
cracks. Gynoecium of 2 united carpels, or rarely of more. Fruit capsular. 
Famity 1. POLYGALACEAE — MinkwogT FAMILY 
Herbs, or rarely shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades mostly entire. Flowers 
solitary, spicate, or racemose, san Spe alyx of mostly 5 se epals, the 
inner petaloid. Corolla of 5, or often of 3, iul Buren united petals, 
the lower one keel-like. Androecium o amens, partially coherent 
with the petals. Anthers 1-celled. Capsule usually 2-seeded.—About 10 
genera ini 1,000 species, ponen distributed. 
Corolla-keel blunt, crestless and beakless. 1. ASEMEIA. 
Corolla-keel appendaged, with a lobed er tufted crest. 
