CYRILLACEAE 811 
7. R. leucantha Jacq. Shrub, or tree becoming 9 m. tall, the bark thin, soft, 
Ars. peeling: leaflets 15-33; blades narrowly elliptie to linear-lanceolate, 
3—9 em. long: stone of the drupe about 3 mm. long.—(SOUTHERN-SUMAC.)— 
Huge. Everglade Keys, Fla.—(W. I.)—All year. 
SCHMALTZIA Desv. Shrubs or trees, aromatic, not poisonous. Leaf- 
Ege: pinnately d usually 3- ad Flowers polygamous or dioeci- 
ous, in ament-like racemes or panicles ore 
the leaves, Scu Hes green. Rea com- 
monly 5. Petals commonly 5. Ovary pubes- 
cent: styles short. rupe pubescent with 
crimson hairs, the sarcocarp not wax-secret- 
Seed smooth and even.—About 8 
species, N v American.—S WEET-SUMACS.— 
The bark of some species is used medicinally. 
1. S. crenata (Mill) Greene. Shrub with 
diffuse stems, 1-2.5 m. tall: leaflets 3; blade 
M : 
f the terminal one mostly ovate or obovate 
flowers yellow: 7 É ter 
S. aromatica (Ait.) y GRANT- 
AC. d P SUMAC.)—Dry woods, often in calcareous soils, various 
provinces, Fla. to La., Mun un and Ind.— e genus Schmaltzia has been 
pr.— 
interpreted as uc up of many species. All, ex id i present iban have 
geographie ranges northward and westward of our range. 
Faminy 4. CYRILLACEAE — Tırı FAMILY 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, mostly evergreen: blades entire. 
Flowers perfect. borne in lateral or terminal narrow racemes or raceme- 
white. Androecium of 5 o stamens. Gynoecium of 2-5 united car- 
pels: us united: stigmas 2-5. Fruit a dry ead or winged nut-like 
drupe.—Three genera a about 12 species, America 
Panicles lateral: sepals ee Bee acute, narrowed upward : stamens dd ovary 
2-celled : fruit terete, not w 1. CYRILLA. 
Panicles terminal: died une ae petals aad een up- 
: s 10: y 3- or 4-celled: fruit winged. 2. CLIFTONIA. 
1. CYRILLA Garden. Shrubs or small trees, with pale close bark. 
Leaves with veiny blades at Wa Panieles raceme-like, narrow, clustered, 
spreading in anthesis. Sepals acute or acuminate. Petals narrowed upward, 
clawless, about twice as long as ic sepals. Stamens equal: filaments flattened. 
Style short. Fruit.an almost terete spongy drupe, spreading.—Four or five 
species, the following and the others tropical American.—IRONWooDS. TITIS. 
RED-TITIS. WHITE-TITIS. 
‘Leaves mostly 5-10 cm. long ; ; blades thick-membranous : petals 3 Pur long or more: 
rupe conic-ovoid or ovoi . C. racemiflora. 
Leaves m 1-4 cm. Pee : blades coriaceous: petals less than 
ng: dru globose-ovoid or subglobose. 
Sepa kw "ovata an nner apiculate. 2. C. parvifolia. 
Sepals lanceolate: anthers notched. 3. C. arida. — 
