. 812 CYRILLACEAE 
. C. racemiflora L. eae Boop ants Aenea shrub or small tree reaching 
a height of 10 m. andam m trunk diameter of 3 dm., semi-evergreen, the 
trunk clothed with a clos near or whitish 
bark:  leaf-blades Blu nous, ob- 
laneeolate, obovate, or nearly elliptie, 5-10 
-15 cm. 1 finall 
E sepals ovate or ovate- E, 
l mm. long, acute: corolla white, 4-5 m 
broad: nc lanceolate or cblong-laneco- 
l te, 3 long more, acute rupe 
conic- ovoid or ovoid, 2. 5-3 mm. long, er 
minutely granular: 'seeds narrowly ovoid.— 
(LEATHERWOOD. E-HUCKLEBERRY. BLACK- 
Fla. , Mo., . Va.—Spr. The DNE and red-tinged heart-wood is 
close- 223 heavy, and hard. The flowers are an important source of honey. 
2. C. parvifolia Raf. Glabrous evergreen compact, rigid, and much branched 
ade 
shrub 1-5 m. tall, evergreen: leaf-blades thin-coriaceous, oblanceolate or linear- 
oblanceolate, 1-4 em. long, acute or WP UA lustrous above, paler beneath, 
more ee less reticulate: racemes slender, 3—8 c age di wee mm. long, 
commonl rac s: E. vate, lm : 
corolla white, 3—4 mm. broad: petals broadly E A L oe, m. long, 
more than twice as Ius as the sepals, obtuse, ii ed at the base and above 
the midrib: stamens included: drupe subglobose or globose-ovoid, 
long, slightly granular.—Swamps and bays, Coastal Plain, N Fla. t > Ia cum 
ge Small eae perhaps also a shrub, usually with vine-like 
bra nehes : leaves evergreen, ximate near the ends of the branches; peer 
elliptic- a. e RU nccolnt te, or narrowly elli iptie, 1-3 em. long, thick 
coriaceous: panicles stly 2-6 em. long: sepals acuminate: petals ptic. 
a about mus as long as the sepals, 2-2.5 mm. long: drupe globose- 
ovoid, often em about 2 mm. long. —Serub, nina sand-dunes, S lake 
region, Fla.—Sum 
2. CLIFTONIA Gaertn. Shrubs or small trees, with dark scaly bark. 
Leaves with smooth blades. Panicles raceme-like, stout, not clustered, erect 
in anthesis. Sepals very broad and rounded, 
often reniform. Petals broadened upwards, 
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tyle wanting. Fruit a winged nut-like 
drupe, nodding.—One species. 
1. C. Mere (Lam.) Sarg. Shrub or 
tree becoming 8 m. tall: leaves evergreen; 
blades narrowly elliptic to elliptic-oblanceo- 
em. long, pale or 
ova a ; 
"puse E ieee 2-9 cm. long: 
s fragrant: sepals about 0.5 mm. long: 
petals spatulate elliptic- -obovate, or cuneate, 
m. long, or sometimes sho rter: drupe ovoid to oval, 6-7 mm. long, the 
de Mem E at both ends. [C. ligustrina Sims ]|— (Trt. ' BLACK- mm. Buck- 
