CELASTRACEAE 819 
or clustered. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 
9, borne beneath the disk. rds ereet.— 
About 10 speeies, tropieal American. 
l. M. phyllanthoides Benth.’ Shrub 
tree: leaf- pii obovate to nid -oblaneeo- 
te, 2-4 long: hypanthium broadly 
turbinate: d pale reddish: s 2-3 mm 
road, white ish-w 
the recurved capsule valves, red.— 
Hammocks and sand-dun E eoast of lower 
pen. Fla. and Florida zu and lower Rio 
Grande “region, Tex.— (W ' Mex , €. A.)— 
Spr.-sum.—The leaves iad gutta- percha. 
5. RHACOMA L. Shrubs or small trees. Leaves eae, opposite, or 
whorled, persistent: blades entire or toothed. ide m i Sa 
or solitary in axillary peduncled cymes. Sepals r 9. tals 9. Sta- 
mens 4 or 5, borne between the lobes of the a pub net m 12 
species, tropical Ameri 
Leaf-blades crenate or entire: cymes long-stalked (10-15 me ) » R. Crossopetalum. 
Leaf-blades spiny toothed: cymes short-stalked (3-5 mm.) 2. R. ilicifolia. 
1. R. Cressopetalum L. Erect shrub or Rd with Po twigs: leaf-blades 
obovate or rarely e PA 1-4 
long, shallowly crenate entire: Cus 
mm. = red or purplish: drupe 
obovoid, 5-6 mm. long, red.—Hammocks and 
sand-dunes, coasts of S. pen. Fla. and the 
Keys.—(W. I.).—All year. 
2. R.ilicifolia (Poir.) Trelease. Depressed 
shrub with pubescent twigs: leaf-blades 
oval or ovate, 10-15 mm. long, coarsely 
spiny toothed: cymes short- -peduncled: 
(CHRISTMAS-BERRY. )—Pine lands, Everglad 
Keys, Fla. and Florida eye —(W. I.) —AII year.—Grows in small sinks. 
. GYMINDA Sarg. Shrubs or : the twigs 4-angled. Leaves oppo- 
site, persistent: blades mostly entire. low 
ers dioecious, in axillary cymes. Sepals 4, 
or rarely 3. Pota ls 4, or rarely 3. Stamens 
, borne without a disk. Drupe smooth.— 
b species, the eus and 1 in C. A. 
G. latifolia (Sw.) Urban. Shrubo 
, mall 
tree: leaf- ed abet to e obovate, 
5 . long, bri no r gla above 
Boa pde 1.5-2 mm. long, white: Du 
llips ovoid, 7-8 mm. long, rte 
— (FALSE-BOXWOOD.) — Ham Flo Ó 
Keys.—(W. I., Mex.)—The es em Sond EN 
is heavy, and hard. 
