820 DODONAEACEAE 
7. SCHAEFFERIA Jacq. Shrubs or trees, the twigs terete. Leaves 
alternate, persistent: blades entire. Flowers dioecious, in axillary clusters. 
Sepals 4. Petals 4. Stamens 4, born 
out the disk. Stigmas recurved. Du rupe 
tubereulate.—Five species, tropical Ameri- 
can. 
1. = p ri Jacq. Shrub a small tree: 
lea clustered; blades elliptic, oval, 
elliptic: Poa or elli iptie- EG i6 
m. long, shining above: flowers manites uy 
e about prs m. 
diameter.— (Box woopD. YELLOW-WOOD. pe 
Hammoeks de peu eoast of Fla. Ever- 
glade Keys, and Florida Keys.— . 
Spr.—The urs PAAR hod] wood is dcm 
grained and heavy. It is sometimes used as 
a substitute for MET in pem aving. 
FAMILY 7. HIPPOCRATEACHAE — HIPPOCRATEA FAMILY 
Shrubs or trees, or vines. s doa blades simple. Flowers 
Calyx 
perfect, in axillary racemes, panicles, or cymes. of 5 persistent 
sepals. Corolla of 5 petals. Rae aa of mostly j stamens. Gynoe- 
cium of 3 united carpels. Fruit a berry, a drupe, or a caps of 3 or 
fewer carpels eohering at the base. eee flattened.—Three ped and 
170 species, mostly tropical. 
1. HIPPOCRATEA L. Trees or woody vines. Leaf-blades leathery. 
Sepals and in 5. Stamens 3: filaments dilated at the base and partly 
united. Capsule lobed. Seeds winged. 
About 70 species, tropical America Meis 
L lubilis L. Climber: leaf-blades 
slips ose to ovate or Pop 5-14 
1. long, erenate-serrate: corolla 5- 6 mm 
broad, white: mature carpels peto obo- 
H. Lam 
branches and branchlets hook or and 
thus bind the mass of growth E an OR network. 
FAwiLy 8. DODONAEACEAE — VARNISH-LEAF FAMILY 
Shrubs or trees. Lea alternate: blades simple. Flowers polyga- 
mous or B RUE DAN variously borne. Calyx of 3-5 Is. 
e Pew Me MERE of 5-8 stamens. Disk obsolete. Gynoe- 
1 r 4 united carpels. Fruit a reticulated septicidal capsule 
pee per Na or ern flattened -Only the following gen 
