924. CASSYTHACEAE 
acorn-like, the drupe ovoid a eee beer 2—2.5 cm. long, idend the hy- 
rus reddish — Si Sauna A.)—Ham ocks, Ev verglade Keys, s Fla. 
(V. 1.)—Sum.—Known defi itely only aor the Brickell ha EMT “Miar 
and now DLE deno as a result of the real estate dev MEN Ten 
8. BENZOIN Fabr. Shrubs or trees, strong-scented. Leaves diras 
deciduous: blades entire. Flowers yellow, in sessile cluster-like or umbel-like 
cymes. Style slender-columnar. Drape somewhat dn Species, 
North dium and Asiatie.—Spr.—SPICE-BUSHES. BENJAMIN-BUSHES. SPICE- 
WOODS. 
Leaf-blades tapering at the base: petioles slender and rather long. 
1. B. aestivale. 
Leaf-blades rounded or cordate at the base: petioles stout 
and rather short. 2. B. melissaefolium. 
1. B. aestivale (L.) Nees. Shrub 1-3 m. tall the branehes often glabrous: 
nee S pu p ee - o 5-12 ae long, thin, obtuse or usually short- 
apex, ofte 
lightly iate, i NN geuminate a 
dee cep gr een 
and glabrou 
or po ace oe epe. aringl 
pube scent beneath: flowers in dense 
pedicels 3-5 em. long: — thin, ‘obovate 
re 
: drupe about 1 
A am — ‘SPIC I 
JAMIN-BUSH.)—Wet woods, d 
ide various provinces, Fla. to La 
Kans., Oni, and Me.—The ba rk i trig: 
are oed TIMOR and the fruit as 
condiment 
2. B. melissaefolium (Walt.) Nees. Shrub 3-10 dm. tall, the branches el 
cent: leaf-blades quite firm, elliptic-ovate or elliptic- lanceolate, 3-12 em. long, 
acutish, usually short- acuminate, more or less densely pubese a on both sides, 
rounde d or cordate at the base: flowers in dense lateral d. appearing 
before the leaves: Du equalling bs sepals or longer: sepals thin, 1-1.5 
mm. long: drupe obovoid, nearly 1 em. 1o ng.—( OVE ups and 
cua iie Coastal Plain and a pr ovinces, Fla. to La., Mo., Ill., and 
N. C.—Bushes make a brilliant show in early spring. 
Famity 4. CASSYTHACRAR — CAssYTHA FAMILY 
Parasitie vines. Leaves mere seales, or wanting. Flowers perfect, 
in heads, spikes, or racemes. Calyx of 6 sepals in 2 unequal series, sur- 
mounting the accrescent hypanthium. i ecium of 9 stamens with 2- 
eelled a an staminodia. Gynoecium of a single carpel. Drupe 
ineluded.—One genus and about 15 sp "s tropieal. 
1. CASSYTHA [Osbeck] L. "Vines with yellow or pale-green stems and 
branches, clinging to herbs and shrubs.—The flowers and fruits of Cassytha, al- 
though of quite different structure, resemble those of species of Rhipsalis. The 
drupe of our Cassytha resembles the berry of our species of Rhipsalis (page 
913) in size, shape and color. 
