932 TERMINALIACEAE 
3. peed ae Small. Plant ee 2-6 = Rn leaf- a o 
1-2 em. long: hypanthium and calyx 8-10 m ong: flowers nder 
Miri gos lobes deltoid: Soie spatulate, 5- 6 | mm..long, or i pi ones 
7-8 mm. long: capsule 3.5-4.5 mm. long.—Low pinelands, M and W Fla 
Spr.-sum. 
4. P. Balsamona (C. & S.) Mp en? AN Plant er 2—9 dm. tall: leaf- Sete 
elliptic to oval, or somewhat obov 2-6 e long, usually rugose in 
hypanthium end ealyx 5.5-6.8 mm. S doses bluish: ura Dd. 
deltoid: petals elliptic or nearly so 1.5-2 mm, long: capsule 4-5 long.— 
Low hammocks, lake region, pen. Fla.—(Mez., C. A., s A. )— Spr. fall. 
Faminy 3. PUNICACEHEAE — POMEGRANATE FAMILY 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or nearly so, persistent: blades 
simple. Flowers perfect, solitary or in shorl-peduneled axillary arate 
Hypanthium leathery. Calyx of 5-7 sepals. Corolla of 5-7 wrinkl 
petals. Androecium of numerous stamens in several series: ices: versa- 
1 Gynoecium of several united carpels. Ovary inferior. Fruit a 
several- o berry crowned with the calyx, the seeds in a watery pulp.— 
One and 2 species, mostly in the Old World tropies. 
1. PUNICA [Tourn.] L. Leaf-blades entire. Flowers showy. Sepals 
persistent on the fruit. Petals deciduous. Berry Dono 
a; Granatum L. Small tree or shrub: 
o blades T elliptie, or elliptic-lanceo- 
ar ve g to "br oadest above or below the 
nidd em. long: sepals no. 1 to 
10 em. in ‘diame 
Old-fields, woods, and waste-grounds, Fla. 
Nat. of the Orient and cult—(W. I.)— 
Persistent on old settlement sites and home- 
steads adt zd m peau have dis- 
appeared.— ae cultivation from 
preis torie EC eloped in 
t 
arlety of Mos * nd y nd color, vermilion, 
oer white, and variegated. 
Famity 4. TERMINALIACEAE — WHITE-MANGROVE FAMILY 
r trees, or woody vines. Leaves alternate or a site: blades 
simple, a. Flowers often apetalous, regular, perfect or polygamous 
racemose or capitate. Calyx of 4-5 oec deci duous E persistent 
sepals. Corolla of 4—5 petals, or wan ndro of , 0 
rarely thrice, as many stamens as the ae ae distinct. Gynoe- 
cium a single earpel. Ovary 1- e Style terminal. Stigma entire or 
nearly s "ruit drupaceous or y-like, indehiscent, often crowned 
with the acerescent ealyx.—Fifteen UR and 275 species, mostly tropical. 
Sepals deciduous: corolla wanting. 
Flowers in heads: hypanthium flattened: fruit small, in a 
cone-like hea 1. 
Flowers in spikes : hypanthium terete: fruit separate, large. 2. 
Sepals persistent. 
Corolla wanting: leaves nat 3. BUCIDA. 
orolla present: leaves opposit 4. LAGUNCULARIA. 
CONOCARPUS 
TER MINALIA. 
