TERMINALIACEAE 933 
1. CONOCARPUS L. Shrubs or trees, evergreen. Leaves alternate. 
Flowers perfect, in spicate or SN heads. Hypanthium not ribbed. 
Stamens 5. Fruit capitate—One spec 
1. C. erecta L. Shrub, or tree sometime es 
ilky foli- 
age: leaf-blades elliptic or oval, 2-5 em 
long, entire: heads 9 asd at 
maturity: n. greenish: drupe 2-winged, 
4—7 mm 
—(Bu an Coastal 
hammocks E End shores, pen. E 
glade Keys, and Florida Rove W 
maki arcoa 
variety occurs on the Florida Keys 
both coasts of the peninsula. 
2. TERMINALIA L. Shrubs or trees, deciduous. Leaves clustered 
near the ends of the branches. Flowers in simple or branched spikes. Hy- 
panthium not ribbed. Stamens 10.—About 
100 species, of the Old World tropics. 
1. T. Catappa L. Shrub, or tree o 
17 m. tall: leaf- blades ns to oblan 
te: spikes 5-15 ong: flowers ato or 
whitish: hypanthium and calyx 8-11 mm 
long: drupe elliptic or nearly so, glabrous 
( OND. EST-INDIAN ALMOND.) 
Pinelands and old fields, S pen. Fla. and the 
eys. hoe E. Indies and Oceanica; 
escaped fro —( )—AlM y 
W. I.)—Al year.— 
The seeds are EU Although a native of 
the tropies where storms are usual, this tree 
never Pid eloped a d r fo oliage Nu 
of resisting the for of a hurr A 
severe p will often tear a ge i» pieces. 
3. BUCIDA L. Shrubs or trees, evergre Leaves relatively small, 
clustered at the ends of the branches. Flowers i in Tu or branehed spikes, 
Sta- 
species, West Indian 
S L. A tree sometimes 15 m. 
tall: leaf- blades Sore to tines oval, 
or elliptic: spikes 2—10 . long: rS 
greenish: in nthiu um a us 4-5 mm. 
long: ealyx-lobes shorter than the tube: 
—(BLACK-OLIVE.)—Hammocks, upper Flor- 
ida Keys.—(W. I., C. A.)—The light irr 
brown heart-wood is close-grained, very 
d and hard. Great numbers of Pee 
e used as shade-trees and ornamentals in 
ida. 
