936 MYRTACEAE 
5. E. confusa DC. Tree, the beds scaly: leaf- a a EAE dies ovate, or 
elliptic-ovate, 3-5 em. long, markedly acuminate: 4—6 broad; 
petals about twice as long as the sepals: fruit subglobese or Ee -obovoid, 
5-8 mm. broad, scarlet. [£. Garberi Sarg. |—(Tron p.)—Hammocks, Ever- 
glade Keys, Fla. and the Keys —(Q(OF. I.)—The red TOWN heart-wood, close- 
grained, heavy, ind very hard, is used locally for cabinet work. 
2. ANAMOMIS Griseb. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades thickish, not 
ribbed, with rather faint lateral veins. Cymes decidedly peduncled, any 
flowered, the branches shorter ‘than.the peduncle. Flowers fragrant. pes 
ciliate, one pair much larger than the other. Petals paired, white. Stamens 
umerous, borne on the small annular disk. Style filiform. Berry crowned 
with the persistent ealyx, red or reddish. Seeds solitary or 2.—About 8 spe- 
eies, West Indian and Floridian —Spr—NAKEDWOOPS. 
Corolla over 1 em. wide: petals 4.5-6 mm. long: stamens mostly 60-70: cymes 
several-flowered. 1. A. Simpsonii. 
ed less than 1 cm. wide: petals 2.5-3.5 mm. long: stamens 
y 30-40: cymes few-flowered. 2. A. dicrana. 
1. A. Simpsonii Small. Tree becoming 20 m. tall, the trunk with pale-tan 
bark, strongly buttressed at the base: leaf-blades narrowly obovate, elliptic- 
iptic 
abou 
m. long: berry ellipsoid, pos cand S0, 
8-10 mm. long, red.—Hammoceks, low E 
coast and "Us erglade Key s, Fla. — The foliage 
eontains a volatile oil, somewhat resembling 
that of nutmeg in flavo 
2. A. dicrana (Berg) Britton. Shrub 
small tree E 8 m. tall, the trunk with 7 
ba rk, not but- 
a lhght-red "E ro 
Ed. perm m elliptic -cuneate, 
or narrowly egies . long, acute or 
obtuse, slight y paler sera than abore brat a cymes short-petioled 
in anthesis, 3 e the primary brac alyx 4-5 mm. wide; larger 
n about 2 mm . lon ng: pe rry ee or cn oid, 6-7 mm. long, reddish- 
brow [4. dichotoma (Fl. SE. U. S.) ]—Hammocks, E coast, M pen., Caloosa- 
batches region to Cape pud and Key West, Fla. 
3. MOSIERA Small. Shrubs or small trees. Leaf-blades thick. ob 
scurely veined, but finely reticulate. Cymes sessile or nearly so, 1-3-flowered, 
the branches longer than the peduncle. Flower s fragrant.  Sepals eciliate, 
not oe paired. Petals nearly equal, uc Stamens numerous, borne 
e large annular disk. Style slender-columnar. Berry globular, crowned 
dg Be persistent rome ealyx, black. Seeds several or many.—Few 
species, tropical.—Sto 
Calyx less than 1 cm. wide: petals more than twice as long as the sepals: ane 
with many prostrate-diffuse branches . AL. longip 
Calyx over 1 cm. wide: petals less ham twice a long as the 
sepals: shrub with erect branches or small tre 2. M. bahamensis. 
