1028 ARDISIACEAE 
soil, swamps, and streams, various provinces, ne to Tex., Calif., B. C., Ont., 
and Newf.—(W. I., Mex., C. A., S. A.)—Spr.- 
9. SAMODIA Baudo. Caulescent herbs, of low grounds. Leaves alternate: 
blades entire. Flowers in simple or branched long-peduncled racemes. Calyx 
perigynous: lobes 5. Corolla white or pin 
perigynous, without stamin mE lobes 
Stamens 5: filaments adna Tur es (s 
middle of the dS E corolla-tube. 
vary and c apsules 1⁄2 inferior.—About 
species, widely distributed. 
1. S. ebracteata (H.B.K.) Baudo. Plant 
1-3 dm. tall: leaf-blades spatulate or ob- 
ovate, 3-10 em. long, obtuse or apiculate: 
‘corolla 6-7 mm. wide; lobes more or less 
B. at the apex [Sam molus ebracieatus 
B.K.]—Low pinelands, swamps, prairies 
and edges o of E marshes, Coastal Plain, Fla. 
to Texas.—(W. I., Mex D. 
Famity 3. THEOPHRASTACEAE — J OE-WOOD FAMILY 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, n blades leathery, entire. 
Flowers perfect, in racemes, corymbs, or panicles. Calyx of 5 imbrie 
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staminodia. Gynoecium of 5 united carpels. it a drupe-like berry. 
—Five genera and about 50 species, of tropical distribution. 
1. JACQUINIA L. Leaves usualy numerous: blades entire, thick and 
very brittle. Flowers erect. Calyx persistent. Corolla deciduous.  Anthers 
nodi Ber 
extrorse. Stam ia very broad. erry 
erect.—A bout 25 species, tropical Ameri- 
can. 
1, J. keyensis Mez. ws or tree hn. e 
5 m. tall, the bark pale, the twigs very brit- 
tle: Vo blades cuneate- ike or elliptic- 
obovat long, shining: calyx-lobes 
—à mm n ur Gaede ovate: corolla straw- 
colored; lobes longer than the tube: stami- 
nodia elliptic, erose: oe subglobose, 8-10 
mm diameter OE-WOOD. UDJOE- oh (Í 
- mo m along the coast, S pen NA) 
Fla., Everglade Keys, d Mas US [7] 
Keys—(W. I.)—Al —T 
he 
brown, hard, and very close- and. "The ne ers are very fragrant, 
Famity 4. ARDISIACHAE — MynsiNE FAMILY 
hrubs or trees. Leaves mostly alternate, ours persistent: sd 
leathery, entire. Flower erfect or polygamo- dioecious, in racem 
corymbs, or cymes, sometimes clustered on sealy spurs. Calyx of ae 
