1258 RUBIACEAE 
growth now extant is on the sand-dunes behind the barrier dune on Bahia 
Honda Key. 
9. HAMELIA Jacq. Unarmed shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades membranous, 
Flowers in dichotomous cymes. Sepals 5, minute. Corolla with a narrow 
fluted tube and 5 very short lobes. Stamens 
5: filaments adnate to the base of the corolla- 
tube: anthers linear, included. Berry thick. 
—About 25 species tropical American. 
atens Jacq. Shrub or small tree: 
Po blades d or pane Te 8-15 
ong: hypanthium 
sepals 
ae Ue mg Med 1.5 
em. long; lobes 2-3 mm. long: berry oval 
or ovoid, 5-7 mm. long, black. [H. erecta 
Jacq.? |—(HAMELIA. )—Hammocks, 
Fla. a Keys.—(W. I.)—All year 
times popularly known as fire-bush on 
account o ed inflorescence. This shrub 
his 
r small tree is most Ap a on the 
edges of hammocks. Not only are the calyx and corolla red, but also the 
inflorescence branches and the hypanthium 
10. CEPHALANTHUS L. Shrubs or trees.  Leaf-blades thinnish. 
Flowers in capitate cymes. Sepals usually 4, rounded. Corolla with a long 
ube and usua S obes. amens è 
. the corolla: anthers ellipsoid or nearly so 
Nut-like fruit obpyramidal.—About 6 ap: 
cies, American and Asiatic. 
talis L. Shrub or small tree: 
eat m. elliptic -lanceolate, or ovate-lance- 
olate, 5-20 e long, ee RE ioled: flower- 
hen globose, 2.9—3.5 thick: sepals 
about 0.5 mm. long: sprog white, about 10 
Swamps, ponds, low hammocks, and stream S 
banks, various provinces, Fla. to 'Tex., Calif., Ont., and N. B.—(W. I., Mez. xs 
Sum.—fall, or all year southwa rd. 
. GUETTARDA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf. blades thin or thickish. 
Flowers in i peduneled cymes. Sepals 2-4 or more, short, or obsolete. 
den a long tube and 4, or more, shorter lobes. Stamens 4-9: filaments 
nate io ear the top of the corolla-tube: anthers narrow, but short. Drupe 
Mone. bio Fade 65 species, mostly tropical Ámeriean.—All year. 
Corolla 6-8 mm. long: leaf-blades strigillose or glabrate, se pues 1. G. elliptica. 
Corolla 20-25 mm. long: leaf-blades scabro-pubescent, rugos 2. G.8 
1. G. elliptica Sw. Shrub or small tree: leaf-blades thin, mainly elliptic, 
oval, or obovate, 2-4 em. long: corolla pink or reddish; lobes mostly 4: style 
