RUBIACEAE 1259 
glabrous: bu dd 8-11 mm. in diameter.— 
(VELVET-SEED.)—Hammoeks and pinelands, 
a Keys, Fla. and Florida Keys.— 
W. I.) 
cabra Vent. Shrub or small tree: 
smaller: corolla te o ; lobes 
mostly 6 or 7: style pubescent: drupe about 
in diamete (ROUGH VELVET-S 
—Hammocks and pinelands, Everglade Keys, 
Fla. and Fl an hammocks 
pen. Fla—(W. I.)—The pinelands are not 
the normal habitat for these plan a Where 
ammocks have been destroyed s of the 
trees E oue adapted to the ONE of the pinelands and persist in much 
reduced stature, the soil being seant and poor in plant foods. 
12. ERITHALIS P. Br. Shrubs. Leaf-blades leathery. Flowers in ter- 
minal eymes. Sepals ee short or obsolete. Corolla with a short tube and 
. 9—10 narrow lobes. A s 5-10: filaments | 
nate to the base "i pA eorolla-tube: 
indies ellipsoid to linear. Drupe berry- 
like.—A bout 6 species, tropical American. 
1. fru L. Shrub with glabrous 
foliage: Tes. "blades oval he see tag MM 
.5— lustrou sepal nute 
corolla white; lobes elliptic, 3 3-5 mm ius 
mm. thi 
in the sands appa rently devoid of nourish- 
ment. It often grows in large CIE These vary much in height—in some 
the shrubs are knee high in others head high. 
13. CHIOCOCCA P. Br. Shrubs or vines. Leaf-blades leathery. Flow- 
ers on axillary raceme-like eymes. Sepals 5, short. Corolla with a relatively 
short tube and 5 shorter lobes. Stamens 5: filaments long, essentially free 
from the corolla-tube and united around the base of the style:, anthers linear. 
Drupe somewhat flattened, globular—About 10 species, tropical American.— 
All year.—SNOWBERRIES 
Corolla-lobes about 3 mm. lorz: anthers about 3 mm. long: seed. 4-5 mm. long. 
1. C. alba. 
pu o 2 mm. long: anthers about 2 mm. long: seed A 
2-2.5 m 2. C. pinetorum. 
1. C. alba (L.) A. Hitche. Large, b. diffuse, or podlnins plants: leaf- 
blades elliptie, oval, or ovate, 3-7 e m. long: corolla white, often becoming 
