RUBIACEAE 1261 
. long: anthers piper drupe 5—6 mm. 
ed scarlet, orange A r yellow. ne tenui- 
folia Gr iseb. Not v] (Wip FFEE.)— 
Hammocks, S. pen. Fla. and adj: dn cs 
(W. I.) 
od EN Shrub or small tree, the 
twigs glabro : leaf- blades. Pe s Or 
elliptie- peser) 6-15 em. long: corolla 
white; tube 2.5— 3 mm. long anthers oval: 
drupe ellipsoid, 7-9 m m. long, red or rarely 
yellow.—( WILD-COFFEE. -)— Hammocks, pen. 
la. and the Keys.—(W. I.) 
bahamensis Millsp. Shrub or n 
tree, the twigs glabrous: au o lance 
late, elliptic, or oblanceolate, 3-12 c m. long: eorolla white; five 3—4 mm. long: 
anthers oblong: drupe oval or ‘ellips soid, 6-8 mm. n8, bright- orange.— 
(BAHAMAN WILD-COFFEE.)—Hammocks, Fla. Ke eys.—(W. I.) 
16. PAEDERIA L. Woody vines. Leaves opposite: blades broad, at 
least relatively so, entire. Flowers borne in dichotomous cymes. Sepals 4 or 
olla 
falling away. Seeds flat, eco .—About 
18 species, mostly Asiatic 
em- d UT ofte 
0 
minate at the apex, rounded, truncate or sub- 
cordate at the base, e -petioled: pied 
acute: corolla pale- ilac, 7-9 m ong ; e. 
lobes about 14 as long as ae tube. apiculate: berry obovoid, cage " em. long.— 
Thickets and fence-rows, pen. Fla. Nat. of East Indies —Spr.- 
17. MITCHELLA L. Undershrubs with creeping stems. Leaf-blades 
leathery. Flowers in pairs, the hypanthia coalescent. Sepals usually 4, short. 
Ww be and 
Two species, the following and 1 Asiatic. 
1. M. repens L. Stem and branches matt ted, 
1—4 dm. aee leaf- c ovate to orbicular, 
ish; tube 9-12 mm. long; lobes ovate. to 
elliptic: oe Em ¢-10 mm. thick, red 
white PART- 
RES 2 ar woods, sandy ham 
mocks, and shaded n often in aeid Boi 
various provinces, Fla. to Tex., Min nn., and 
S.—Spr.—fall. 
