372 VEEBENACEAE. 







angled, the foliage glabrous or pubescent. Leaves oblong to obovate, various, 

 5-15 cm. long, 1-4 cm. wide, acute, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, nar- 

 rowed at the base, reticulate-veined, shining above, dull beneath, the petioles 

 2.5 cm. long or less; spikes slender, 5-12 cm. long; pedicels 1 mm. long or less; 

 calyx narrowly campanulate, about 3 mm. long; corolla white, its tube some- 

 what longer than the calyx, its spreading limb about 6 mm. wide ; drupe sub- 

 globose, 6-10 mm. in diameter, reddish brown to black; nutlets 2-celled. 



Coppices and scrub-lands, Abaco and Andros to Marigunna, East Caicos and 

 Inagua : Florida ; Cuba to Virgin Gorda and Guadeloupe ; Jamaica. Referred by Mrs. 

 Northrop to C. Berterii Spreng,, by Coker to C. quadrangulare Jacq. The species 

 consists of a large number of races, the leaves varying from glabrous to pubescent 

 and from narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate to obovate, occasionally dentate. SPICATE 

 FIDDLEWOOD. LONG TOM. 



2. Citharexylum caudatum L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 872. 1763. 



Citliarexylum Berterii Spreng. Syst. 2: 763. 1825. 

 Citharexylum lucidum Cham. Linnaea 5: 97. 1830. 



A shrub, or a tree up to 20 m. high, the nearly terete, slender twigs 

 glabrous. Leaves oblong, rather thin, 7-15 cm. long, mostly obtuse at the 

 apex, narrowed at the base, shining above, dull beneath, the petioles 1-2 cm. 

 long; racemes narrow, elongated, 4-8 dm. long; pedicels 1.5-3 mm. long; 

 calyx campanulate, about 3 mm. long., nearly truncate; corolla white, its tube 

 about twice as long as the calyx, its limb spreading, 4-5 mm. wide; drupe 

 globose-oblong, black, shining, 2-3 times as long as the calyx; nutlets 1-celled. 



Coastal coppices, Andros, at Conch Sound : Cuba ; Hispaniola ; Porto Rico ; 

 Mexico. RACEMOSE FIDDLEWOOD. 



9. DURANTA L. Sp. PL 637. 1753. 



Shrubs or small trees, the branches sometimes armed. Leaves opposite or 

 whorled, entire or toothed. Flowers small, in elongated or short, terminal or 

 axillary racemes. Calyx-tube campanulate or tubular, truncate or minutely 

 5-lobed. Corolla funnelform or salverform, its tube cylindric, straight or 

 incurved, its limb spreading, oblique or of 5 equal lobes. Stamens 4, didy- 

 namous, included; anthers with unappendaged connectives, the sacs distinct. 

 Ovary partially or imperfectly 8-celled. Stigma oblique, sometimes unequally 

 4-lobed. Ovules solitary or 2 in each cavity. Drupe included in the calyx, of 

 4 nutlets. Seeds without endosperm. [In honor of Castor Durante, a physi- 

 cian of Rome.] About 8 species, of tropical America, the following typical. 



1. Duranta repens L. Sp. PL 637. 1753. 



Duranta Ellisia Jacq. Enum. 26. 1760. 

 Duranta Plumieri Jacq. Select. Am. 186. 1763. 



A shrub or small tree reaching a height of 6 m., with glabrate or finely 

 pubescent foliage and unarmed or spiny, slender, often drooping or trailing 

 branches. Leaves numerous, ovate-elliptic, oval or obovate, 1.5-5 cm. long, 

 obtuse or apiculate, entire or serrate above the middle, short -petioled ; racemes 

 5-15 cm. long, recurving; pedicels 1-5 mm. long; calyx 3-4 mm. long, angled, 

 its lobes acute, shorter than the tube; corolla lilac, the tube surpassing the 

 calyx, the limb 7-9 mm. broad; fruit yellow, globular, 7-11 mm. in diameter, 

 enclosed by the accrescent yellowish calyx which is produced into a curved 

 beak. 



Pine-lands and scrub-lands, Abaco, Great Bahama, Andros, New Providence, 

 Eleuthera, Cat Island, Acldin's and Mariguana : Bermuda ; Florida ; West Indies 

 and Mexico to northern South America. PIGEON-BEBRY. 



