416 KUBIACEAE. 



mm. in diameter,, black when mature. Consists of many races, differing in 

 size of the plant, leaves, fruit and flowers, and length of the calyx-limb. 



Scrub-lands, coppices and coastal thickets, throughout the archipelago : Flor- 

 ida ; West Indies ; Central America. In Bulletin N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3 : 452, E. odorifcra 

 was referred to as distinct from E. fnt-ticosa, but the differences observed do not 

 now appear to be sufficient to maintain the two as species. Referred to E. rotitndata 

 Griseb. by Mrs. Northrop. BLACK TOECH. 



11. PHIAIiANTHUS Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 335. 1861. 



Eesiniferous shrubs or small treeSj with terete branches, coriaceous oppo- 

 site short-petioled, oblong to lanceolate leaves, and small axillary clustered, 

 sessile or short-pedieelled flowers, the stipules connate. Calyx turbinate, with 

 4 or 5 persistent lobes. Corolla funnelform, its 4 or 5 lobes obtuse, valvate. 

 Stamens 4 or 5, borne on the base of the corolla-tube. Ovary 2-celled; style 

 filiform; stigma obtuse; ovules 1 in each cavity, pendulous. Fruit drupaceous. 

 [Greek, urn-flower.] Four known West Indian species. Type species: Pliia- 

 lantlius myrtilloides Griseb. 



1. Phialanthus myrtilloides Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 335. 1861. 



A shrub, or rarely a small tree, 1-3 m. high. Leaves oblong to oblong- 

 spatulate, 1.5-5 cm. long, 0.5-2 cm. wide, obtuse or bluntly acute at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base, the midvein rather prominent, the lateral venation 

 almost wholly obscure; fascicles of flowers mostly opposite, very short- 

 peduncled; calyx-tube narrowly turbinate, 1.5-2 mm. long, the 4 persistent 

 thin, oblong to spatulate, obtuse lobes 2-2.5 mm. long. 



Coppices, pine-lands, and scrub-lands, Andros, New Providence, Cat Island, Ex- 

 uma, Crooked and Fortune Islands, the Inaguas and Caicos Islands : Cuba. MYRTLE 

 PHIALANTHUS. CANDLEWOOD. 



12. CHIOCOCCA P. Br.; L. Syst. ed. 10, 917. 1759. 



Woody vines, or shrubs, with broad opposite subcoriaceous or chartaceous 

 leaves, broad stipules, and small, yellow or white flowers in axillary, simple or 

 compound racemes. Calyx-tube ovoid to turbinate, the limb 5-toothed, per- 

 sistent. Corolla funnelform or narrowly campanulate, with 5 valvate re- 

 flexed or spreading lobes. Stamens 5, borne toward the base of the corolla- 

 tube; filaments mostly pubescent, connate at the base; anthers linear, basi- 

 fixed, not exserted. Ovary 2-celled, rarely 3-eelled; style filiform; ovules 

 solitary in each cavity, pendulous. Drupe flattened, leathery, white. Seed- 

 coat membranous; endosperm fleshy. [Greek, snowb,erry.] About 10 species, 

 natives of Florida, Bermuda and tropical America. Type species: Chiococca 

 racemosa L. 



Leaves bright green, mostly 4-8 cm. long ; corolla bright yellow ; 



fruit 6-8 mm. broad. 1. c. alba. 



Leaves dark green, mostly 24 cm. long ; corolla white or purple to 



pale yellow ; fruit about 5 mm. broad. 2. C. pinetorum. 



1. Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc. Kep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 4: 94. 1893. 



Lonicera alba L. iSp. PI. 175. 1753. 



Chiococca racemosa L. Syst. ed. 10, 917. 1759. 



Chiococca parvifolia Wullsehl.; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 337. 1861. 



A glabrous shrub, 1-3 m. high, with slender spreading branches, or a 

 vine 5 m. long or more. Leaves elliptic, oblong, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 



