PLUMBAGINACEAE • STYRACEAE 245 



Family 61. PLUMBAGINACEAE. K (5), C (5), A5, Gi 

 (Thrift, Sea Lavender) 



CERATOSTIGMA. Leadwort, Shrubby Plumbago. Ls. alternate, entire, 

 covered with forward-pointing hairs or bristles, Fls. bright blue, in terminal 

 heads. Fruit a dry capsule. 



C. Griffithii. 3. August-September. D. Ls. obov., i, short-pointed, dull 

 green with purplish margins. Fls. \. Himalaya. (Fig. 124 m.) 



C. Willmottianum. 4. July-November. D. Ls. diamond-shaped, 2, long- 



pointed. Fls. |. China. 



Family 62. MYRSINACEAE. K (5), C (5), A5, Gi 

 Fruit a berry. 



* Ardisia JAPONICA. I. August-September. E. Ls. whorled, ov., 3, tapered at 

 both ends, toothed, glossy green, hairless. Fls. \, white, star-shaped, sohtary or in 

 few-flowered clusters in 1. -axils. Berry I, red or white. China and Japan. 

 (Fig. 103 G.) 



Myrsine africana. 3. Summer. E. Branchlets angled, downy. Ls. alternate, 

 ov., f , tapered at base, toothed in outer half, glossy green, hairless, closely set on 

 branch. Fls. very small, pale brown, unisexual, in stalkless axillary clusters. Berry 

 I, pale blue, i -seeded. Himalaya, South Africa, Azores. (Fig. 103 F.) 



Family 63. SAPOTACEAE. K (5), C (5), A5, G (10) 



* BuMELiA (Sideroxylon) lycioides. Southern Buckthorn. 20. August- 

 September. D. Branchlets hairless, spiny. Ls. alternate, ov., lane, 4, entire, thin 

 and firm, hairless, with pale thin conspicuous midrib, slender-stalked. Fls. very 

 small, white, in hemispherical axillary clusters. Fruit ^, a black berry. South 

 United States. (Fig. 124 L.) 



Family 64. EBENACEAE. K (3-7), C (3-7), A cx), G (2-16) 



DIOSPYROS. No terminal bud. Ls. alternate, ov., entire, tapered at both ends. 

 Fls. unisexual, white, 4-lobed, sexes on different trees, female solitary. Fruit a 

 large juicy berry with persistent calyx. 



D. Kaki. Chinese Persimmon, Kakee. 50. June. D. Ls. 8, glossy above, 



downy below. Fruit 3, yellow. Japan. 

 D. Lotus. Date Plum. 50. June. D. Ls. 5, dark glossy green above, hairless 



or nearly so. Fruit f, yellow or purplish. Temperate Asia. (Fig. 124 K.) 

 D. virginiana. Persimmon. 100. May-June. D. Ls. 5, glossy green above, 



hairless or nearly so. Fruit i, pale yellow with red cheek. U.S.A. 



Family 65. STYRACEAE. K (4-5), C (4-5), A8-00, G (2-5) 



HALESIA. Snowdrop Tree, Silver Bell Tree. Ls. alternate, ov., pointed, 

 minutely and distantly toothed. Fls. white, drooping in axillary clusters on old 

 wood, K (4), C (4), A8-16, G. Fruit dry, pear-shaped, winged. 



H. Carolina. 30. May. D. Bark peels off in small scales. Ls. 4, downy below 



