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Sea-Grape and Pigeon Plum (Genus Coccoloha 



(Coccolobis) ) 



The handsome sea-grape, or shore-grape, (7. uvifera, 

 whose large glossy leaves are veined with red, grows as a 

 low, widely branched tree or stout shrub near the coast of 

 southern Florida. The racemes of acid fruit, of which 

 jelly is made, have a slight resemblance to grapes, as the 

 base of each flower increases in size around the ripening 

 seed, and also becomes pulpy. 



The pigeon plum, C. floHdarm {C. laurifolia), which 

 also grows near the coast in the southern part of the 

 peninsula, is a tree with oblong, entire leaves, two to four 

 inches long and one to two inches wide. The racemes, 

 two to four inches long, have edible pear-shaped fruit 

 about one-third of an inch in length. 



Coccoloba uvifera. Tree or shrub. Flowers whitish, tiny, 

 5-parted, in racemes 4-10 in. long. Leaves alternate, entire, 

 leathery, roundish, 3-8 in. wide, heart-shaped at base. Fruit 

 roundish or pear-shaped, pale green or purple, not quite 1 in. 

 in diameter. Near the coast. Blooming in spring and sum- 

 mer. Southern part of Florida peninsula. 



GOOSEFOOT FAMILY (Chenopodmceae) 



Our plants of this family have minute, inconspicuous 

 flowers, and minute, one-seeded fruit. They grow chiefly 

 as weeds of waste land, and as unattractive plants of 

 beaches and salt marshes. 



The kochia, planted for ornament, is of this family, as 

 are beets and spinach. 



Wormseed, Chenopodium anthelminticum, a common 

 weed, one to four feet tall, may be identified by its grooved 

 stems, many minute green flowers, alternate, toothed 

 leaves, and strong aromatic odor. 



The glassworts or samphires, species of Salicornia, are 



