156 MANGROVE FAMILIES, RED AND WHITE 



Aromatic oils abound in many plants of this family; 

 notably in the eucalypts and in cloves, and noticeably in 

 the leaves of many species, as in the sweet myrtle, the 

 Suriname cherry, and our native spice tree, Anamomis 

 dichotoma, of the South Florida coastal region, a small 

 tree whose dark red fruit, only a fourth of an inch long, 

 suggests miniature guavas. The flowers, in forked clus- 

 ters of three, five, or seven from the leaf-axils, resemble 

 on a small scale the flowers of the common guava, but are 

 barely a quarter of an inch across. The numerous leathery 

 leaves, which are fragrant when crushed, are about an 

 inch in length and are broadened upward. 



Several attractive shrubs or trees of the genus Eugenia, 

 growing near the coast in extreme southern Florida, sug- 

 gest the Cattley guava in their flowers and also in their 

 leaves, which are dark green above, paler and minutely 

 dotted with black beneath, and have slightly revolute 

 margins. The leaves of white stopper, E. axillaris, are 

 broadest below the middle, and are one to two inches 

 long. In Spanish stopper, E. buxifolia, the leaves are 

 about an inch in length, and are broadened upward or 

 are sometimes oblong. The small fruit of these two 

 species is black. The fruit of red stopper, E. confiisa, is 

 red, and the leaves, one to two inches long, are broadest 

 near the base and are abruptly pointed. 



MANGROVE FAMILIES, RED and WHITE {Rhizo- 

 phoraceae and Combretaceae) 



Maritime trees or shrubs. Leaves evergreen, entire. Flowers 

 small. 



Mangrove, White Mangrote, and Buttonwood (Several 



genera) 



In many places on the coast of southern Florida, and 

 inland for a number of miles along the rivers, the red 



