Terminalia. COMBRETACE^. 485 



1. C. erccta (Jacq.) : fruits rctrnrscly imljricatetl in a subglobosc lioa<l, 

 somewhat boat-shapod, scarcely winded; tuljc of the calyx not produced 

 beyond tlie ovary; leaves coriaceous, oval-lanceolate, mostly acute or acumi- 

 nate at each end, usually with 2 glands at the base; heads paniclcd. — Jucr/. 

 Amer.p. 78, I. 52. {Catesh. Car. t. 33) ; DC. I. c. 



Alons^ the shore, Key West, Mr. Bennett. ' Southern Florida, Dr. Has- 

 ler ! Tampa Bay, Dr. Leavenworth ! — A shrub or small tree. 



2. TERMINALIA. Linn.; W. Sf Arn. lyrodr. Ind. Or. 1. p. 312. 



Flowers often polygamous from abortion. Limb of the calyx deciduous, 

 camjianulate, 5-cleft; the lobes acute. Petals wanting. Stamens 10, in a 

 double row, longer tlian the calyx. Ovary 2-3-ovuled : style filiform, some- 

 what acute. Drupe not crowned by the calyx, often dry, indehiscent, 

 1-seeded. Seed almond-like. Cotyledons spirally convolute. — Trees or 

 shrubs. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, sometimes crowded towards 

 the extremities of the branches. Flowers spiked : spikes racemose or pani- 

 cled, bisexual in the lower part, sterile in the upper. Arn. 



1. T. Catappa (Linn.) : leaves about the extremities of the branches, on 

 short petioles, obovate, cuneate and attenuated, but at the same time slightly 

 cordate at the base, a little repand, witli a large depressed gland on each 

 side of tlie midrib near the base ; racemes axillarj', solitary, simple, shorter 

 than the leaves; drupes oval, compressed, glabrous, with elevated navicular 

 margins, convex on both sides. Arn. — Linn. manl. p. 619 ; Lam. ill. t. 848, 

 /. 1; DC.prodr. 3. p. 11. 



Soutliern Florida, Dr. Hosier ! — We have the leaves only. 



Order LVI. ONAGRACEiE. Juss. 



Sepals united into a tubular calyx ; the limb 4- (rarely 2-3-5-6- ) 

 parted, with a valvate aestivation. Petals usually as many as the 

 lobes of the calyx and alternate with them, inserted on the summit 

 of the tube, with a twisted aestivation, sometimes wanting. Stamens 

 as many or twice as many as the lobes of the calyx, or rarely half 

 as many, inserted with the petals : filaments distinct : anthers 

 introrse, often versatile : pollen triangular. Ovary coherent with 

 the tube of the calyx, 2-4- (or by abortion 1-2- ) celled : ovules 

 definite or indefinite : placenta in the axis : style elongated or 

 filiform : stigma capitate or 4.1obed. Fruit capsular with mostly 

 loculicidal dehiscence, or dry and indehiscent, or sometimes baccate. 

 Seeds indefinite or solitary in each cell, anatropous, destitute of 

 albumen. Embryo straight : radicle usually longer than the coty- 

 ledons.— Herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants, with entire or 

 toothed (alternate or opposite) leaves. Flowers axillary, or in 

 terminal spikes or racemes. 



