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into three valveless nutlets. Embryo in the axis of thin albumen. — Tropical, 
chiefly climbing shrubs, with alternate stipulate toothed leaves, and perfect or 
polygamous flowers in terminal spiked clusters. 
1. G. Domingensis, L. Branches pubescent; leaves oblong-ovate, ta- 
pering into an obtuse point, serrate, petioled ; spikes elongated, bearing a tendril 
at the base; drupe globose, 3-winged. — South Florida. — Leaves 2! - 4' long. 
Flowers minute, yellow. Lobes of the disk emarginate. 
ORDER 40. CELASTRACEZE. (STAFF-TREE FAMILY.) 
Shrubs, with simple stipulate leaves, and small regular flowers. — 
Sepals and petals 4 — 5, imbricated in the bud. Stamens 4 — 5, alternate 
with the petals, and inserted with them on the disk which fills the bottom 
of the calyx. Ovary free, 1— 5-celled, with 1— several erect ovules in 
each cell. Styles united. Fruit capsular or drupaceous. Seeds often 
arilled. Embryo in the axis of the albumen. — Flowers perfect or 
polygamous. 
Synopsis. 
* Fruita1-2-seeded drupe. - : jugis 
1. MYGINDA. Ovary 4-celled. Stigmas 4. ` Pre VW Leaves opposite. Flowers | 
perfect. 
2. SCIIEFFERIA. Ovary 2-celled. Stigmas 2. Drupe 2-seeded. | Laos iijciote.. “Flowers 
dioecious. 
; * * Fruit a 3-5-valved capsule : seeds arilled. 
3. EUONYMUS. Flowers perfect, in axillary cymes. Calyx flat. Leaves opposite. 
4. CELASTRUS. Flowers polygamous, in terminal racemes. Calyx cup-shaped. Capsule 
globose. Leaves alternate. : ; 
5. MAYTENUS. Flowers axillary. Calyx flat. Capsule 3-angled. Leaves alternate. 
1. MYGINDA, Jacq. 
Flowers perfect. Sepals 4, united below. Petals 4, roundish. Stamens 4. 
Ovary 4-celled, with a solitary anatropous ovule in each cell. Style short, 4-cleft. 
Drupe 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed erect. Embryo in thin albumen. Cotyledons 
flat. Radicle inferior. — Tropical shrubs, with small opposite coriaceous Martii, F 
and minute white or reddish flowers on axillary forking peduncles. : 
1. M. Rhacoma, Swartz. Branches slender, pubescent, auigled; ; leaves ob- 
long, obtuse, crenate, nearly sessile, paler and often discolored beneath; pedun- - 
cles filiform, shorter than the leaves, eymosely 2 — 4-fowered ; calyx-lobes round, - 
pubescent ; petals oval, concave, ciliate ; stigmas spreading ; drape obovate. — _ 
South Thule & small shrub. Leaves j- ' long, glabrous. 
