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6. CITHAREXYLUM, L. 
Calyx cup-shaped or somewhat tubular, slightly 5-toothed. Corolla salver- 
shaped, 5-lobed, the throat pubescent. Stamens 4-5, included: anthers sagit- 
tate. Ovary 4-celled. Style thickened upward: stigma notched. Drape juicy, 
of two 2-seeded bony nutlets, partly included in the enlarged indurated calyx. — 
Trees or shrubs, with entire mostly glandular-petioled leaves, and small flowers 
in slender spikes or racemes. 
1. C. villosum, Jacq. Branches 4-angled, hairy or tomentose; leaves 
somewhat coriaceous, oblong or oblong-obovate, obtuse, entire, tomentose and 
pale beneath, roughened and shining above, narrowed into a short biglandular 
petiole ; spikes declining, loose-flowered ; corolla smooth externally, the tube 
as long as the calyx, the lobes rounded or notched; stamens 4 ; drupe globose, 
half included in the enlarged calyx. — South Florida. — Leaves 2/-5! long. 
, Spikes 2'-4'long. Corolla 2"long. Drupe 4" in diameter. 
— Calyx of 5 imbricated concave sepals. ... Corolla bell-sh - aped, 5-k 
7. DURANTA, L. 
Calyx tubular, 5-ribbed, 5-toothed. Corolla somewhat bilabiate, pubescent in 
the throat; the upper lip 2-lobed ; the lower 3-lobed. Stamens 4, included. 
Ovary 8-celled. Style short: stigma oblique. Drupe bacéate, of four 2-seeded 
bony nutlets, included in the enlarged beak-pointed calyx.— Shrubs. Leaves 
Opposite or whorled, entire, dotted. Flowers showy, in axillary and terminal 
racemes. 
1. D. Plumieri, Jacq. Spineless or spiny; branches and racemes pubes- 
cent; leaves oblong or obovate, obtuse, entire, or serrate near the apex, tapering 
into a slender petiole ; racemes curving, loose-flowered; lower bracts leafy ; 
drupe globose. — South Florida.— Leaves 1/- 2! long. Corolla 5" long, lilac. 
Drupe yellow. 
8. CALLICARPA, L. Frencu MULBERRY. 
Calyx small, cup-shaped, 4-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, 4-cleft. Sta- 
mens 4, equal, exserted. Ovary 4-celled. Style slender; stigma capitate. 
Drupe baccate, of four separate 1-seeded nutlets. — Shrubs, with a glandular or 
scurfy mostly stellate pubescence. Leaves opposite, undivided, serrate, petioled. 
Flowers in axillary forked cymes. pn. 
1. C. Americana, L. Branches and leaves scurfy ; leaves. ovate-oblong, 
acute at each end, crenate-serrate, rough above, hoary beneath, becoming smooth- _ 
ish; cymes many-flowered, as long as the petioles; corolla blue; drape purple. - 
— Dry open woods, Florida to North Carolina, and west to Mississippi. June - 
and July. — Shrub 39 - 8° high. Leaves 4/ — 6 long. 
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9. AVICENNIA, L. 
amphitropous suspended ovules in each cell. Style short or 
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