368 OLEACEJE. (OLIVE FAMILY.) 
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twining shrubs. Leaves often cordate. Flowers yellow or white, in lateral 
umbels. 
1. S. erassifolium, Decaisne. Stem smooth and twining; leaves nearly * 
sessile, oblong, mucronate, rounded at the base ; peduncles stout, 8 — 12-flowered, 
2-3 times as long as the leaves and pedicels ; lobes of the corolla ovate, obtuse, 
spreading ; the outer surface, like the calyx and pedicels, pubescent ; leaves of 
the inner crown oval, rather exceeding the stigma and anthers. — South Florida. 
— Leaves somewhat fleshy, 9-12" long. Corolla 3" wide. Ovary villous. 
8. GONOLOBUS, Michx. 
Calyx 5-parted, spreading. Corolla wheel-shaped, 5-parted, the lobes spread- | 
ing, twisted in the bud. Crown a wavy-lobed ring at the throat of the corolla. | 
Gynostegium flattened, depressed. Anthers opening transversely. Pollen- a 
masses horizontal. Follicles inflated, angled, and often armed with soft spines. 3 
Seeds comose. — Twining herbs, with opposite petiolate cordate leaves, and yel- j 
lowish or purplish flowers, in lateral corymbs or umbels. 
1. G. macrophyllus, Michx. Hairy; leaves oblong-ovate, cordate, ; 
abruptly acuminate; umbels peduncled, several-flowered ; pedicels spreading, | 
unequal, shorter than the petioles ; corolla dull-purplish, conical in the bud ; the 
lanceolate obtuse lobes more or less pubescent within, green at the apex; folli- 
cle strongly ribbed. — Low thickets, Florida, and northward. July and Àug-— 
Leaves 2! - 6! long. : : 
2. G. hirsutus, Michx. Hirsute; leaves round-ovate, cordate, abruptly 
acute ; umbels about as long as the petioles ; corolla yellowish-green, ovate mM - 
bud, the ovate obtuse lobes pubescent without; follicles armed with soft spies: 
— Light rich soil, Florida, and northward.— Leaves 4/-6! long.  ' : 
.3. G. prostratus, Baldw. Stem dividing at the base into many divari- 
cate branches, 6' — 12! long, hairy ; lower leaves often reniform, the upper conte 
generally acute, all slightly hairy on both sides, and ciliate; umbels axillary, 
3-flowered ; flowers small, purplish ; petals ovate, obtuse ; follicles oval, smooth. 
— Sand-hills near the Altamaha River, Georgia, Baldwin. (*) 
Orper 104. OLEACEA, (Orve FawmY) 
Trees or shrubs, with opposite entire ór pinnate exstipulate vigi 
and perfect polygamous or diæcious flowers. — Calyx 4-toothed. jens 
4-lobed or 4-petalous, valvate in the bud, sometimes wanting- S ach 
2— 1. Ovary 2-celled, with 2 suspended anatropous ovules in ^ 
cell. Style single or none. Fruit 1—2-seeded. Embryo straight, i» 
Synopsis. 
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