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8. MORINDA, L. 



Flowers numerous, their ovaries united into a head. Calyx obscurely toothed. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, valvate in the bud. Stamens 5, short. Style 

 slender. Stigmas 2, filiform. Fruit composed of 2-4 one-seeded carpels, all 

 united into a fleshy head. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or vi'horled. 

 Stipules within the leaves. Flowers terminal, or opposite the leaves. 



1. M. Eoioc, L. Stem smooth, procumbent or climbing; leaves smooth, 

 lanceolate and acuminate, or obovate oblong and abruptly acute, short-petioled ; 

 stipules broad and short ; flowers small, crimson. — South Florida. March and 

 April. 



9. CHIOCOCCA, Bro^vne. 



Calyx ovate, 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobcd, valvate in the bud. 

 Stamens 5, inserted on the ba«e of the corolla ; anthers linear, included. Style 

 slender. Stigma obtuse. Fruit fleshy, roundish, compressed, composed of two 

 oblong 1 -seeded nutlets. Seeds suspended. — Shrubs. Leaves smooth, petioled. 

 Stipules connate. Flowers in axillary racemes, white or yellow. 



I. C. racemosa, Jacq. Erect; leaves oblong (2'-3' long), acute at botli 

 ends ; racemes mostly longer than the leaves, often compound, many-flowered ; 

 corolla many times longer than the calyx-teeth, white, turning yellow. — Varies 

 with the stems prostrate and vine-like, leaves smaller (^'-|' long), more rigid, 

 and longer than the few-flowered simple racemes. — South Florida. — Fruit 

 white. 



10. PSYCHOTRIA, L. 



Calyx ovate, 5-toothed, or nearly entire. Corolla short, funnel-shaped, 4-5- 

 lobed, valvate in the bud. Stamens 4-5. Stigma 2-cleft. Fruit drupaceous, 

 composed of two 1 -seeded carpels, mostly ribbed or angled when dry. Seeds 

 erect. Albumen horny. — Shnibs or trees. Leaves opposite, narrowed to a 

 petiole. Stipules sometimes membranaceous and deciduous. Flowers mostly 

 in terminal corymbs or panicles. 



1. P. lanceolata, Nutt. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate at each end, the 

 lower surface as well as the branches ferruginous-pubescent ; stipules clasping, 

 ovate, acute or acuminate, deciduous ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous at the 

 base. — South Florida. — Leaves 2' - 3' long. Fruit ovate, red. 



2. P. undata, Jacq. Leaves oblong, acuminate at each end, undulate, 

 rugose, and, like the branches, smooth ; stipules round, membranaceous, decidu- 

 ous ; cyme sessile, twice trichotomous, shorter than the leaves ; corolla naked at 

 the throat, hairy at the insertion of the filaments ; fruit (dry) ovoid, 10-ribbed. — 

 South Florida. — Leaves about 3' long. Flowers small. 



11. STRUMPPIA, Jacq. 



Calyx-limb 5-parted ; the lobes acute, erect. Corolla somewhat bell-shaped, 

 deeply 5-parted, the tube very short, the lobes erect, lanceolate, spreading at the 

 apex. Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla ; filaments very short ; 



