620 LYTHRACE^. 



PRUNUS, L. 



p. (Laurocerasus) sphaerocarpa, Swartz. Racemes small, erect, 

 shorter tlian the leaf; leaves entire, sliining ; flowers scattered ; drupe sub- 

 globose.— Key Biscayne (Curtiss), South Florida. — A small tree, 10° -15° 

 high, flowering in winter. 



FRAGARIA, Tourn. 



F. (Duchesnea) Indica, Amir. (Strawberry Geranium.) Creep- 

 ing ; leaves trifoliate or 3-lobed, the lobes round-obovate, erenate ; peduncles 

 1-flowered ; petals yellow ; fruit ineilible. — Waste places, escaped from culti- 

 vation. 



Order MYRTACE^. 



EUGENIA, Micheh. 



E. longipes, Berg. Smooth ; branchlets very slender ; leaves (1' or 

 less long) oblong-oval or obovate, sliort-petioled, obtuse ; flowers large, single, 

 or by pairs, lateral or at the base of the branchlets, on long (I'-l^') bibrac- 

 teolate peduncles ; petals oblong, spreading, as long as the stamens and slen- 

 der style ; berry large. — No Name Key, South Florida ( Curtiss). — A shrub 

 or small tree. 



The Guava-Tree (Psidium) is cultivated at Manatee, and occurs along 

 the west coast of Florida. 



Order LYTHRACE^. 



AMMANNIA, Houston. 



A. latifolia, L. Stem erect, branching; leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, 

 dilated at the base ; flowers single or clustered ; style long and slender. — 

 Banks of the Mississippi. August. — Stem i° - 2° high. 



LYTHRUM, L. 



L. flagellare, Shuttlw. Perennial, creeping, smooth ; the branches erect, 

 terete ; leaves opposite, nearly sessile, rigid, oblong ; flowers single, shorter 

 than the leaves, the short pedicel bibracteolate ; calyx club-shaped, 6-toothed, 

 the teeth broad and shorter than the subulate appendages ; petals 6, spatu- 

 late, bright purple ; stamens and style exserted. — Margins of ponds. Sara- 

 sota, South Florida (Garber). — Branches 6'- 12' high. Leaves 4" -6" long. 



The Tamarisk (Tamarix Gallica, L.) has been found by Mr. C E. 

 Smith permanently established on James Island, near Charleston. 



