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PKIMULACE^. 



Order SAPOTACE^. 



CHRYSOPHYLLUM, L. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5parted, without appendages. Stamens 5. Ovary 

 5- 10-celled, the ovules ascending. Berry mostly 1-celled, 1-seeded. Albu- 

 men scanty. — Tropical trees. Leaves thick, silky beneath. Flowers small, 

 in axillary clusters. 



C. oliviforme, Lam. Branchlets, &c. with copper-colored pubescence ; 

 leaves oblong-ovate, acute, entire ; pedicels shorter than the petiole ; corolla 

 white ; " berry black, 1-seeded." — South Florida. — A small tree. Leaves 

 2' -4' long. 



Order PLANTAGINACE^. 



PLANTAGO, L. 



P. Patagonica, Jacq. Annual, villous, or sometimes smoothish ; leaves 

 lanceolate or linear, shorter than the scape ; spike oblong or capitate ; bracts 

 shorter than the flower ; lobes of the corolla rounded ; capsule 2-seeded. — 

 Nashville, Tennessee (Dr. Gattinger), and westward. 



Var. aristata, Gray. Leaves linear-lanceolate ; spike linear, the filiform 

 bracts 3-6 times the length of the flower. — Alabama, Tennessee, and 

 westward. — Stem 1° or less high. 



P. pusilla, Nutt. Small (l'-2' high), slightly pubescent ; leaves narrow- 

 linear, entire ; capsule ovoid, rather longer than the calyx, 4-seeded. — Ten- 

 nessee and northward. 



Order PLUMBAGINACEiE. 



statice, l. 



S. Srasiliensis, Boissier. Leaves oblong, rounded or emarginate at the 

 apex, thin ; scape and spreading panicle slender (1°- 2° high) ; spikelets 1 - 

 3-flowered, more or less distant ; bractlets very unequal ; calyx smooth, the 

 ovate lobes acute ; corolla white. — Coast of Florida to North Carolina. 



Order PRIMULACE^. 



CENTUNCULUS, L. 



C. pentandrus, R. Br. Stems erect, simple (4' -8' high) ; leaves oval or 

 roundish, mucronate ; peduncles 2-8 times the length of the pentandrous 

 flower ; lobes of the calyx and corolla 4 or 6. — Low ground along the 

 Caloosa River, South Florida. October. 



