Riiizoriioi:ACi:-E. (mangrove family.) 135 



scvcral-flowcrcil ; petals 5, showy ; stamens 10, the alternate ones shorter. 

 (Dcfodoii venic-illatuni, Ell.) — Marshes and margins of ponds, I'lorida and 

 northward. August. — Stems 3° - 4° long. Flowers purple. 



5. CUPHEA, Jaeq. 



Calyx" tabular, 12-ribhe(l, gibbous or spuiTcd at the base on the upper side, 

 6-tootIied, ami usually with as many little appendages in the sinuses. Totals 6, 

 unequal. Stamens 11-12, unequal. Ovary with a gland at tlie base next the 

 spur of the calyx. Style filiform. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 1 - 2-celled, fow- 

 seedcd. — Chiefly herbs, with branching stems and purplish flowers. 



1. C. viscosissima, Jaeq. Annual, dammy-pubesecnt ; leaves thin, op- 

 posite, ovato-lamcolaty, long-petioied, rough ; flowers nearly sessile, borne be- 

 tween the petioles, solitary ; petals violet-j^uqile ; stamens 12. — Upper districts 

 of Georgia, and northward. August. — Stem 1° high. 



2. C. aspera, n. sp. Perennial; muricate-hispid and clammy ; leaves 3-4 

 in a whorl, lanceolate, nearly sessile ; peduncles longer than the leaves, borne 

 between the petioles (whorlcd) ; petals white or pale-purple; stamens 11. — Low 

 pine barrens, St Josepli's, Florida. Stem l°-li° high. Leaves I'long, rigid: 

 Root bearin": small tubers. 



The CRArio Myrtle (L.vGEKSTR<EiiiA Indica, L.), originally from Eastern 

 Asia, is common in cultivation. 



Order 53. RHIZOPIIORACE^. (Mangrove Fa^.iiey.) 



Trees or shrubs, growing in maritime swamps, with opposite, entire, co- 

 riaceous leaves, and deciduous stipules between the petioles. — Calyx 

 united with the ovary, 4 - 1 •2-lobed, valvate or lid-like in the bud. Petals 

 as many as the calyx-lobes and alternate with them. Stamens twice or 

 several times as many as the petals, and inserted with them on the calyx. 

 Ovary 2-celled with the cells 2-ovuled, or 1-celled and scveral-ovuled. 

 Ovules pendulous. Fruit 1-celIed, indehiscent. Albumen none. Radicle 

 elongated. 



1. RHIZOPHORA, L. Mangrove. 



Calyx-tube obovate, the limb 4-lobcd, persistent. Petals 4, oblong, cmargi- 

 nate, enfolding the alternate stamens in the bud, woolly on the margins. Sta- 

 mens 8. Anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit encircled above tho 

 base by the persistent calyx-lobes, at length perforated at the apex by the radicle 

 of the germinating embryo. — Flowers axillary, showy. 



1. R. Mangle, L. Leaves obovate-oblong ; peduncles 2- 3-flowcrcd ; ger- 

 minating embryo clavate ; flowers pale yellow. — Shallow muddy shores, South 

 Florida, forming dense low thickets. 



