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1. CORDIA, rium. 



Calyx ovate or bcll-shnpcd, 4 - 5-toothcd, not circumscissilc. Corolla funnel 

 or sivlvcr form, 4-5-lobcil. Stamens 4-5. Ovary entire, 4-ccilc(l. Stylo ter- 

 minal, twice 2-clcft, mostly cxscrtcd. Dniiie ovate or globose, piil])y, I - 4- 

 seedcd, commonly enclosed in the enlarged calyx. — Trees or sluubs. Leaves 

 toothed or eniiie. Flowers spiked or capitate, white. 



1. C. buUata, L. Kough throughout with white bristly hairs; leaves 

 oblong-ovate, senate-toothed, rugose, paler beneath, abruptly pctioled ; Howcrs 

 capitate, on peduncles which arc shorter than the leaves, and nearly terminal, 

 but elongated and lateral in fruit; ca.lyx ovoid, the subulate brisiiy teeth si)read- 

 ing; corolla short, hairy in the throat; stigmas club-sliapcd ; drupe l-aeeded. — 

 South Florida, — Leaves i' - 1 i' long. Heads 4" - 5" in diameter 



2. EHRSTIA, L. 



Calyx tnbulnr, 4 -5-toothcd. Corolla salver-form or whecl-shjiped, 5-lobcd. 

 Stamens 5 : .".nthers ovate. Ovary entire, 4-celled. Style terminal, 2-ckft at 

 the apex. Ccrry comi)oscd of 2 more or less separable 2-seeded nutlets. — 

 Tropical shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers corymbose, wliite. 



1. E, Beurreria, L. Smooth ; loaves pctiolate, obovato or oblong-obo- 

 vatc, entire, mucronate, obtuse, or notched at the apex, paler beneath ; corymb 

 many-flowered, divaricate ; calyx leathery, the teeth acute, i>ubcseent on the 

 margins ; stigmas depressed ; nutlets 4, apparently 2-celIed, 1-secded, finely 

 furrowed on the back. — South Florida. — A small tree. Leaves l^'-3' long, 

 acute at the base. Flowers white and fragrant. 



2. E. Eadula, Poir. Stem smooth; leaves obovatc, entire, rounded or 

 notched at tlic apex, tapering at the base into a short ])etiole, smooth beneath, 

 very rough and at« length white-spotted above; corymb few-flowered; pedicels 

 minutely braeted and sparingly hispid ; calyx 4 - 5-toothed ; the teeth ovate, 

 acute, pubescent on the margins ; lobes of the corolla rounded, wavy ; stigmas 

 peltate, depressed in the centre ; berry ovate, separable into 4 one-seeded nutlets. 

 — South Florida. — Leaves 1' - 1 A' lon;r. Corolla G" lonir. 



3. TOuRNEPORTIA, L. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver-form or wheel-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, 

 included. Style short, terminal ; stigma conical. Berry composed of two 

 2-sccded nutlets, which arc cither united or separable, or by abortion 1 -2-seeded. 

 — Erect or twining shrubs, with entire leaves, and white or yellowish flowers, 

 in 1 -sided bractless often cymose spikes. 



* Fruit ovate, separable into two 2-seeded nutlets : corolla-lobes ovate, plicate. 



1. T. gnaphalodes, R. Br. White-silky throughout ; stem thick, erect; 

 leaves very numerous and imbricated, linear, obtuse, fleshy, tapering to the base; 

 peduncles axillary; spikes 2-4-parted, dense, recurved ; calyx-lobcs oblong, 

 obtuse ; corolla fleshy ; anthers ovate ; berry deeply excavated at the base, — 



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