14 MENIsrKKM.VCK.K. (mOUNSKKI) IA.MILV.) 



twice as long as tlif calyx, ]mri)iisli hrowii ; fruit nhlung or jiear Hhaiicd, fcw- 

 gj.i.,li.,l. — Dry sandy Miil in the lnwer districts. Marcli. 



3. A. grandiflora, I'liiial. Slirul) 2°-3° liigii ; leaves oliovato,(»l)tii8e, 

 rigid, 2'-3' long, densely piiliescenl, like the l>raiiclie», wlnn y<iinig, at length 

 sniootii above ; outer petals 2' long, round-ohovate. yellowish, many times 

 longer than the calyx; fruit small, 1 -few-seeded. — Dry sajidy .suil in llie 

 lower districts of (ieorgia aud E. Florida. March - April. 



♦ * Flowers from the axils of coriaceous leaves. 



4. A. pygmsea, Dunal. Glahrous ; shrub 2°-3° high ; leaves 2'-6' long, 

 cuneate-oldong to linear, early deciduous; flowers l'-3' wide, white or pale 

 yellow, the outer petals ol)long-obovate ; fruit cylindrical, few-seeded. (A.an- 

 gustifolia, Graif '. ) — Sandy pine barrens, Florida, and lower districts of 

 Georgia. May. — On young stems the leaves are broader and tiie flowers 

 larger. 



5. A. CUneata, Slmttl. Leaves lanceolate-olilong, jmliescent beneath, 

 3' -4' long ; flowers V wide, the outer petals oblong, three times longer than 

 the calyx, aud twice as long as the inner ones. — S. Florida (Fcay). 



2. ANONA, L. CiSTARD-AppLE. 



Differs from the preceding iu its numerous ovaries, with a single erect 

 ovule, forming in fruit a compound many-seeded pulpy berry. — Tropical 

 trees or shrubs. 



1. A. laurifolia, Dunal. Glabrous; leaves oblong-ovate, 3' -4' long; 

 flowers r wide, whitish; petals thick, the outer ones round-ovate; fruit 

 smooth ; seeds compressed. — Wet banks, S. Florida. — A small tree. 



Order 4. MEXISPEK3IACEyl3. (Moonseed Family.) 



Climbing woody vines, with alternate ex.stipulate palmately veined 

 leaves, and small polygamous ordioecion.s flowers, in axillary or supra- 

 axillary racemes or panicles. — Sepals and petals mostly alike, in two 

 or more rows, imbricated in the bud. Stamens or more, hypog}'- 

 nous. Anthers 2- or 4-celled. Ovaries 3 - 8, drupaceous in fruit. 

 Seed and embryo curved, the latter large, in thin albumen. 



1. COCCULUS, DC. 



Flowers dioecious or polygamous. Sepals and petals 6, each in two rows. 

 Stamens 6, the anthers 4-celled. Ovaries 3-6, 1-celled, 1-oviiled. Stigma 

 subulate. Drupe baccate. Nut uniform, rugose. Seed conformed to the 

 cavity of the nut. Embryo semicircular. 



1. C. Carolinus, DC. Pubescent; leaves petioled, ovate or cordate, 

 entire or 3 - 5-lobed, acute or obtuse ; racemgs of the fertile flowers simple, 

 of the sterile compound ; flowers white ; drupe red. — Woods and thickets. 

 June- Jul V. 



