76 KUAMNAi K.K. (iHCKTIIOKX KAMIl-V.) 



Drupe l-rt'lloil, l-sop»K'(i,tl;e seeil iiol grooved. — Mostlv s|»inv trees or slirubH, 

 witli 8hort-ititi.>K'il leaves, and small clustered axillary flowers. 



1. C ferrea, (iri.seb. Unarmed; branchlets jmlierulent ; leaves oval or 

 olilon";, ol)tuse or emarginate, entire, smooth; umliel like elu.sters few-How- 

 ered, .sessile or short peduueled; ealy.x lohes 4, ovate, acute; stamens 4; 

 sti<i;ma 2-lolicd ; drn])e jjlobose. (Scutia ferrea, /Jroiif/n.) — Coast and Keys 

 of South Florida. — A small tree. Leaves thick, l'~2' loni;. 



2. REYNOSIA, (iriseh. 



Calvx urceolate, .5-cleft. Stamens 5. Ovary free, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. 

 Drupe baccate. Seed large, with ruminated albumen. Otherwise like 

 Coudalia. 



1. R. latifolia, (iriseb. Leaves pale, coriaceous, alternate or opposite, 

 elliptical or obovate, emargiuate ; flowers axillary, short-pedicelled ; calyx- 

 tube S-angled, the lol)es ovate ; stigma 2-lobed ; drupe ovoid. (Scutia ferrea, 

 1st edition.) — South Florida. — A small tree, or .shrub. Leaves 1', or less, 

 long. Drupe V long. 



3. BERCHEMIA, Xeck. SurrLE-JACK. 



Caly.x 5-cleft, tlie tube hemispherical. I'etals 5, sessile, concave, as long as 

 the calyx. Ovary free, 2-celled, half immersed in the flesliy disk. Styles 

 united. Stigmas 2. Drupe oblong, 2-celled, 2-seeded. — Erect or twining 

 shrubs, with alternate piniiately veined leaves, with minute stii)ules, and small 

 greenish axillary or pauicled flowers. 



1 . B. volubilis, DC. Stem twining ; leaves oblong, acute, wavy on the 

 margins, glossy above, the simple veins oblique ; flowers in small terminal 

 panicles ; drupe purple. — Swamps, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. 

 May - June. 



4. SAGERETIA, Brongn. 



Calvx .5-cleft, tlie tube hemisplierical, the lobes carinate within. Petals 

 obovate, shorter than the calyx, concave. Ovary free, 3-celled. Stigmas 3, 

 nearly sessile. Drupe baccate, composed of three even 1 -seeded indehiscent, 

 nutlets. Seeds not grooved. Cotyledons flat. — Slender trailing shrulis, with 

 0])p:>site In-anclies and leaves, and minute whitish spiked flowers. 



1. S. Michauxii, Brongn. Stem vine-like (6° -18" long), with spine- 

 like spreading liranches ; leaves (1' long) nearly sessile, ovate or olilong-ovate, 

 acute, finely serrate, smooth and shining, persistent; spikes slender, inter- 

 rupted, mo.stly pauicled ; petals minute ; drupe dark purple, globose. (Rham- 

 nus miuutiflorus, J//cA.r.) — Dry sandy soil along the coast, F'lorida to North 

 Carolina. Sept. — Drupes pleasantly acid. 



5. RHAMNUS, Tourn. Buckthorn. 



Calyx 4 -.5 cleft, the tube urceolate, lined with a thin disk. Petals small, 

 obovate, concave, often wanting. Ovary free, 2- 4-celled. Styles united be- 

 low. Stigm.'us 2 - 4. Drupe baccate, composed of 2 -4 somewhat dehiscent 



