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6. MATTENUS. Flowers axillary. Calyx flat. Capsule 3-angled. Leaves alternate. 



7. PACHISTIMA. Flowers axillary, perfect. Capsule 2-celled. Leaves opposite. 



Tribe n. HIPPOCKATE.aE. Sepals and petals 3-5. Stamens 3, united below, 

 hypogynous. Albumen none. 



8. HIPPOCRATEA. Capsule 3-winged. Anthers transversely dehiscent. 



1. MYGINDA, Jacq. 



Flowers perfect. Sepals 4, united below. Petals 4, roundish. Stamens 4. 

 Ovary 4-celIed, with a solitary anatropous ovule in each cell. Style short, 

 4-cleft. Drupe 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed erect. Embryo in thin albumen. 

 Cotyledons flat. Radicle inferior. — Tropical shrubs, with small opposite 

 coriaceous leaves, and minute wliite or reddisli flowers on axillary forking 

 peduncles. 



1. M. Rhaeoma, Swartz. Branches slender, pubescent, angled; leaves 

 oblong, olitiise, crenate, nearh' sessile, paler and often discolored beneath; 

 peduncles filiform, shorter than the leaves, cymosely 2-4-flowered; calyx 

 lobes round, pubescent ; petals oval, concave, ciliate ; stigmas spi'cading j 

 drupe obovate. — South Florida. — A small shrub. Leaves i'-l' long' 

 glabrous. 



2. M. ilicif olia, Lam. Branches terete, pubescent ; leaves smooth, 

 round-ovate, spinj'-toothed, short-petioled ; peduncles shorter than the leaves, 

 umbellately 3-4-flowered ; calyx 4-toothed ; petals rounded ; drupe obovate, 

 pointed with the persi-stent style. — South Florida. — A small shrub. Leaves 

 i'-f long. 



3. M. latifolia, Swartz. Branches 4-angled ; leaves elliptical or obovate, 

 obtuse, crenate, smooth, nearly sessile ; peduncles few-flowered, forking, ^' 

 or less long, shorter than the leaves ; style distinct, 4-lobed ; drupe obovate. — 

 Pine Key, South Florida (Cwrfiss). — Shrub 10° -15° high. Leaves V-2' 

 long. Flowers and drupe red. 



2. GYMINDA, Sargent. 



Flowers dioecious, tetramerous, cymuse. Disk cup-shaped, fleshy, 4-lobed. 

 Ovary 2-celled, with a single suspended ovule in each cell. Stigma sessile, 

 2-lobed. Drupe 1-seeded. Radicle superior. Embryo large, in thin albu- 

 men. — A smooth shrub or small tree, the branchlets 4-angled. Leaves 

 coriaceous, opposite, obovate, short-petioled, the revolute margins obscurely 

 crenate. Cymes axillary, few-flowered. Drupe black. 



1. G. Grisebachii, Sargent. (Myginda? latifolia, \st edit. M. integri- 

 folia, II BK.) — Keys of South Florida. 



3. SCH^PFERIA, Jacq. 



Flowers dia^cious. Sepals 4, barely united at the base, rounded, 3-furrowed. 

 Petals 4, spatulate-oblong, much longer than the calyx. Stamens 4. Ovary 

 2-celled. Stigmas 2, sessile. Drupe dry, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Embryo in 

 oily albumen. Radicle inferior. — "Shrubs or trees, with alternate leaves, and 

 small greenish flowers in axillary clusters. 



