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6. MITCHELLA, L. Partridge-berkt. 



Flowers by pairs, with their ovaries united. Calyx 4-toothecl. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, 4-lobed, hairy within, valvate in the bud. Stamens 4. Style 

 slender. Stigmas 4. Fruit composed of two 4-seeded fleshy drupes united, 

 crowned with the 4-toothed calyx. — A smooth creeping evergreen shrub, with 

 small broadly ovate leaves, minute stipules, and fragrant white terminal 

 flowers. 



1. M. repens, L. — Shady woods. March -April. — Stem l°-2° long. 

 Leaves 6"- 10" long, mostly somewhat cordate, shining above, on slender 

 petioles. Corolla I' long. Fruit red. 



7. MORINDA, L. 



Flowers numerous, their ovaries united into a head. Calyx obscurely 

 toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, .5-lobed, valvate in the Inad. Stamens 5, 

 short. Style slender. Stigmas 2, filiform.. Fruit composed of 2-4 one- 

 seeded carpels, all united into a fleshy head. — Trees or shi'ubs. Leaves 

 opposite or wliorled. Stipules witliin the leaves. Flowers terminal, or op- 

 posite the leaves. 



1. M. Coioc, L. Stem smooth, procumbent or climbing ; leaves smooth, 

 lanceolate and acuminate, or obovate-oblong and abruptly acute, short- 

 petioled ; stipules broad and short ; flowers small, crimson. — South Florida. 

 March - April. 



8. CHIOCOCCA, Browne. Snowberry. 



Calvx ovate, 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, valvate in the bud. 

 Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla ; anthers linear, included. 

 Style slender. Stigma obtuse. Fruit fleshy, roundish, compressed, composed 

 of two oblong 1-seeded nutlets. Seeds suspended. — Shrubs. Leaves smooth, 

 petioled. Stipules connate. Flowers in axillary racemes, white or yellow. 



1. C. raeemosa, Jacq. Erect; leaves oblong (2' -3' long), acute at 

 both ends ; racemes mostly longer than the leaves, often compound, many- 

 flowered ; corolla many times longer than the calyx teeth, white, turning 

 yellow. — Varies with the .stems prostrate and vine-like, leaves smaller (^'-f 

 long), more rigid, and longer than the few-flowered simple racemes. — South 

 Florida. — Fruit white. 



9. PSYCHOTRIA, L. 



Calj^x ovate, 5-toothed, or nearly entire. Corolla short, funnel-shaped, 4 - 

 5-lobed, valvate in the bud. Stamens 4-5. Stigma 2-cleft. Fruit drupa- 

 ceous, composed of two 1-seeded carpels, mostly ribbed or angled when dry. 

 Seeds erect. Albumen horny. — Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, nar- 

 rowed to a petiole. Stipules sometimes membranaceous and deciduous. 

 Flowers mostly in terminal corymbs or panicles. 



1. P. undata, Jacq. Leaves lanceolate, or lanceolate-elliptical, acumi- 

 nate at each end, the lower surface as well as the branches ferruginous- 

 pubescent, sometimes glabrous ; stipules clasping, ovate, obtuse, deciduous ; 



