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3. DIPHOLIS, A. DC. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla S-cIeft, with two toothed appendages between the 

 lobes. Stamens 5, each alternating with an ovate-lanceolate fimbriate sterile 

 one. Ovary smooth. Drupe juiceless, 1-seeded. Albumen copious, fleshy. 

 — A small tree, with silky branches. Leaves smooth, oblong-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, narrowed into a short petiole. Flowers clustered, on short pedicels. 



1 . D. salicifolia, A. DC. — South Florida. — Leaves 2' -3' long. Calyx 

 silky. Drupe small, oblong. 



4. BUMELIA, Swartz. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-cleft, with two appendages between the lobes. 

 Stamens 5, each alternating with a petal-like sterile one. Ovary 5-celled, 

 hairy. Drupe ovoid, 1-seeded. Albumen none. — Spiny slirubs, with hard 

 wood. Leaves deciduous, oblong, narrowed into a petiole. Flowers clus- 

 tered, white or greenish. 



1. B. lycioides, Gwrt. Leaves obovate-oblong, smooth on both sur- 

 faces ; clusters many-flowered, smooth ; pedicels twice as long as the flower, 

 rather shorter than the petioles ; corolla nearly twice the length of tlie calyx. 

 River banks. June -July. — A large shrub or small tree. Leaves 2' -4' 

 long. Flowers greenish. Drupe ovoid. 



2. B. tenax, WiUd. Leaves oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, thin, the 

 lower surface, like the brauchlets and many-flowered clusters, covered with 

 silky brown hairs ; pedicels three times as long as the flower, shorter than 

 the petioles ; corolla white, barely longer than the calyx. — Dry soil. South 

 Carolina, and westward. — Leaves l|-'-2^' long. Drupe oval. 



3. B. lanuginosa, Pers. Leaves obovate-oblong or obovate, coriaceous, 

 the lower surface, like the branchlets and many-flowered clusters, covered 

 with a dense rusty villous pubescence ; corolla white, twice as long as the 

 calyx. — Dry sandy soil, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. June- 

 July. — A shrub or small tree. Leaves 2' -3' long. Drupe small, ovoid. 



4. B. retusa, Swartz. ? Pubescence as in the preceding ; leaves coria- 

 ceous, broadly obovate or roundish, notched at the rounded apex, acute at the 

 base, short-petioled ; " clusters densely many-flowered ; corolla white ; appen- 

 dages acute ; sterile stamens ovate ; drupe ovoid." — Keys of Caximbas Bay, 

 Soutli Florida. — A shrub or small tree. Leaves lY long. 



5. B. reelinata, Vent. Glabrous or nearly so throughout, widely branched; 

 leaves thin, obovate-oblong, attenuate at the base ; pedicels few and slender, 

 or shorter and clustered ; corolla white ; sterile stamens lanceolate ; drupe 

 globose. — Low ground along rivers and .streams, Florida to South Carolina. 

 June -Oct. — A straggling shrub, 3° -5° high. Leaves I'-l^' long, Y wide. 



6. B. euneata. Gray. Smooth throughout ; lateral branches short and 

 spine-like ; leaves small, coriaceous, lanceolate-spatulate or oblong obovate, 

 obtuse, clustered ; flowers few in a cluster, on .short pedicels ; calyx lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, the two outer ones smaller ; corolla yellowish white ; drupe large, 

 oblong. — South Florida. — A small tree. Leaves T long. Drupe 3" -4" 

 long. 



