70 CELASTRACE.E. (STAFF-TREE FAMILY.) 



3. M. ? latifolia, Swam. Smooth ; branchlets 4-anglcd ; leaves opposite, 

 coriaceous, obovate, rounded or emarginate at the apex, narrowed at the base 

 into a short petiole, the margins revolutc and obscurely erenatc ; cymes axillary 

 and terminal, shorter than the leaves, widely spreading, few-flowered, or in the 

 more sterile plant many-flowered ; sepals roundish, much shorter than the oblong 

 petals; disk with four emarginate lobes alternating with the stamens; ovary 

 2-celled, with a single suspended ovule in each cell; stigma sessile, 2-lobcd ; 

 drupe ovoid, 1 -seeded ; embryo large, in thin albumen. — South Florida. — 

 Shrub 8° - 10° high. Leaves 1 ' long. 



2. SCHiEFFERIA, Jacq. 



Flowers dioecious. Sepals 4, barely united at the base, rounded, 3-furrowcd. 

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

 2-celled, Stigmas 2, sessile. Drupe dry, 2-celled, 2-sceded. Embryo in oily 

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

 greenish flowers in axillary clusters. 



1. S. frutescens, Jacq. Smooth; leaves ohovate-oblong, entire, acute or 

 obtuse; flowers 3-5 in a cluster, the slender pedicels arising from a wart-liko 

 peduncle ; drupe globose. — South Florida. — A small tree with hard and close- 

 grained wood. Leaves 1^' long, pale green. 



3. EXJONYMUS, L. Spindle-tree. 



Flowers perfect. Calyx flat, 4-5-cleft. Petals 4-5, spreading. Stamens 

 4-5, very short, inserted with the petals under the broad and fleshy disk which 

 surrounds the ovary. Ovary 3 - 5-eelled, with 2 erect or rcsupinate ovules in 

 each cell. Style very short. Capsule 3-5-ccllcd, loculicidally 3-5-valvcd. 

 Seed enclosed in a red pulpy aril. — Erect or trailing shrubs, with 4-angled 

 branebes, opposite serrate leaves, and greenish or purplish flowers in axillary 

 pcduncled cymes. 



1. E. Americanus, L. (Strawuf.rry Bush.) Flowers greenish, 

 pentamerous; peduncles 1-3-flowered; capsule warty; leaves Bhort-petioled| 

 varying from ovate or obovate to linear-lanceolate, serrulate. — Low shady 

 woods, Florida and northward. May and June. — Shrub 3°-C° high. Leaves 

 l'-2' long. 



2. E. atropurpureu.8, Jacq. Flowers purple, tetramerous j peduncles 

 many-flowered; capsule smooth; haves oblong, on rather long petioles, serru* 

 late. — River-banks, Florida and northward. May and June. — Shrub 8°-12° 

 high. Leaves 2' -5' long. Flowers dark purple. 



4. CELASTRUS, L. Staff-ttu.e. 



Flowers somewHal dioecious, Calyx cup-shaped. 5*cleft, Petals 5, spreading. 

 Stamens .">. inserted with the petals into the edge of the cop-shaped fleshy disk 

 which fills the tube of the calyx, abortive i" the fertile flower. Ovary 2-4- 

 celled, the cells 2-ovuled. Style thick. Capsule globose, commonly 8-celled 



