LIXACE.E. Gil 



T. semitriloba, L. Hirsute, much branched ; leaves round-ovate, entire, 

 or angularly 3-lobed; peduncles 8-flowered, flustered in the axils; sepals 

 pointed, as long as the yellow wedge-shaped petals; stamens 10-15; capsule 

 globose. — Manatee, Florida. Introduced. — Stem 3° -4° high. 



Obdbe OLACACE^E. 



SCHCEPFIA, Wallich. 



Calyx truncate, calyculate. Petals united into a 4-5-cleft tube, smooth 

 within. Stamens 4 or 5, opposite the lobes. Ovary 3-celled, the cells 1- 

 ovuled. Style 3-furrowed ; stigma 3-lobed. Drupe 1-3-seeded. — Shrubs 

 or trees. Flowers small, on axillary peduncles. 



S. arborescens, R. & S. Branches smooth, brittle; leaves ovate-lance- 

 olate, short-petioled ; peduncles short, single or clustered, 3-flowered; corolla 

 bell-shaped, red. — South Florida. A small tree. 



Order SIMARUBACE^E. 



PICRAMNIA, Swartz. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 3-5-parted. Petals 3-5, oblong. Stamens 

 3-5, exserted. Stigmas 2, sessile. Fruit a 2-celled, 2-seeded drupe. — Small 

 trees, with unequally-pinnate leaves, and small flowers in terminal racemes 

 or panicles. 



P. pentandra, Swartz. Leaflets 5-7, alternately distant, ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse; panicle simple, drooping; flowers greenish; stamens 5. — Miami, 

 South Florida (Garber). 



Order VITACE^. 

 VITIS, L. 



V. (Cissus) sieyoides, L. Pubescent, climbing high; leaves entire, 

 ovate, cordate, finely and sharply serrate, longer than the small cymes ; 

 berry small, globose. — Banks of the Caloosa River, South Florida. October. 

 — Branchlets and leaves somewhat succulent, detached in drying. 



V. rupestris, Seheele. Stem low, mostly erect; leaves pale, smooth, 

 round-cordate, or truncate at the base, rarely divided, coarsely and broadly 

 serrate, abruptly acuminate ; berries middle-sized, in small clusters. — Ten- 

 nessee (Dr. Gattinger), and westward. 



Order LINAGES. 



LINUM, L. 



L. Berlandieri, Hook."? Stem simple or sparingly branched (Q'-IZ 

 high); leaves narrow-linear; flowers few, racemose, yellow ; sepals acute, 

 glandular on the margins ; styles united to the top ; capsule globose. — 

 Miami, South Florida (Garber). 



