620 LYTHRACE^E. 



PRUNUS, L. 



P. (Laurocerasus) sphaerocarpa, Swam. Racemes small, erect, 

 shorter than the leaf; Leaves entire, shining ; flowers scattered j drupe sub- 

 globose. — Key Biscayne [Curtiss), South Florida. — A small tree, 10° -15° 

 high, flowering ni winter. 



FRAGARIA, Tourn. 



F. (Duchesnea) Indica, Andr. (Strawberry Geranium.) Creep- 

 ing; leaves trifoliate or 3-lobed, the lobes round-obovate, crenate ; peduncles 

 1-flowered ; petals yellow ; fruit inedible. — Waste places, escaped from culti- 

 vation. 



Order MYRTACE.E. 



EUGENIA, Micheli. 



E. longipes, Berg. Smooth ; branchlets very slender ; leaves (1' or 

 less long) oblong-oval or obovate, short-petioled, obtuse ; flowers large, single, 

 or by pairs, lateral or at the base of the branchlets, on long (V-\V) bibrac- 

 teolate peduncles ; petals oblong, spreading, as long as the stamens and slen- 

 der style ; berry large. — No Name Key, South Florida ( Curtiss). — A shrub 

 or small tree. 



The Gtjava-Trke (Psidium) is cultivated at Manatee, and occurs along 

 the west coast of Florida. 



Order LYTHRACE^E. 



AMMANNIA, Houston. 



A. latifolia, L. Stem erect, branching; leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, 

 dilated at the base; flowers single or clustered; style long and slender. — 

 Banks of the Mississippi. August. — Stem A -2° high. 



LYTHRUM, L. 



L. flagellaro, Shuttlw. Perennial, creeping, smooth ; the branches erect, 

 terete: leaves opposite, nearly sessile, rigid, oblong; flowers single, shorter 

 than the leaves, the Bhorl pedicel bibracteolate : calya club-shaped, 8 toothed, 

 the teeth broad and Bhorter than the subulate appendages ; petals 6, Bpatu- 

 late. bright purple ; Btamens and style exserted. — Margins of ponds. Sara- 

 BOta, South Florida [Garber), — Branches 6' -12' high. leaves 4"-6" long. 



Tii< Tamabibe (Tamarix Gallioa, /) has been found by Mr. C. E. 

 Smith permanent!; established on James Island, near < lharleston. 



