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riUMULACE^E. 



Order SAPOTACE^E. 



CHRYSOPHYLLUM, L. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla o-parted, without appendages. Stamen9 5. Ovary 

 6-10-celled, the ovules ascending. Berry mostly 1-celled, 1-seeded. Albu- 

 men scanty. — Tropical trees. Leaves thick, silky beneath. Flowers small, 

 in axillary clusters. 



C. oliviforme, Lam. Branchlets, &c. with copper-colored pubescence; 

 leaves oblong-ovate, acute, entire ; pedicels sborter than the petiole ; corolla 

 white; " berry black, 1-seeded." — South Florida. — A small tree. Leaves 

 ^- i' long. 



Order PLANTAGINACE^. 



PLANTAGO, L. 



P. Patagoniea, Jacq. Annual, villous, or sometimes smoothish ; leaves 

 lanceolate or linear, shorter than the scape ; spike oblong or capitate ; bracts 

 shorter than the flower ; lobes of the corolla rounded; capsule 2-seeded. — 

 Nashville, Tennessee {Dr. Gattinger), and westward. 



Var. aristata, Gray. Leaves linear-lanceolate ; spike linear, the filiform 

 bracts 3-0 times the length of the flower. — Alabama, Tennessee, and 

 westward. — Stem 1° or less high. 



P. pusilla, Nutt. Small (l'-2' high), slightly pubescent; leaves narrow- 

 linear, entire ; capsule ovoid, rather longer than the calyx, 4-seeded. — Ten- 

 nessee and northward. 



Order PLUMBAGINACE^E. 



STATICE, L. 



S. Brasiliensis, Boissier. Leaves oblong, rounded or emarginate at the 

 apex, thin ; scape and spreading panicle slender (1°- 2° high) ; spikelets 1- 

 3-flowered, more or less distant ; bractlets very unequal ; calyx smooth, the 

 ovate lobes acute ; corolla white. — Coast of Florida to North Carolina. 



Order PRIMULACEiE. 



CENTUNCULUS, L. 



C. pentandrus, R. Br. Btemserect, simple (4'-8' 1 1 i .^ 1 ; leaves oval or 

 roundish, mucronate ; peduncles 2-3 times the length of the pentandroui 

 flower; lobei of the calyx and corolla 4 or 5. — Low ground along tbe 

 Caloosa River, South Florida, October. 



