74 HUAMNACI-.-K. (m CKTIIOUN KAMIl.V ) 



3-se('di'il. (KliiiiimU'i rnroliniamis, W'u!/.) — Banks of riviM^, Florida to North 

 Caroliua and westward June. — A slnuli or small true. Ix-uvcs 3' - 4' long. 



6. CEANOTHUS, L. Jehsky Tea. 



Calyx colored, .'i-cKft, with the tulK- adnate to the ovary and pci^istcnt, tlie lobes 

 connivent, deciduous. Petals 5, longer than tiie calyx, hooded, long-clawed. 

 Stamens exserted. Style 3-i)arted. Drupe dry, composed of three 2-valved 

 1-sceded imtlets. Embryo iu fleshy albumen. Cotyledons flat. — Shrubby plant.s, 

 with alternate serrulate minutely stipulate 3-ribbcd leaves, and small (lowers in 

 lateral and terminal corymbs or panicles. 



1. C. Americanus, L. Branches pubescent ; leaves deciduous, varialilc 

 in size, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, sharply serrate, more or less 

 pubescent, pctioled ; peduncles elongated, mostly 2-leaved al)Ove. — Dry woods, 

 Florida to Mississippi, and northward. July. — Plant shrubby, l°-2°high. 

 Leaves 3-ribbcd, varying from 3' (C. intermedins, Ell.) to 3' long, often nearly 

 smooth (C. herbaccus, liaf.). Flowers and pedicels white. 



2. C. microphyllus, Michx. Stem erect, difi'usely much-branched ; 

 leaves perennial, small, obovate, slightly crenate, 3-ribbed, glossy above, with 

 scattered hairs beneath ; those in the axils clusten'd ; corymbs small, terminal. 

 — Dry barrens, Florida and Georgia, and westward. April and May. — Shrub 

 10-2° high, yellowish. Leaves 2"- 3" long. Pedicels and flowers white. 

 Drupe black. 



3. C. serpyllifoliUS, Nutt. Decumbent, diffusely branched ; branches 

 filiform ; leaves very small, ovate-elliptical, serrulate, obtuse, the lower surface, 

 as well as the petioles, strigose ; peduncles axillary ; flowers few, in a simple 

 corymbose head. — Near St. Mary's, Georgia. — Leaves 3" -5" long. Pe- 

 duncles 12 - 15-flowered. 



7. COLUBRINA, Kich. 



Calyx herbaceous, with spreading lobes. Nutlets opening at the apex and 

 down the inner angle. Embryo in thin albumen. Otherwise chiefly as in Ce- 

 anothus. — Tropical shrubs, with alternate parallel-veined leaves, and small 

 flowers in close axillary cymes. 



1. C. Americana, Nutt. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong, entire, the 

 lower surface, as also the branches and calyx, covered with a dense rust-colored 

 pubescence ; cyme small, shorter than the petiole ; petals spatnlate, emai-ginate, 

 shorter than the calyx ; drupe 3-lobed. — South Florida. — Leaves 2' - 4' long. 

 Drupe 4" in diameter. 



8. GOUANIA, Jacquin. Chaw stick. 



Calyx 5-clcft, partly adnate to the ovary, the lobes spreading. Petals 5, 

 shorter than the calyx, and inserted into the sinuses of the 5-lobcd disk which 

 lines its tube, hooded, and enclosing the short stamens. Ovary 3-cclled, 3-ovuled. 

 Style 3-elcft. Drupe diy, 3-lobed or 3-winged, separating from the central axis 



