178 RiiuACKyi:. (mai)I>i;i{ iamii.v.) 



aiitliors thick, colicriiifj in an ovoid-oblong 5-angiiil tube. Style single, ns long 

 ui the anthers, villous ; stignm obtuse, 2-lobed. Ovuiy 2-4-cellc(l with a singlu 

 ovule in each cell. Fruit a 2-4-ecllc(l, 1 -4-secdecl drupe. — A low maritime 

 shrub. IJninches roughened by the persistent stipuh^s, trichotonious. Leaves 

 ternatc, very rigid, linear, obtuse, entire, the margins revolute. Flowers small, 

 in axillary racemes, shorter than the leaves. Corolla pubescent. Drupe small, 

 red. 



1. S. maritima, Jacq. — South Florida, l>r. DI(mJ<jM. 



12. GUETTARDA, L. 



Calyx-tube ovoid, the limb tubular, scarcely toothed. Corolla salver-shaped, 

 4 - 9-lobed, naked in the throat. Anthers 4-9, sessile in the throat of the co- 

 rolla. Style simple. Stigma mostly capitate. Fruit composed of 4-9 one-seeded 

 bony carpels, united. — Trees or shrubs, with ovate or lanceolate leaves, and 

 lanceolate deciduous stipules. Peduncles axillary, forking. Flowers sessile. 



1 . G. Blodgettii, Shuttl. Leaves membranaceous, elliptical, slightly mu- 

 cronate, feather-veined, rough above, the lower surface, especially the veins, like 

 the branches and cymes, covered w ith appresscd silky hairs ; cymes shorter than 

 the leaves, 5 - 10-flowered ; flowers silky, tetramerous (rarely trimerous) ; stigma 

 entire ; fruit globose, composed of 4 nutlets surrounded by 8 cmpty^ cells ; caly-x- 

 limb truncate, cleft on one side. — South Florida. — Leaves 1 ' - 1 ^' long. Fruit 

 as large as a pea. 



2. G. ambigua, DC. Leaves coriaceous, elliptical or somewhat obovate, 

 cordate at the base, rugose, muricate above, the lower surface, like the branches 

 and cymes, rusty-iomentose ; cymes longer than the leaves, several-flowered ; 

 fruit globose, 4-seedcd, without empty cells. — South Florida. — Leaves larger 

 than in No. 1. 



13. ERITHALIS, Browne. 



Calyx ovoid, obscurely 4 - 10-toothed. Corolla somewhat rotate, 4 - 10-partcd, 

 with linear spreading lobes. Stamens 4-10, inserted on the base of the corolla: 

 anthers linear. Style simple. Stigma 2-lipped. Fruit globose, ribbed, com- 

 posed of 4-10 one-seeded bony carpels. Seeds suspended. — Smooth shrubs, 

 with opposite petioled leaves, broad and short niucronatc sheathing stipules, and 

 axillary j)anicled flowers. 



1. E. fruticosa, L. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, shining, nairowcd 

 into a petiole ; panicles about as long as the leaves, many-flowered ; flowers 

 mostly tetramerous, small; fruit 5-ribbed, 6-10-celled. — South Florida. — 

 Leaves 2' -3' long. Flowers small, white. 



14. HAMELIA, Jacq. 



Calyx oval, 5-toothe(l. Corolla tubular, somewhat 5-anglcd, 5-lobed. Sta- 

 mens 5, inserted into the tube of the corolla : anthers linear. Style simple. 

 Stigma obtuse. Berry ovoid, ."i-furrowcd, 5-cellcd, many-seeded. Seeds minute. 



