012 CELASTUACEuE. 



Ordeu RHAMNACE^. 



CONDALIA, Cav. 



Calyx 4-5-cloft, adherent to the base of the ovary, tlie lobes deciduous. 

 Petals none. Stamens 4 or 6, alternate with the calyx-lobes. Ovary 2-3- 

 celled, witii a single erect ovule in each cell. Style short; stigma 2-3-lobed. 

 Drupe 1-celled, 1-seeded, the seed not grooveil. — Mostly spiny trees or 

 shrubs, witli short-petioled leaves, and small clustered axillary flowers. 



C. ferrea, Griseb. Unarmed ; branchlcts pubernlent ; leaves oval or 

 oblong, obtuse or cniarginate, entire, smooth ; umbel-like clusters few-flow- 

 ered, sessile or shortpeduncled ; calyx-lobes 4, ovate, acute; stamens 4; 

 stigma 2-lobed ; drupe globose. (Scutia ferrea, Brongn.) — Coast and Kejs 

 of South Florida. — A small tree. Leaves thick, V -2' long. 



REYNOSIA, Griscb. 



Calyx urceolate, 5-cleft. Stamens 5. Ovary free, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. 

 Drupe baccate. Seed large, with ruminated albumen. Otherwise like 

 Condalia. 



R. latlfolia, Griseb. Leaves pale, coriaceous, alternate or opposite, 

 elliptical or obovate, emarginate ; flowers axillary, short-pedicclled ; calyx- 

 tube 5-angled, the lobes ovate ; stigma 2-lubed ; drupe ovoid. (Scutia ferrea, 

 1st edition.) — South Florida. — A small tree, or shrub. Leaves V, or less, 

 long. Drupe ^' long. 



RHAMNIDIUM, Kciss. 



Calyx 5-cleft, the lol)es keeled within, deciduous. Petals 5, clawed. 

 Stamens 5, ench)sed in the petals. Ovary free, 2celled. Style short ; stigma 

 2-lobed. Berry elliptical, dry, 1-2-celled. Seed compressed. Albumen 

 none. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite. F'lowers white, in axillary 

 cymes. Seeds bony. 



R. revolutum, Wright. Branches puberulous ; leaves smooth, thick, 

 oval-oblong, rounded or notched and mucronate at the tip, the margins revo- 

 lute ; clusters as long as the petioles ; calyx lobes deltoid ; petals obcordate ; 

 berry globose. — South Florida ( Curtiss). — Leaves 1' - 2^ long. Berry 6" in 

 diameter. 



Order CELASTRACE^. 



MYGINDA, Jacq. 



M. pallens, Smith. Brandies 4anglcd ; leaves elliptical or obovate, 

 obtuse, crenate, smooth, nearly sessile ; peduncles few-flowered, forking, ^' 

 or less long, shorter than the leaves ; style distinct, 4-lobed ; drupe obovate. 

 — Pine Key, South Florida (Curtiss). — Shrub 10°-15°high. Leaves 1'- 

 2' long Flowers and drupe red. 



