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l-YTIIUACE^. 



PRUNUS, L. 



p. (Laurocerasus) sphaerocarpa, Swartz. Racemes small, erect, 

 shorter than tlie kaf; leaves entire, shining ; Howers scattered ; drupe sub- 

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

 high, flowering in winter. 



FRAGARIA, Tourn. 



F. (Duchesnea) Indica, Andr. (Str-^wberry Ger.inium.) Creep- 

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

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

 vation. 



Ordj:ii MYRTACE^. 



EUGENIA, Miciieli. 



E. longipes, Berg. Smooth; hranchlets %'ery slender; leaves (T or 

 less long) obloiig-ovai or obovate, sliort-petioled, obtuse ; flowers large, single, 

 or by pairs, lateral or at tiie base of the brancidets, on long (V - IV) 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 Guava-Trke (Psibium) is cultivated at Manatee, and occurs along 

 the west coast of Florida. 



OuPKR LYTHRACE^. 



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 i°-2° high. 



LYTHRUM, L. 



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

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

 than the leaves, the short pedicel bihracteolate ; calyx club-shaped, 6-tootlied, 

 the teeth broad and shorter than the subulate ajjpendages ; petals G, spatu- 

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

 sota, South Florida { Garher). — Branches 6' - 12' high. Leaves 4" - 6" long. 



The Tamarisk (Tamarix Gallica, L.) has been found by Mr. C. E. 

 Smith permanently established on James Island, near Charleston. 



