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2.5 mm. wide; sepals oblong: capsules about 2 mm. wide. — Pinelands and waste 

 places, L. keys. — [E. K.] — {Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



3. P. Garberi Small. Plants 1-3 dm. tall : leaf -blades thickish oblong or 

 nearly so: staminate calyx 2 mm. wide; sepals ovate to orbicular-ovate: 

 mature pistillate calyx 3 mm. wide; sepals oblong to ovate: capsules 2.5-3 mm. 

 wide. — Coastal sand-dunes, U. S. keys, U. keys, L. keys. — [E. K,] 



4. P. pentaphyllus Wright. Plants 0.5-3.5 dm. tall: leaf -blades thinnish, 

 mainly short-cuneate : staminate calyx 1.5 mm. wide; sepals suborbicular: 

 mature pistillate calyx 3 mm. wide; sepals obovate to elliptic: capsules less 

 than 1.5 mm. wide. — Pinelands, L. keys. — [E. K.] — {Cuba.) 



4. CICCA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades entire. Flowers similar to 

 those of Flujllantlms, but with vertically opening anther-sacs. Fruit baccate. 



1. C. disticha L. Shrub or small tree, the branchlets spreading or drooping, 

 glabrous: leaves various, those near the base of the branchlets with suborbicu- 

 lar to orbicular-ovate blades 1.5-3 cm. long, those above them with larger 

 ovate to oblong-lanceolate blades: larger sepals suborbicular to orbicular- 

 obovate, 1.5-2 mm. long: berries depressed, 1.5-2 cm. broad. — Eoadsides and 

 waste places, Key West. Nat. of the E. Indies. — [E. K.] — {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 

 — Otaheite-gooseberry. 



5. DRYPETES Vahl. Shrubs and trees. Leaf-blades entire or sinuate. 

 Flowers apetalous. Staminate flowers in rather dense clusters, with 4-8 

 sepals and 4-10 stamens. Pistillate flowers few in a cluster, with 4-8 sepals 

 and a 1-2-celled ovary. Fruit a drupe. — Guiana-plum. Whitewood. 



Sepals 4 : ovary 2-celled : stigmas 2 : drupe less than 1.5 cm. long. 1. D. lateriflora. 

 Sepals 5 : ovary 1-celled : stigma 1 : drupe over 1.5 cm. long. 2. D. diversifolia. 



1. D. lateriflora (Sw.) Krug & Urban. Shrub, or tree becoming 10 m. tall: 

 leaf -blades oblong or elliptic: sepals 4: stamens 4: drupes 9-11 mm. in diam- 

 eter. — Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. — [E. K.] — {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



2. D. diversifolia Krug & Urban. Shrub, or tree 12 m. tall: leaf -blades 

 oblong, elliptic or oval: sepals 5: stamens 8: drupes 2-2.5 cm. loug. — Ham- 

 mocks, r. keys, L. keys. — {Bah.) 



6. CROTON L. Herbs or shrubs. Leaf-blades entire, toothed, or lobed. 

 Flowers monoecious or rarely dioecious, usually spicate or racemose. Staminate 

 flowers with 4-6, usually 5, sepals, small often rudimentary petals alternating 

 with glands, and 6 stamens. Pistillate flowers with 5-10 sepals, usually no 

 petals, and a 3-celled ovary. Fruit a capsule. 



Petals present in the staminate flowers, wanting or rudimentary in the pistillate. 

 Leaf-blades entire : pistillate calyx not accrescent. 



Leaf-blades narrowly linear. 1. C linearis. 



Leaf-blades ovate to oblong. 2. C Berlandieri. 

 Leaf -blades toothed : pistillate calyx accrescent. 



Seeds oblong, dull. 3. C. arenicola. 



Seeds oval or ovate, shining. 4. C. glandulosus. 



Petals wanting in both the staminate and the pistillate flowers. 5. C. punctatus. 



1. C. linearis Jacq. Shrub 6-20 dm. tall: leaf -blades narrowly linear, 4-8 cm. 

 long: staminate racemes 4-8 cm. long or longer; sepals triangular; petals 

 spatulate, surpassing the sepals, obtuse: stamens about 15: pistillate racemes 

 4-5 cm. long : capsules subglobose, 5 mm. high, yellowish floccose : seeds broadly 

 oblong, about 3 mm. long. — Pinelands and coastal sand-dunes, L. keys. — [E. K.] 

 — {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



