88 VITACEAE. 



J'^^^' 1. C. reclinata (L'Her.) Brougn. Tree becoming 20 m. tall, with puberulent 

 twigs: leaf-blades ovate-oblong or rarely oval or obovate 3-8 cm. long: sepals 

 about 2 mm. long: petals about 1.5 mm. long: drupe slender-pedicelled, seated 

 on the shallow hypanthium. — Hammocks, U. keys. — [E. K.] — {Bah., Cuba, 

 Ant.) — Nakedwood. 



^W 2. C. Colubrina (Jacq.) Millsp. Shrub or small tree, with rusty-tomentose 

 twigs: leaf -blades ovate, oblong, elliptic, or rarely oblanceolate, 5-15 cm. long: 

 sepals about 2.5 mm. long: petals somewhat longer than those of C. reclinata: 

 drupe stout-pedieelled, partly immersed in the deep hypanthium. — Hammocks. 

 U. keys, L. keys. — [E. K.] — {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Wild-coffee. 



4. GOUANIA Jacq. Shrubs or vines. Leaves alternate: blades broad. 

 Flowers polygamous, the inflorescence-branches often tendril-bearing. Sepals 

 5, spreading. Petals 5, clawed, the blades scoop-like. Stamens 5, each sur- 

 rounded by a petal. Drupe capsule-like, 3-winged, separating into 3-carpels. 



1. G. lupuloides (L.) Urban. Climber: leaf -blades oval or elliptic, varying 

 to ovate, 3-9 cm. long: spikes 6-15 cm. long: petals 1 mm. long, short-clawed: 

 drupes depressed, about 10 mm. broad. [G. domingensis L.] — Hammocks, U, 

 keys, L. keys, — [E. K.] — {Bah., Cuba, A7it.) 



Family 2. VITACEAE. Grape Family. 



Vines, sometimes bushy or tree-like, usually with tendrils. Leaves 

 alternate, or the lower ones opposite : blades simple or compound. Flowers 

 perfect, polygamous, or dioecious, in fiat-topped or elongate clusters. 

 Calyx of 4 or 5 sepals, or obsolete. Corolla of 4 or 5, often caducous, 

 petals, or wanting. Androeeium of 4 or 5 stamens opposite the petals. 

 Gynoeeium of usually 2 united carpels. Fi'uit a berry. 



Hypogynous disk present, either annular, cup-shaped or glandular : leaf-blades simple 

 or ternately compound. 



Petals cohering into a cap, caducous, never separating. 1. Muscadikia. 



Petals distinct, spreading. 2. Cissus. 



Hypogynous disk wanting or obsolete : leaf-blades digitately 



5-7-foliolate. 3. Paktiienocissus. 



1. MUSCADINIA Small. Vines. Leaf -blades angled or coarsely toothed. 

 Flowers in racemes or panicles. Calyx minute. Petals cohering. Berries 

 rather juicy, ultimately edible. 



i-6'fl. M. Munsoniana (Simpson) Small. Leaf -blades thinnish, but rather firm, 

 suborbicular or reniform, 4-S cm. broad, coarsely toothed, glabrous, except the 

 axils of the vein beneath, persistent, cordate at the base : berries globose, 1-1.5 

 cm. in diameter, nearly black under a slight bloom or shining, the skin and 

 pulp tender, acid: seeds 3-5 mm. long. — Hammocks, U. keys. — [E. K.] — {Bah.) 



BULLACE-GRAPE. 



2. CISSUS L. Fleshy vines. Leaf-blades simple or 3-foliolate. Flowers 

 in small cymes. Petals spreading. Berries inedible. 



Leaf -blades simple, distantly serrate. 1. G. aicyoidea. 



Leaf-blades 3-foliolate, the leaflets coarsely toothed. 2. 0. trifoliata. 



5 ij j 1. C. sicyoides L. Plants pubescent : leaf -blades ovate or oblong-ovate, 2-8 

 cm. long, acute or often acuminate: berries subglobose, about 1 cm. in diam- 

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



3 6y 2. C. trifoliata L. Plants glabrous: leaf -blades 3-foliolate; leaflets 1-3 cm. 

 long, suborbicular varying to ovate or obovate, often flabellate: berries globose- 



