TUENERACEAE. 95 



'- ' "^ 1. CIiUSIA L.^ Shrubs or trees, often epiphytic, at least when young. 

 Leaf-blades leathery. Flowers solitary or few together. Petals 4-9. Ovary 

 8-10-celled. Capsule leathery or fleshy. — Balsam-apple. Fat-pork. Monkey- 

 apple. 



Fruits slightly elongate or globular : stigmas 12-14. 1. G. flava. 



Fruits depressed : stigmas 6-8. , 2. C. rosea. 



1. C. flava Jacq. Tree, sometimes 20 m. tall: leaf -blades cuneate-obovate, 

 1-1.5 dm. long, many-ribbed: sepals suborbicular : petals yellow, obovate, 

 2.5-3 mm. long: capsule slightly elongate or globular. Seeds in pulp.^ — Ham- 

 mocks, L. keys. — (Ant.) 



2. C. rosea L. Tree, similar to C. flava in habit, but leaves rather larger: 

 capsule depressed. — Hammocks, L. keys. — {Bah., Cxiha, Ant.) 



Family 3. HYPERICACEAE. St. John's-wort Family. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves opposite: blades mostly punctate, entire or 

 nearly so, sometimes scale-like. Flowers perfect. Calyx of 4 or 5 her- 

 baceous equal or unequal sepals. Corolla of 4 or 5, yellow or pink, petals. 

 Androecium of few or many stamens, sometimes grouped, the groups 

 sometimes alternating with glands. Gynoecium of 3-7 united carpels. 

 Fruit a capsule. 



1. HYPERICUM [Tourn.] L. Herbs or shrubs. Sepals 5, essentially 

 equal. Stamens mostly in groups. Style relatively long. Capsule not in- 

 cluded. — St. John 's-wort. 



i? 1. H. aspalathoides Willd. Plants 2-8 dm. tall : leaves very numerous, with 

 clusters of small ones borne in the axils of the large ones; blades linear- 

 subulate or linear-filiform, 5-8 mm. long, or shorter in the clusters: petals 6-7 

 mm. long. Pinelands and sandy places, L. keys. — [E. K.] — {Cuha.) 



Family 4. TURNERACEAE, Turnera Family. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate: blades entire, toothed, or pin- 

 natifid, pinnately veined. Flowers mostly perfect. Calyx of 5 imbricate 

 sepals. Corolla of 5 convolute delicate jDetals. Androecium of 5 distinct 

 stamens. Gynoecium of 3 united carpels. Ovary 1-celled, with 3 parietal 

 plancentae opposite the styles. Fruit a 3-valved capsule. 



stigmas 2-cleft : plants herbaceous. 1. Piriqdeta. 



Stigmas brush-like : plants partially woody. 2. Turnera. 



' 1. PIRIQUETA Aubl. Herbs. Sepals slightly united. Stigmas 2-cleft. 



Stem hirsute as well as tomentose. 1. P. caroUnlana. 



Stem merely tomentose. 2. P. tomentosa. 



^'^''' 1. P. caroliniana (Walt.) Urban. Plants fulvous-hirsute, 1-4 dm. tall: leaf- 

 blades obovate, oblong, cuneate, lanceolate, or rarely oval, 1-7 cm. long, repand 

 or crenate-serrate : corolla deep-yellow; capsules 5-7 mm. long. — Pinelands 

 and coastal sand-dunes, U. S. keys. — [E. K.] 



J^ 2. P. tomentosa H.B.K. Plants stellate-toraentose, 2-4 dm. tall: leaf -blades 

 oval, oblong, or rarely narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 1-4 cm. long, crenate-serrate : 



^ Incomplete specimens of both the following species of this genus appear 

 to have been collected on Big Pine Key and Key West many years ago. 



