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112 OLEACEAE. 



'.■ 6. BUMELIA Sw. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades mostly pubescent be- 

 neath. Calyx-lobes 5. Corolla-lobes 5, each 3-lobed, the middle lobe subor- 

 bicular, longer than the tube. Staminodia petaloid. Endosperm wanting or 



^very scant. — Buckthorn. 



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-'- 1. B. angustifolia Nutt.^ Evergreen shrub, or tree becoming 8 m. tall, the 

 twigs glabrous : leaves relatively few and not crowded : blades oblanceolate to 

 oblanceolate-spatulate, 1-4 cm. long, smooth and glabrous: calyx-lobes ovate, 



2 mm. long : corolla about 4 mm. wide ; lateral divisions of the lobes narrowly 

 lanceolate, irregularly toothed: staminodia 2.5 mm. long, lacerate: berries 

 17-20 mm. long. — Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. — Saffron-plum. 



•■ '"^ 7. MIMUSOPS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades leathery, finely many- 

 veined. Calyx-lobes 6 or 8, the outer ones valvate. Corolla with dorsal ap- 

 pendages; lobes 6 or 8, each with 2 very small lateral lobes. Staminodia 

 petaloid. 



y\. M. emarginata (L.) Britton. Evergreen tree, becoming 10 m. tall: leaves 

 clustered at the ends of the branchlets: blades oblong, 3-10 cm. long: calyx 

 like the pedicels, red-tomentose ; lobes lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate : corolla 

 light yellow, 1.5-2 cm. wide: staminodia triangular: berries spheroidal, nearly 



3 cm. thick. \M. i)arvifolia (Nutt.) Radlk.] — Hammocks, L. keys. — (Bah.) — 



WlLD-DILLY. 



Order OLEALES. 



Shrubs, trees, undershrubs, or herbs. Leaves opposite, or rarely 

 alternate or whorled: blades simple or pinnately compound. Flowers 

 perfect, polygamous, or dioecious. Calyx of 4, or more, partially united 

 sepals, or wanting. Corolla of 2-6, distinct or partially united, petals, 

 or wanting. Androecium of 2-4 stamens partially adnata to the corolla 

 when it is present. Gynoecium of 2 united carpels, the ovary superior. 

 Fruit a capsule, a samara, or a beri-y, usually 1-celled. 



^^ Family 1. OLEACEAE. Olive Family. 



Woody or partially woody plants Avith erect or climbing stems. 

 Leaves predominatingly opposite : blades simple and entire or toothed, or 

 pinnately compound. 



ly '^ 1. FORESTIERA Poir. Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite : blades simple. 

 Flowers mostly polygamo-dioecious, in lateral clusters. Calyx minute, 4-6- 

 lobed, or obsolete. Corolla wanting, or rarely of 1-2 deciduous petals. 

 Stamens 2-4. Stigma 2-lobed. Drupe oblong to globular. 



1. F. porulosa (Michx.) Poir. Shrub 1-3 m. tall, or small tree, the twigs gla- 

 brous or nearly so: leaf-blades 1.5-5 cm. long, oblong-lanceolate to spatulate: 

 bracts oval or suborbicular, about 1.5 mm. long: drupes oblong, 7-8 mm. long. 

 — Hammocks, U. S. keys. — Florida-privet. 



^ An apparent form of B. angustifolia growing in the Bahamas and the 

 Lower Keys and Lower Sand Keys has been described as follows: 

 B. Eggersii Pierre. Evergreen shrub, generally smaller in all parts than 

 B. angustifolia: leaves relatively numerous and crowded; blades narrowly 

 spatulate, mainly 0.5-2.5 cm. long, smooth and glabrous: berries 11-15 mm. 

 long. 



