114 SAPIXDACEAE. 



Sepals 4, or rarely 3. Petals i, or rarely 3. Stamens 4, borne outside the disk. 

 Stigmas disk-like. Drupe smooth. 



1. G. latifolia (Sw.) Urban. Shrub or small tree: leaf -blades obovate to ellip- 

 tie-obovate. 2-4 cm. long, light-green, or (glaucous above in G. latifolia 

 glaucifolia) : petals oblong to obovate-oblong 1.5-2 mm. long: drupes oblong 

 to ovoid, 7-8 mm. long, bluish-black. — Coastal sand-dunes and hammocks. — 

 F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — False-boxwood. 



4. SCHAEFFEEIA Jacq. Shrubs or trees, the twigs terete. Leaves 

 alternate, persistent: blades entire. Flowers dioecious, in axillary clusters. 

 Sepals 4. Petals 4. Stamens 4. Stigmas recurved. Drupe tubercled. 



1. S. frutescens Jacq. Shrub or small tree: leaves not clustered: flowers 

 manifestly pedieelled: drupes about 5 mm. in diameter. — Coastal sand-dunes 

 and hammocks.— F. K. (Bah., Cnha. Jnt.)— Boxwood. Yellow-wood. 



FAiiiLY 4. DODONAEACEAE. Dodoxaea Family. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades simple. Flowers polyg- 

 amous or polygamo-dioecious, variously borne. Calyx of 3-5 sepals. 

 Corolla wanting. Androecium of 5-8 stamens. Disk obsolete. Gynoecium 

 of 3 or 4 united carpels. Fruit a reticulate septicidal capsule. Seeds 

 subglobose or somewhat flattened. 



1. DODONAEA [Plum.] L. Erect plants with usually viscid foliage. 

 Leaf-blades broadened upward. Capsule winged. 



1. D. jamaicensis DC. Shrub 1-4 m. tall: leaves 3-11 cm. long: blades 

 narrowly spatulate, gradually narrowed to the base: sepals oblong, 2.5-3 mm. 

 long, ciiiolate, persistent: fruits 10-16 mm. long, deeply notched at the apex, 

 — Hammocks and pinelands. — F. K. 



Family 5. SAPINDACEAE. Soapberry Family. 



Shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves opposite or alternate: blades simple 

 or pinnate, sometimes 1-foliolate. Flowers dioecious, polygamous, or 

 polygamo-dioecious, or rarely perfect, borne in racemes, panicles, or 

 coiymbs. Calyx of 4 or 5 sepals. Corolla of 4 or 5 petals, or wanting. 

 Disk sometimes gland bearing. Androecium mostly of 5 or more stamens. 

 Gynoecium of 2-4 more or less united carpels. Fi-uit capsular or baccate. 



Vines : fruits capsular. 1- Cardiospermdm. 



Shrubs or trees : fruits baccate. 



Corolla longer than the calyx ; petals appendaged. 



Fruits lobed, the carpels nearly distinct : androecium, 



and gjTioeclum, glabrous. 2. Sapindus. 



Fruits not lobed, the carpels united : androecium, and 



gynoecium usually pubescent. •'5. Talisia. 



Corolla shorter than the calyx ; petals unappendaged. 4. Exothea. 



1. CAJIDIOSPERMUM L. Herbaceous or woody vines. Leaves alter- 

 nate: blades biternate or decompound. Flowers polygamo-dioecious, irregular. 

 Sepals 4. Petals 4, unequal. Disk one-sided, with 2 glands opposite the lower 

 petals. Stamens 8. Capsules bladdery. 



1. C. Halicacabum L. Leaflets 3; blades ovate to ovate-lanceolate, coarsely 

 serrate, incised or parted: petals 3. .5-4.5 mm. long: capsules obovoid. — Ham- 

 mocks.— F. K. (Ber., Bah., Cuba, ^;it.)— Balloox-vine. 



