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Family 1. ARMERIACEAE. Plumbago Family. 



Perennial oi* rareh' annual herl)s, or shrubby plants, or vines. Leaves 

 alternate, the bases dilated or clasping: blades entire. Flowers perfect, 

 in heads, spikes, or cymes. Calyx of 4 or 5 partially united sepals, the 

 tube ribbed. Corolla of 4 or 5 petals, the claws distinct or united. 

 Androcciuni of 4 or 5 stamens opposite the petals. Gynoecium of 4 or 5 

 united carpels. Styles or stigmas distinct. Fruit an achene or a utricle. 



1. LIMONIUM [Tourn.] Hill. Shrubby herbs with short leafy caudices 

 and nearly naked flower-stems. Flowers in compound cymes. Calyx funnel- 

 form, the limb searious and plicate. Corolla funnelform. 



1. L. brasiliense (Boiss.) Small. Leaf-blades oblong, 6-12 cm. long, rounded 

 or retuse at the apex: flower-stems 2-5 dm. tall: bracts oval, obtuse: calyx 

 about 3-4 mm. long; lobes round-ovate: corolla white. — Coastal sand-dunes. — 

 F. K. — Sea-l.wendar. Marsh-rosemary. 



Family 2. PRIMULACEAE. Primrose Family. 



Herbs, various in habit. Leaves alternate, opposite, or wliorled, 

 sometimes all basal : blades entire, toothed, or rarely dissected. Flowei"s 

 perfect. Calyx of 4—9 partially united sepals, commonly persistent. 

 Corolla of 4-9 partially united petals, or rarely wanting. Androecium 

 of as many stamens as there are sepals and alternate with them, some- 

 times with staminodia. Gynoecium a single pistil, with a central placentae : 

 style single. Fruit a 1-eelled, 2-8-valved capsule. 



Staminodia present : corolla-lolies longer than the tube. 1. Samolus. 



Staminodia wanting : corolla-lobes shorter than the tube. 2. Samodia. 



1. SAMOLUS [Tourn.] L. Caulescent herbs. Leaves alternate: blades 

 entire. Flowers in simple or branched, sessile or nearly sessile racemes. 

 Calyx perigynous: lobes 5. Corolla perigynous: lobes 5, with staminodia at 

 the sinuses. Stamens 5 : filaments very short, adnate to the base of the very 

 short corolla-tube. Ovary and capsule i inferior. 



1. S. floribundus TI.B.K. Plants glabrous, 1-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades spatulate 

 to oval or ovate, nearly 3-15 cm. long: sepals ovate or triangular-ovate, barely 

 1 mm. long, acute: corolla white, 3 mm. wide; lobes oblong: capsules 2.5-3 

 mm. in diameter. — Everglades. — F. K. (Bah., Cuba.) — Water-pimperxel. 

 Brookweed. 



2. SAMODIA Baudo. Caulescent herbs, of low grounds. Leaves alter- 

 nate: blades entire. Flowers in simple or branched long-peduncled racemes. 

 Calyx perigynous: lobes 5. Corolla white or pink, perigynous, without stami- 

 nodia: lobes 5. Stamens 5: filaments adnate to above the middle of the 

 relatively long corolla-tube. Ovary and capsules A inferior. 



1. S. ebracteata (H.B.K.) Baudo. Plant 1-3 dm. tall: leaf -blades spatulate 

 or obovate, 3-10 cm. long, obtuse or apiculate: corolla 6-7 mm. wide; lobes 

 more or less retuse at the apex. [Samolns ehracteatus H.B.K.] — Low pine- 

 lands.— F. K. {Bah., Cuba.) 



Family 3. THEOPHRASTACEAE. Joewood Family. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, persistent : blades leathery, entii'e. 

 Flowers perfect, in racemes, corymbs, or panicles. Calyx of 5 imbricate 



