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Family 1. EBENACEAE. Ebony Family. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves mostly alternate: blades entire. Flowers 

 solitaiy or in cymes. Calyx of 3-7 partially united sepals, pei*sistent, 

 accrescent. Corolla of 3-7 partialh' united petals, often urecolate. An- 

 droecium of 3 or 4 times as many stamens as there are corolla-lobes. 

 Gynoecium of 3-several united carpels. Fruit a beriy, or sometimes 

 capsular. 



1. DIOSPYROS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves scattered: blades entire. 

 Calyx 3-7-lobed. Stamens with pubescent filaments and anthers opening 

 lengthwise. Berry spheroidal or elongate. 



1. D. virginiana L. Shrub, or tree becoming 35 m. tall, the bark very rough: 

 leaf -blades ovate, oval, or elliptic, 8-20 cm. long, acute or acuminate: corolla 

 8-13 mm. long; lolies reniform: berries 3-4 cm. in diameter, astringent when 

 green. — Everglades and coastal sand-dunes. — Persimmon. Date-plum. Simmon. 



Family 2. SAPOTACEAE. Sapodilla Family. 



Shrubs or trees, with milky sap, sometimes thorny. Leaves mostly 

 alternate : blades entire. Flowers perfect or rarely polygamous, clustered. 

 Calyx of 4—12, slightly united, sepals. Corolla of 4—12 partially united 

 petals, with or without appendages at the sinuses. Androecium of usually 

 as many stamens as there are corolla-lobes, commonly accomiDanied by 

 staminodia. Gynoecium of several united carpels. Fruit a several-celled 

 berry, or by suppression 1-celled. 



staminodia wanting. 1. Chrysophtllum. 



Staminodia present. 



Ovary 10-12-celled. 2. Sapota. 



Ovary 2-5-celIed. 



Corolla-lobes entire. 3. Sideeoxylox. 



Corolla-lobes with a large middle lobe and 2 smaller 

 lateral lobes. 

 Ovary glabrous : endosperm copious. 4. Dipholis. 



Ovary pubescent : endosperm wanting or scant. 5. Bumelia. 



1. CHRYSOPHYLLUM L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades commonly 

 lustrous-pubescent beneath. Calyx-lobes mostly 5. Corolla, like the calyx, 

 often pubescent : lobes mostly 5, entire. Anthers emarginate and apiculate. 

 Style wanting. Stigma lobed. 



1. C. olivaeforme L. Evergreen tree becoming 10 m. tall, the twigs closely 

 pubescent : leaf-blades leathery, oblong, elliptic, or oval, 3-10 cm. long, lus- 

 trous-pubescent beneath: calyx-lobes suborbicular, 1.5 mm. long: corolla white, 

 about 5 mm. wide; lobes suborbicular: berries oval, about 2 cm. long, dark- 

 purple. [C monopyrenum Sw.] — Hammocks. — F. K. {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — 

 Satinleaf. 



2. SAPOTA Mill. Trees. Leaf-blades glabrous. Calyx-lobes 6, or rarely 

 5, pubescent. Corolla glabrous: lobes 6, or rarely 5, toothed. Anthers blunt. 

 Staminodia nearly as long as the corolla-lobes. Style elongate: stigma minute. 

 Berry spheroidal, rough. 



1. S. Achras Mill. Tree with rusty-tomentose twigs: leaves and flowers ap- 

 proximately at the ends of the branchlets; blades oblong to elliptic, %-arying to 

 broadest above or below the middle, 5-12 cm. long: pedicels rusty-tomentose, 

 about as long as the petioles: calyx-lobes 8-10 mm. long: corolla 8-10 mm. 



