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long; lobes about A as long as the tube: berries 4-8 cm. in diameter. — Ham- 

 mocks and cultivated grounds. Xat. of the West Indies, and cultivated. — F, K. 

 {Ball., Cuba, Ant.) — Sapodilla. 



3. SIDEROXYLON [Dill.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades not lustrous- 

 pubescent. Calyx-lobes 5-6. Corolla glabrous: lobes 5-6, entire. Anthers 

 notched. Staminodia much shorter than the corolla-lobes. Style columnar: 

 stigma truncate. 



1. S. foetidissimum Jacq. Evergreen tree becoming 25 m. tall: leaf-blades 

 thin-leathery, oblong to oval or rarely ovate, 4-15 cm. long, glabrous at 

 maturity: calyx-lobes suborbieular, about 2 mm. long: corolla light-yellow, 6-7 

 mm. wide; lobes oblong to ovate-oblong: staminodia lanceolate: drupes oval, 

 2-2.5 cm. long, yellow. [S. mastichodendron Jacq.] — Hammocks. — F. K. 

 {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Mastic. Wild-olive. 



4. DIPHOLIS A. DC. Shrubs or small trees. Leaf-blades mostly gla- 

 brous. Calyx-lobes 5, pubescent. Corolla-lobes 5, each 3-lobed, shorter than 

 the tube. Staminodia petaloid. Endosperm copious. 



1. D, salicifolia (L.) A. DC. Evergreen tree becoming 16 m. tall: leaf-blades 

 elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 5-12 cm. long: calyx-lobes ovate to oblong, 1.5 

 mm. long : corolla 4 mm. wide ; lobes oblong or oval : staminodia ovate to ovate- 

 lanceolate, laciniate-toothed : berries oval or subglobose, about 8 mm. in diam- 

 eter, black. — Hammocks.— F. K. {Bali., Cuba, Ant.) — BusTic. Cassada. 



5. BUMELIA Sw. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades mostly pubescent be- 

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

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

 very scant. 



1. B. reclinata Yent. Evergreen shrub, the twigs becoming glabrous: leaf- 

 blades spatulate, oblanceolate. or rarely oblong-obovate, 1-3.5 cm. long, cob- 

 webby-pubescent beneath: calj'x-lobes suborbieular, about 1.5 mm. long: corolla 

 about 2.5 mm. wide: staminodia 1.5 mm. long, erose: berries oblong, 8-9 mm. 

 long. — Everglades, pinelands, and hammocks. — Buckthorn. 



Order OLEALES. 

 Shnibs, trees, undershmbs, or herbs. Leaves opposite, or rarely 

 alternate or wborled: blades simple or pinnately compound. Flowers 

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

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

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

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

 Fruit a capsule, a samara, or a berry, usually 1-celled. 



Family 1. OLEACEAE. Olive Family. 



AYoody or partially woody plants Avith erect or climbing stems. 



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



pinnately compound. 



Corolla wanting or rudimentary : fruit a drupe : leaf-blades simple. 1. Forestieka 

 Corolla salverform : fruit a didymons berry : leaf-blades compound. 2. Jasmindm. 



