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

 Flowers mostly polygamo-dioeeious, 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. 



Leaf-blades oblong or broadened upward: drupe with an oval stone over 6 mm. long. 



1. P. porulosa. 

 Leaf-blades linear or broadened upward : drupe with an oblong 



stone less than 6 mm. long. 2. F. pinetorum. 



1. F. porulosa (Michx.) Poir. Shrub 1-3 in. 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. — FLORiDA-rRivET. 



2. F. pinetorum Small. Shrub with short rigid branches, 0.2-1.5 m. tall, the 

 twigs puberulent: leaf-blades 1-2.5 cm. long, linear-spatulate: bracts obovate 

 to orbicular-euneate, 1..5-2 mm. long, ciliate: drupes oval, 5-6 mm. long, equi- 

 lateral. — Pinelands. 



2. JASMINUM [Tourn.] L. Shrubs or woody vines. Leaf-blades 3-7- 

 foliolate or sometimes 1-foliolate. Flowers mostly in terminal compound cymes. 

 Calyx with 4-9 short or elongate, often narrow, lobes. Corolla salverform, the 

 limb 4-12-lobed. Filaments adnate to the corolla-tube. Fruit didymous. 



1. J. grandiflorum L. Plants partially erect, or diffusely reclining: leaflets 

 mostly 5-7 ; blades ovate to oval, mucronate, except the usually ovate-lanceo- 

 late or narrowly ovate acute or acuminate terminal one: calyx 4-8 mm. long; 

 lobes subulate, often unequal: corolla white; tube 17-21 mm. long; lobes 

 mostly oblong to oval, obtuse. — Pinelands and waste places. Nat. from the 

 E. Indies, and cultivated. — (Ant.) — Jessamine. 



Order GENTIANIALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, sometimes aquatic or humus plants, or vines. 

 Leaves mainly opposite : blades simple. Flowers mostly perfect, solitary 

 or in cymes. Calyx of 5 partially united sepals, or fewer. Corolla of 5 

 partially united petals, or fewer. Androecium of as many stamens as 

 there are corolla-lobes : filaments often partially adnate to the corolla- 

 tube. Gynoecium of 2 more or less united carpels. Fruit capsular, 

 baccate, or drupaceous. 

 Ovary 2-celled : leaves stipulate or the bases connected by stipular lines. 



Fam. 1. SPIGELIACEAE. 



Ovary l-celled : leaves not stipulate. 



Corolla-lobes convolute or imbricate in the bud. Fam. 2. Gentianacbae. 



Corolla-lobes Indupllcate-valvate in the bud. Fam. 3. Mentanthaceab. 



Family 1. SPIGELIACEAE. Loganlv Family. 



Herbs, vines, or woody plants. Leaves typically opposite. Flowers 

 in open or compact clusters. Calyx of 4 or 5 partially united sepals. 

 Corolla of 4 or 5 partially united petals. Androecium of 4 or 5 stamens. 

 Gynoecium of 2 united carpels, or rarely more. Ovaiy 2-celled or rarely 

 4-eelled. Fruit capsular and 2-valved, or baccate or drui^aceous. 



Corolla urceolate : capsule prominently 2-lobed. 1. Ctnoctonum. 



Corolla campanulate : capsule ovoid-globose. 2. Polypkbmdm. 



