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undulate: oalyx-lobes ovate to oblong-ovate, as long as the tube or shorter: 

 corolla violet-blue, sometimes pale, 10-12 mm. wide; lobes linear or nearly so, 

 acute or acutish : anthers linear: ovary glabrous: berries red, 6-8 mm. in 

 diameter. — Coastal hammocks. — F. K. {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



3. LYCOPEESICON Mill. Heavy-scented herbs. Leaf-blades 1-2-pin- 

 nately divided. Flowers in cymes. Calyx not accrescent. Corolla rotate, 

 yellow: lobes longer than the tube. Stamens as in Solanum. 



1. L. Lycopersicon (L.) Karst. Plants clammy-pubescent, 3-12 dm. tall: leaf- 

 blades 1— i dm. long, the divisions ovate to oblong or lanceolate, coarsely 

 toothed or incised: calyx-lobes narrow, acute: corolla mainly 1.5-2 cm. wide: 

 berries mostly 5-15 cm. wide, red. — Pinelands and cultivated grounds. Nat. 

 of Trop. Am., and cultivated. F. K. (Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Tomato. 



4. CAPSICUM [Tourn.] L. Herbs or shrubs, unarmed. Leaf-blades flat, 

 entire, or repand. Flowers axillary or cymose. Calyx truncate or minutely 

 lobed. Corolla usually white, nearly rotate: lobes nearly as long as the tube. 

 Anthers longer than the glabrous filaments. Stigma minute. — Pepper. 



Calyx-lobes manifest : corolla-lobes broadly acute. 1. C. haccatum. 



Calyx-lobes obsolete : corolln-lobes rather abruptly pointed. 2. C. frutcscens. 



1. C. baccatum L. Stems 1-3 m. tall: leaf -blades ovate, oblong-ovate to ovate- 

 lanceolate, 2-5 cm. long: calyx mainly 2.5-3 mm. long: corolla about 5 mm. 

 long: berries 5-10 mm. long, red. — Hammocks. — F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



2. C. frutescens L. Stems 0.5-2 m. tall: leaf -blades ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 1-3 cm. long: calyx mainly 1.5-2 mm. long: corolla about 4 mm. long: berries 

 8-12 mm. long, red. — Hammocks. — F. K. (Cuba, Ajit.) 



5. LYCIUM L. Shrubs or woody vines, commonly spiny. Leaf -blades 

 thick, sometimes terete, entire. Flowers axillary, sometimes clustered. Calyx 

 markedly lobed. Corolla white or colored, funnelform, salverform, or nearly 

 campanulate: lobes longer than the usually short tube, or shorter. Anthers 

 shorter than the pubescent filaments. Stigma dilated. 



1. L. carolinianum Walt. Plants 3-15 dm. tall, with recurving branches: 

 leaves succulent, 0.5-2 cm. long: calyx-lobes deltoid or triangular-ovate, acute: 

 corolla blue or lilac, or nearly white; lobes 3-6 mm. long: berries red, 8-12 mm. 

 long. — Coastal sand-dunes and hammocks. — F. K. (Cuba.) 



Family 6. EHRETIACEAE. Ehretia Family. 



Shrubs, trees, or sometimes herbs. Leaves mainly alternate : blades 

 mostly entire. Flowers perfect, cymose. Calyx of 5 (4—6), partly united 

 sepals. Corolla of 5 (4^6), partially united petals. Androecium of 5 (4-6), 

 stamens, the filaments more or less adnata to the corolla-tube. Gynoecium 

 2-4-carpellai-y : styles 2 and distinct, or partially united, or united by 

 pairs. Fruit dnipaceous or of 4 nutlets. 



Styles, and stigmas, 4, unequally united by pairs : drupe with a 4-celled stone : 



cotyledons plaited or corrugated. 1. Sebesten. 



Styles, anfl stigmas, 2 : drupe with 2 or 4 stones : cotyledons flat. 2. Bocrbebia, 



1. SEBESTEN Adans. Shrubs or trees. Flowers in open clusters. 

 Sepals usually united to above the middle. Corolla bright-colored, shallowly or 

 deeply lobed. Filaments adnate to above or below the middle of the corolla- 

 tube. Fruits included, adnate to the accrescent calyx. 



