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1. S. juncea (Vahl.) Barnh. Scapes rooting in mud, erect, 1-4 dm. tall: 

 racemes spike-lii^e, 3-12-flowered : corolla yellow, less than 1 cm. broad; lower 

 lip larger than the upper, rather pointed ; spur horndike, acute, slightly curved, 

 pendant, about 13 mm. long. — Everglades. — {Bali., Cuba, Ant.) 



2. S. comuta (Michx.) Raf. Scapes rooting in the mud, 1-3 dm. tall: 

 racemes spikedike, 2-5-flowered, the flowers approximate: corolla yellow, 1.6-2 

 cm. broad: lower lip much larger than the upper, abrui)tly pointed; spur 

 horndike, acute, slightly curved, pendant, about 12 mm. long. — Everglades. — 

 (Bah.) 



7. AKANELLA Barnh. Terrestrial herbs. Leaves in a basal rosette, 

 often fugacious: blades linear. Scapes 1-several-flowered: scales below the 

 lowest pedicel numerous, peltate, fimbriate: bracts fimbriate: bractlets above 

 the base of the very short pedicels, mimicking exterior sepals, fimbriate. 

 Sepals 2, slightlv united, fimbriate. Corolla 2dipped. [Cosmisa Small, not 

 Raf.] 



1. A. fimbriata (H.B.K.) Barnh. Leafdjlades linear, 5-6 mm. long: scapes 

 5-15 cm. high: racemes 1-7-flowered, spikedike: corolla yellow, 6-8 mm. 

 broad; spur subconic, about as long as the lower lij^. [Utricitlaria fmbriata 

 H.B.K.] — Low pinelands, especially along the everglades. — (Cuba.) 



Family 14. BIGNONIACEAE. Trumpet-creeper Family. 



Shmbs, trees, woody vines, or rarely herbs. Leaves opposite, or 

 rarely alternate or whorled, often tendril-bearing: blades simple or pin- 

 nately compound. Flowers perfect, usually show^y. Calyx of usually 2 

 •more or less united sepals. Corolla 5-lobed, in-egular, or 2-lipped. An- 

 droecium of 5 stamens, with 1 or 3 of them reduced to staminodia, or of 4 

 didynamous stamens. Anthers with mostly divaricate sacs. Gjiioecium 

 of 2 united carpels. Ovaiy 1-eelled or 2-celled by the meeting of the 

 placentae. Fruit a capsule. Seeds winged or appendaged. 



Leaf-blades compound, the leaflets with toothed blades : capsules long and slender, 



dehiscent. 1. Tecoma. 



Leaf-blades simple, entire : capsules short and stout, indehiscent. 2. Enai,lai;ma. 



1. TECOMA Juss. Shrubs or erect partially herbaceous plants. Leaf- 

 blades unequally pinnate. Flowers clustered. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 

 nearly equally 5-lobed. Corolla with the tube gradually enlarged into the 

 funnelform throat. Seeds membranous-winged. 



1. T. stans (L.) Juss. Plants 1-8 m. tall: leaves 1-2.5 dm. long; leaflets 

 7-13, the blades lanceolate to elliptic, or narrower, 4-10 cm. long, coarsely 

 serrate: calyx 3-5 mm. long; lobes often triangular: corolla yellow, 3.5-4.5 

 cm. long: capsules 10-20 cm. long. — Hammocks. — F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 

 — Yellow trumpet-flower. 



2. ENALLAGMA Baill. Trees with scaly bark. Leaves alternate: blades 

 mainly leathery, relatively wide. Flowers solitary or clustered. Calyx oblique. 

 Corolla mainly white, the tube and throat folded on the lower side. Capsule 

 oblong to subglobose. Seeds wingless. 



1. E. latifolia (Mill.) Small. Tree becoming 8 m. tall: leaf-blades 7-15 cm. 

 long, abruptly pointed: calyx-lobes obtuse: corolla dull purple or creamy on the 

 lower side. 5-6 cm. long: capsules oblong to oval, 6-10 em. long. [Crcscentia 

 latifolia Mill. Sometimes confused with C. ovata Burni. f.] — Hammocks. — 

 F. K. (Cuba, Ant.) — Black-callabash. 



