1 76 RUBIACEAE. 



6 or 7 : style pubescent : drupes about 6 mm. in diameter. — Hammocks and 

 pinelau<ls. — F. K. (Bah., C%iha, Ant.) — Bough velvet-seed. 



8. ERITHALIS P. Br. Shrubs. Leaf-blades leathery. Flowers in ter- 

 minal cjTnes. Sepals 5-10, short, obsolete. Corolla with a short tube and 5-10 

 narrow lobes. Stamens 5-10: filaments adnate to the base of the corolla-tube: 

 anthers oblong to linear. Drupe berry-like. 



1. E. fruticosa L. Shrub with glabrous foliage: leaf -blades oval to oblong- 

 obovate, 2.5-5 cm. long, lustrous: sepals minute: corolla white; lobes oblong. 

 3-5 mm. long: berries subglobose, 3-4 mm. thick, dark-purple. — Coastal ham- 

 mocks and sand-dunes. — F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



9. CHIOCOCCA P. Br. Shrubs or vines. Leaf-blades leathery. Flowers 

 in axillary raceme-like cymes. Sepals 5, short. Corolla with a relatively short 

 tube and 5 shorter lobes. Stamens 5: filaments long, essentially free from the 

 corolla-tube and united around the base of the style: anthers linear. Drupe 



globular. SXOWBERRY. 



Corolla-lobes about 3 mm. long : anthers about 3 mm. long : seeds 4-5 mm. long. 



1. C. ana. 

 Corolla-lobes about 2 mm. long: anthers about 2 mm. long: seeds 



2-2.5 mm. long. 2. C. pinetorutn. 



1. C. alba (L.) A. Hitchc. Large, mostly diffus-e or reeliuiug, plants: leaf- 

 blades elliptic, oval, or ovate, 3-7 cm. long: corolla white, often becoming yellow; 

 tube 7-8 mm. long: drupes white, 5.5-6.5 mm. in diameter. — Haiflmocks. — 

 F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Aiit.) 



2. C. pinetorum Britton. Small, trailing plants: leaf -blades elliptic to oblong 

 or sometimes oval, broadest below the middle, 1-3 cm. long: corolla perma- 

 nently white; tube 3.5-4 mm. long: drupes white, 4-4.5 mm. in diameter. — 

 Pinelands.— F. K. (Bah., Cuba.) 



10. PSYCHOTRIA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades thinnish. Flowers 

 in terminal or axillary cymes. Sepals 4-6, short and broad. Corolla with a 

 relatively short tube and 4^6 usually somewhat shorter lobes. Stamens 4-6: 

 filaments adnate to near the top of the corolla-tube: anthers oblong to oval. 

 Drupe thick, often berry-like. — Wild-coffee. 



Corolla-lobes as long as the tube: leaf-blades glabrous. 1. P. undata. 



Corolla-lobes shorter than the tube : leaf-blades pubescent beneath. 2. P. Sulzuoi. 



1. P. undata Jacq. Shrub or small tree, the branches glabrous: leaf -blades 

 oval, elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, 6-15 cm. long: corolla white; tube 2.5-3 

 mm. long: anthers oval: drupes 5-7 mm. long, red. — Hammocks. — F. K. 

 (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



2. P. Sulzneri Small. Shrub, the branches pubescent: leaf -blades narrowly 

 oblong, elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, 8-15 cm. long: corolla white; tube 2-2.5 

 mm. long: anthers oblong: drupes 3-4 mm. long. [P. tenui folia Griseb. Not 

 Sw.] — Hammocks. 



11. MORINDA [Vaill.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades rather thin. 

 Flowers in capitate cymes, the hypanthia coalescent. Sepals usually 5, minute 

 or obsolete. Corolla with a relatively short tube and usually 5 somewhat 

 shorter lobes. Stamens usually 5: filaments adnate to near the top of the 

 corolla-tube: anthers linear. Drupes united into a fleshy syncarp. 



