830 TEEMINALIACEAE 



1. PUNICA L. 



Characters of the family. POMEGRANATE. 



1. Punica Granatum L. A shrub, or a tree reaching a height of 6 m. Foliage gla- 

 brous : leaf-blades leathery, oval, elliptic or oblong, varying to broadest slightly above or 

 below the middle, 1-8 cm. long, obtuse or acute, or rarely retuse, flat, short-petioled : 

 peduncles stout, 1 -several-flowered : hypanthium turbinate, becoming campanulate, later 

 subglobose : sepals triangular or triangular-lanceolate, much shorter than the tube, acute, 

 finally deciduous : petals scarlet ; blades suborbicular or orbicular-obovate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 

 short-clawed : berries subglobose or spheroidal, 5-10 cm. thick. 



In woods and waste places, Florida. Cultivated in the tropics. Native of southern Europe. 



FAMILY 4. TERMINALIACEAE J. St. Hil. WHITE MANGROVE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees, or vines in tropical regions. Leaves alternate or opposite : 

 blades simple, leathery : stipules wanting : petioles often bearing two glands. 

 Inflorescence racemose or capitate. Flowers often apetalous, regular, perfect 

 or polygamous. Calyx of 4-5 valvate deciduous or rarely persistent sepals. 

 Corolla of 4-5 petals, inserted at the base of the calyx, or wanting. Androe- 

 cium of twice, or rarely thrice, as many stamens as the petals. Filaments dis- 

 tinct. Anthers introrse, erect or incumbent. Gynoecium of a single carpel. 

 Ovary 1-celled. Style terminal. Stigma entire or nearly so. Ovules few, 

 (2-5), suspended, anatropous. Fruit drupaceous or berry-like, indehiscent, 

 often crowned with the accrescent calyx. Seed solitary, filling the cavity. 

 Endosperm wanting. Embryo straight, with convolute cotyledons. [Combre- 

 taceae R. Br.] 



Petals wanting : calyx deciduous. 



Flowers spicate : hypanthium terete. 1. TERMINALIA. 



Flowers in heads : hypanthium flattened. 2. CONOCARPUS. 



Petals 5 : calyx persistent. 3. LAGUNCULARIA. 



1. TERMINALIA L. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or alternate : blades entire : petioles often glandular. 

 Flowers perfect or polygamous, in simple or compound spikes. Hypanthium vase-shaped, 

 green or white, or rarely colored, constricted above the ovary. Sepals often deciduous. 

 Corolla wanting. Stamens 10, in two series, exserted : filaments filiform or subulate. 

 Ovules 2-3. Drupe dry, indehiscent, flattened, or sometimes winged. Seed almond-like. 



Leaves 2-9 cm. long : drupes 7-8 mm. long. 1. T. Buceras. 



Leaves 10-30 cm. long : drupes 4-7 cm. long. 2. T. Catappa. 



1. Terminalia Buceras (P. Br. ) Benth. & Hook. A small tree sometimes 15 m. tall, 

 with naked buds. Leaves often clustered ; blades 2-9 cm. long, spatulate to obovate 

 oval or elliptic, obtuse or notched at the apex, undulate, short-petioled : peduncles 1-3 

 cm. long : spikes clustered, thinly tomentose, 3-10 cm. long : hypanthium 3 mm. high, 

 tomentose ; limb saucer-shaped : sepals broadly triangular, acute : stamens 10, conspicu- 

 ously exserted : style villous : drupe ovoid-conic or flask-shaped, 7-8 mm. long, thinly 

 tomentose, the neck slightly curved. 



In coral soil, Elliott's Key, Florida. Also in the West Indies and tropical America. Spring. 

 BLACK OLIVE TREE. 



2. Terminalia Catappa L. A shrub, or a tree sometimes 17 m. tall. Leaves alternate ; 

 blades leathery, 1-3 dm. long, cuneate or oblanceolate, rounded or apiculate at the apex, 

 undulate, acute, rounded or cordate at the base, on short stout petioles : spikes slender, 5-li 

 cm. long, peduncled, many-flowered : hypanthium pubescent, elongated : sepals ovate or 

 triangular, about as long as the rest of the limb : stamens exserted : anthers cordate : drupe 

 elliptic or nearly so, 4-7 cm. long, 2-edged or slightly winged. 



In sandy soil, peninsular Florida and Key West. Also in the West Indies and tropical America. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



2. CONOCARPUS L. 



Maritime shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate : blades entire, leathery : petioles bearing 

 2 glands. Flowers perfect, minute, greenish, in dense spicate or panicled heads. Hypan- 

 thium flattened, not prolonged beyond the ovary. Sepals 5, deciduous. Stamens usually 5, 



