906 AKDISIACEAE 



Connective-body, broad, less than % as long as the anther-sacs : corolla-lobes linear or spatulate. 



Anthers prominently auricled at the base : corolla typically white. 1. D. Hugeri. 

 Anthers scarcely if at all auricled at the base : corolla typically pink-purple. 



Capsules oblong-cylindric, over 1 cm. long : filament-tube over 1 mm. long. 2. D. Meadia. 

 Capsules ovoid, less than 1 cm. long : filament-tube very short or filaments 



distinct. 3. D. brachycarpa. 



Connective-body narrow, over % as long as the anther-sacs : corolla lobes obovate. 4. D. Stanfteldii. 



1. Dodecatheon Hugeri Small. Leaf-blades spatulate, oblong or oblong-oblanceo- 

 late, 5-40 cm. long, often undulate or repand-crenate : scapes erect, overtopping the 

 leaves : calyx-lobes lanceolate, somewhat longer than the tube : corolla white or delicately 

 tinged with purple, 1-2 cm. long : anthers prominently auricled at the base : capsules 

 oblong-conic, 1-1.5 cm. long, much longer than the calyx. 



On river banks and bluffs, Maryland to Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama. Spring. 



2. Dodecatheon Meadia L. Leaf-blades spatulate to oblong, 5-20 cm. long, entire 

 to coarsely crenate : scapes overtopping the leaves : calyx-lobes linear to linear-lanceolate, 

 much longer than the tube : corolla pink-purple or almost white : petals 1-1.5 cm. long : 

 filaments mostly united, the tube over 1 mm. long : anthers scarcely if at all auricled at 

 the base : capsules oblong-cylindric, 1.2-1.5 cm. long, much longer than the calyx. 



On rocky bluffs and river banks, Pennsylvania to Wisconsin, Georgia and Texas. Spring and 

 summer. 



3. Dodecatheon brachycarpa Small. Similar to the two preceding species in 

 habit. Corolla pink-purple : filaments mostly united but the tube very short : anthers 

 scarcely if at all auricled at the base : capsules ovoid, less than 1 cm. long, slightly longer 

 than the sepals. 



On prairies, Maryland to Missouri, Alabama, and Arkansas. Spring and summer. 



4. Dodecatheon Stanfieldla Small. Leaf-blades spatulate, 7-13 cm. long, entire, 

 undulate and obtuse, the petiole-like bases relatively slender : scapes erect, 3-4 dm. tall, 

 slender, glabrous : umbels few-flowered : calyx-lobes lanceolate, 3-5 mm. long, acute : 

 corolla rose-purple, showy ; lobes obovate, mainly about 2 cm. long. 



In moist soil, San Marcos, Texas. Spring. 



FAMILY 3. THEOPHRASTACEAE D. Don. JACQUINIA FAMILY. 



Shrubs or small trees, with a light bark. Leaves opposite or somewhat 

 whorled : blades leathery, yellowish, varying from retuse to apiculate, persistent. 

 Flowers perfect, yellowish, in racemes, corymbs or panicles. Calyx campanu- 

 late, of 5 imbricated sepals. Corolla campanulate or rotate-salverform : lobes 

 5, imbricated in the bud, spreading, with a series of staminodia which represent 

 the outer series of stamens, attached below each sinus. Androecium of 5 stamens 

 adnate to the base of the corolla-tube. Staminodia at the sinuses of the corolla. 

 Gynoecium of 5 united carpels. Styles united, mostly hidden by the converging 

 anthers. Ovules not immersed in the placentae. Berry leathery, subglobose. 

 Seeds few or many. 



1. JACQUINIA L. 



Characters of the family, as given above. JOEWOOD. 



1. Jacqulnia Key^nsis Mez. A shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 5 m. and 

 a maximum trunk diameter of 10 cm., with a smooth blue-gray blotched bark, branched 

 above into a round top, the young branch lets angled, rusty-puberulent, sometimes orange or 

 yellowish green, becoming terete, darker and glabrous with age and marked with conspicu- 

 ous orbicular leaf-scars. Leaf-blades leathery, cuneate-spatulate or oblong-obovate, 1-5 cm. 

 long, yellowish green, 3-nerved, glabrous, shining, retuse or obtuse, often mucronulate, 

 revolute, short-petioled : racemes 2-6 cm. long : calyx campanulate, 2-3 mm. high, nar- 

 rowed to the club-shaped pedicel : sepals orbicular-ovate, obtuse : corolla straw-colored, 

 salverform, about 1 cm. broad ; lobes longer than the tube, spreading, oblong, obtuse : 

 Btaminodia shorter than the corolla-lobes, oblong, erose at the apex : stamens shorter than 

 the staminodia : berry subglobose, 8-10 mm. in diameter. [J. armillaris Chapm., not 

 Jacq.] 



On and near the coast, southern peninsular Florida and the Keys. 



FAMILY 4. ARDISIACEAE Juss. MYRSINE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees, with rather compact wood and usually a gray bark. Leaves 

 mostly alternate : blades leathery, entire, punctate : stipules none. Inflores- 



