KUBIACEAE 1111 



arising from the septa. Berry usually 2-celled. Seeds free or in a pulp. Testa thin. 

 Endosperm horny. 



1. Randia aculeata L. A branching shrub, 1-3 m. tall, often spiny, the foliage 

 glabrous or nearly so. Leaves often clustered ; blades spatula te, obovate elliptic, oval or 

 some suborbicular, 1.5-5 cm. long, often somewhat revolute, narrowed into short petioles : 

 flowers short-pedicelled : sepals triangular or ovate, longer than the hypanthium : corolla 

 white, 6-8 ram. long ; lobes oblong, shorter than the tube : berries subglobose or oval, 8- 

 10 mm. long. 



In sand, coast and Keys of Florida. Also in the West Indies. 



8. CATESBAEA L. 



Glabrous spinescent evergreen shrubs. Stem and branches terete. Leaves oppo- 

 site, often crowded, with small deciduous interpetiolar stipules. Flowers solitary in the 

 axils, short-pedicelled. Hypanthium oblong or campanulate, terete or 4-angled. Sepals 

 4, very narrow, persistent. Corolla white, campanulate or infundibuliform, glabrous 

 in the throat : lobes 4, short, valvate. Stamens 4, adnate to the base of the corolla : 

 anthers narrow, sometimes appendaged. Disk annular. Ovary 2-celled : stigma 2-lobed. 

 Ovules usually numerous, pendulous or nearly horizontal, in 2-many rows. Berry leath- 

 ery-fleshy, 2-celled. Seeds flattened and angled. Testa nearly leathery, granular. Endo- 

 sperm fleshy. 



1. Catesbaea parviflora Sw. A branching shrub 1-3 m. tall, armed with simple 

 spines, the foliage bright green, glabrous. Leaves numerous, clustered ; blades leathery, 

 suborbicular, obovate or spatulate, 5-15 mm. long, obtuse, more or less revolute, lustrous 

 above, short-petioled or nearly sessile: sepals triangular to triangular-lanceolate, 1-1.5 

 mm. long : corolla white, 6-8 mm. long : berries subglobose, 6-8 mm. long, blue or black. 



In sand, Keys of Florida. Also in the West Indies. 



9. H AMELIA Jacq. 



Shrubs, with terete branches. Leaves opposite or whorled : blades membranous : stipules 

 interpetiolar, deciduous. Flowers perfect, in terminal dichotomous cymes, secund on the 

 branches. Hypanthium turbinate or obovoid. Sepals 5, erect. Corolla red or yellow, 

 tubular or nearly campanulate : tube constricted at the base, 5-ribbed, glabrous in the 

 throat : lobes 5, imbricated. Stamens 5, adnate to the base of the corolla-tube : anthers 

 narrow, the connective prolonged. Disk cushion-like. Ovary 5-celled : stigma fusiform. 

 Ovules numerous in each cavity, inserted in the placentae in the axis of the ovary. 

 Berry small, each crowned with the disk, 5-lobed, 5-celled. Seeds numerous, minute. 

 Testa membranous, reticulated. Endosperm fleshy. 



1. Hamelia patens Jacq. A branching shrub 2-3 m. tall, the foliage minutely 

 pubescent or glabrate : leaves opposite or in whorls of 3 ; blades elliptic, oblong or ellip- 

 tic-ovate, 8-15 cm. long, acute or acuminate at the ends ; petioles 1-4 cm. long : peduncles 

 as long as the petioles or longer : hypanthium sessile, about 3 mm. long during anthesis, 

 turbinate : sepals triangular, shorter than the tube : corolla crimson, 1.5-2 cm. long ; tube 

 narrowly cylindric ; lobes triangular or lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long : berries oval or ovoid, 

 5-7 mm. long, black. 



In sand, peninsular Florida and the Keys. Also in the West Indies and Brazil. 



10. CEPHALANTHUS L. 



Shrubs or small trees, with terete or 4-angled branches. Leaves opposite or rarely 

 whorled : blades entire. Flowers perfect, in axillary or terminal, solitary or panicled 

 heads. Hypanthium enlarged upward. Sepals usually 4, accompanied by bristle-like 

 or chaffy bractlets. Corolla white or yellowish, tubular-funnelform, glabrous or pilose 

 in the throat : lobes 4, imbricated. Stamens 4, adnate up to the throat of the corolla : 

 anthers bicuspidate. Disk minute. Ovary 2-celled : styles elongated, filiform. Ovules 

 solitary, pendulous, anatropous. Fruit dry, broadened upward, of 2-4 nut-like bodies. 

 Seeds elongated, with white arils. Testa membranous, sometimes produced into a narrow 

 wing. Endosperm somewhat cartilaginous. BUTTON-BUSH. 



