78 CELASTKACE.E. (STAFF-TREE FAMILY.) 



1. C. Americana, Nutt. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong, entire, the 

 lower surface, as also the branches and calyx, covered with a dense rust- 

 colored pubescence ; cyme small, shorter than the petiole ; petals spatulate, 

 emargiuate, shorter than the calyx; drupe 3-lobed. South Florida. 

 Leaves 2' -4" long. Drupe 4" in diameter. 



2. C. reclinata, Brongn. Nearly glabrous ; branches pendulous ; leaves 

 thin, elliptical, minutely pubescent beneath ; peduncles not half the length of 

 the petioles ; sepals keeled within ; petals yellow, shorter than the sepals ; 

 styles 3, distinct. South Florida. A large tree. 



8. GOUANIA, Jacquiu. CHAW STICK. 



Calyx 5-cleft, partly adnate to the ovary, the lobes spreading. Petals 5, 

 shorter than the calyx, and inserted on the 5-lobed disk which lines its tube, 

 hooded, and enclosing the short stamens. Ovary 3-celled,, 3-ovulcd. Style 

 3-cleft. Drupe dry, 3-lobed or 3-winged, separating from the central axis 

 into three valveless nutlets. Embryo in the axis of thin albumen. Tropical, 

 chiefly climbing shrubs, with alternate stipulate toothed leaves, and perfect or 

 polygamous flowers in terminal spiked clusters. 



1. G. Domingensis, L. Branches pubescent; leaves oblong-ovate, ta- 

 pering into an obtuse point, serrate, petioled ; spikes elongated, bearing a 

 tendril at the base; drupe globose, 3-winged. South Florida. Leaves 

 2" -4' long. Flowers minute, yellow. Lobes of the disk emarginate. 



ORDER 39. CELASTRACE^-E. (STAFF-TREE FAMILY.) 



Shrubs with simple stipulate leaves, and small regular flowers. 

 Sepals and petals 4-5, imbricated in the bud. Stamens 3-5, alter- 

 nate with the petals, and inserted with them on the disk which fills 

 the bottom of the calyx. Ovary free, 1 - 5-celled, with 1 - several 

 erect ovules in each cell. Styles united. Fruit capsular or drupa- 

 ceous. Seeds often arilled. Embryo in the axis of the albumen. - 

 Flowers perfect or polygamous. 



Synopsis. 



TRIBE I. CELASTRE^E. Sepals and petals 4-5. Stamens 4-5, distinct, iuserted 



on the margins of the disk. Albumen fleshy. 

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* Fruit a 1 - 2-seeded drupe. 



1. MYGINDA. Ovary 4-celled. Stigmas 4. Drupe 1-seeded. Leaves opposite. Flowers 



perfect. 



2. GYMINDA. Ovary 2-celled. Stigmas 2. Leaves opposite. Flowers dioecious. 



3. SCH.EFFERIA. Ovary 2-celled. Stigmas 2. Drupe 2-seeded. Leaves alternate. 



Flowers dioecious. 



* * Fruit a 3-5-valved capsule : seeds arilled. 



4. EUONYMTJS. Flowers perfect, in axillary cymes. Calyx flat. Leaves opposite. 



5. CELASTRUS. Flowers polygamous, in terminal racemes. Calyx cup-shaped. Capsule 



globose. Leaves alternate. 



