106 HUBIACE.E. (MADDER FAMILY.) 



corymbs terminal, trichotomous at the base. South Florida. Leaves 2' -3' 

 long. Fruit ovate, red. 



2. P. tenuifolia, Swartz. Leaves oblong, acuminate at each end, undu- 

 late, rugose, and, like the branches, smooth ; stipules, mem brauaceous, acute, 

 deciduous; cyme sessile, twice trichotomous, shorter than the leaves; corolla 

 naked at the throat, hairy at the insertion of the filaments; fruit ovoid, 10- 

 ribbed. South Florida. Leaves about 3' long. Flowers small. 



10. STRUMPFIA, Jacq. 



Calyx limb 5-parted; the lobes acute, erect. Corolla somewhat bell- 

 shaped, deeply 5-parted, the tube very short, the lobes erect, lanceolate, 

 spreading at the apex. Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla ; tila- 

 meuts very short ; anthers thick, cohering in an ovoid-oblong 5-angled tube. 

 Style single, as long as the anthers, villous ; stigma obtuse, 2-lobed. Ovary 

 2-4-celled with a single ovule in each cell. Fruit a 2-4-celled, 1 -4-seeded 

 drupe. A low maritime shrub. Branches roughened by the persistent stip- 

 ules, trichotomous. Leaves ternate, very rigid, linear, obtuse, entire, the mar- 

 gins revolute. Flowers small, in axillary racemes, shorter than the leaves. 

 Corolla pubescent. Drupe small, red. 



1. S. maritima, Jacq. South Florida, Blodgett. 



11. GUETTARDA, L. 



Calyx tube ovoid, the limb tubular, scarcely toothed. Corolla salver- 

 shaped, 4 - 9-lobed, naked in the throat. Anthers 4-9, sessile in the throat 

 of the corolla. Style simple. Stigma mostly capitate. Fruit composed of 

 4-9 one-seeded bony carpels, united. Trees or shrubs, with ovate or lance- 

 olate leaves, and lanceolate deciduous stipules. Peduncles axillary, forking. 

 Flowers sessile. 



1. G. elliptica, Swartz. Leaves membranaceous, elliptical, slightly 

 mucrouate, feather-veined, rough above, the lower surface, especially the 

 veins, like the branches and cymes, covered with appressed silky hairs ; cymes 

 shorter than the leaves, 5 - 10-flowered ; flowers silky, tetramerous (rarely tri- 

 merous) ; stigma entire ; fruit globose, composed of 4 nutlets surrounded by 

 8 empty cells , calyx limb truncate, cleft on one side. South Florida. 

 Leaves 1'- 1^' long. Fruit as large as a pea. 



2. G. scabra, Lam. Leaves coriaceous, elliptical 'or somewhat obovate, 

 cordate at the base, rugose, muricate above, the lower surface, like the 

 branches and cymes, rusty -tomentose ; cymes longer than the leaves, several- 

 flowered ; fruit globose, 4-seeded, without empty cells. South Florida. 

 Leaves larger than in No. 1. 



12. ERITHALIS, Browne. 



Calyx ovoid, obscurely 4-10-toothed. Corolla somewhat rotate, 4-10- 

 parted, with linear spreading lobes. Stamens 4-10, inserted on the base of 

 the corolla: anthers linear. Style simple. Stigma 2 lipped. Fruit globose, 

 ribbed, composed of 4-10 one-seeded bony carpels. Seeds suspended. 



