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Smooth shrubs, with opposite petioled leaves, broad and short nmcronate 

 sheathing stipules, aud axillary panicled flowers. 



1. E. fruticosa, L. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, shiniiig, nar- 

 rowed into a petiole ; panicles about as long as the leaves, many-flowered ! 

 flowers mostly tetramerous, small; fruit 5-ribbed, 6-10-celled. South Flor- 

 ida. Leaves 2' - 3' long. Flowers white. 



13. ERNODEA, Swartz. 



Calyx ovate; the limb 4 -6 parted, persistent. Corolla salver-shaped, slen- 

 der; tlie lobes 4-6, revolute. Stamens exserted; anthers linear, erect. 

 Style slender, longer than the stamens. Fruit obovate, somewhat fleshy, the 

 t\vo separable horny carpels closed. Seeds furrowed on the inner face. A 

 somewhat shrubby prostrate and smooth plant, with rigid 3-nerved lanceolate 

 leaves, and solitary sessile axillary flowers. 



1. E. littoralis, Swartz. South Florida, along the coast. March - 

 April. Stems straight, rigid, 4-augled, smooth. Branches short, alternate. 

 Leaves sessile, smooth, acute, the upper ones crowded. Flowers sessile in 

 the upper axils, yellow. Fruit roundish. 



14. HAMELIA, Jacq. 



Calyx oval, 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, somewhat 5-angled, 5-lobed. Sta- 

 mens 5, inserted near the base of the tube of the corolla : anthers linear. Style 

 simple. Stigma obtuse. Berry ovoid, 5-furrowecl, 5-celled, many -seeded. Seeds 

 minute, compressed. Shrubs, with opposite or whorled oblong petioled leaves, 

 lanceolate stipules, and orange-colored flowers, in axillary and terminal cymes. 



1. H. patens, Jacq. Pubescent; branches angled ; leaves 3 in a whorl, 

 oblong, acute ; cymes terminal, peduncled, umbellate ; corolla cylindrical, the 

 lobes concave at the apex, and mucronate ou the back. South Florida. 

 Leaves 3'- 5' long. Berry black. 



15. GENIPA, L. 



Calyx tube produced above the ovary, truncate or 5-toothed. Corolla sal- 

 ver-form, 5-parted, convolute in the bud. Stamens 5, inserted near the throat 

 of the corolla: anthers nearly sessile. Stigma clavate or 2-cleft. Ovary 1- 

 celled, the two placentas nearly meeting at the axis. Berry large, pulpy 

 within, many-seeded. Tropical shrubs or trees. 



1 G. clusisefolia, Griseb. (SEVEN-YEAR APPLE.) Leaves clustered 

 at the end of the branches, obovate, glabrous ; stipules large, persistent ; 

 racemes corymbose; corolla fleshy. South Florida. Shrub 6 -8 high. 

 Leaves 3' -4' long. Corolla 1' long, white, very fragrant. 



16. RANDIA, Houst. 



Calyx obovate, 5-toothed. Corolla salver-shaped, 5-lobed. Anthers 5, ses- 

 sile in the throat of the corolla, linear. Style simple, short. Stigma clavate, 

 2-lobed. Fruit somewhat dry, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds wingless. 

 Branching mostly spiny shrubs, with opposite leaves, and solitary stipules be- 

 tween the petioles. Flowers solitary or in short racemes. 



