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3. DIPHOLIS, A. DC. 



Calvx 5-parted. Corolla 5-deft, with two toothed appendages between the 

 lobes. Stamens 5, each alternating with an ovate-lanceolate h'mbriate sterile 

 one. Ovary smooth. Drupe juiceless, 1 -seeded. Albumen copious, fleshy. 

 A small tree, with silky branches. Leaves smooth, oblong-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, narrowed into a short petiole. Flowers clustered, on short pedicels. 



I. D. salicifolia, A. DC. South Florida. Leaves ->' -3' long. Calyx 

 silky. Drupe small, oblong. 



4. BUMELIA, Swartz. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-cleft, with two appendages between the lobes. 

 Stamens 5, each alternating with a petal-like sterile one. Ovary 5-celled, 

 hairv. Drupe ovoid, 1 -seeded. Albumen none. Spiny shrubs, with hard 

 wood. Leaves deciduous, oblong, narrowed into a petiole. Flowers clus- 

 tered, white or greenish. , 



1. B. lycioides, fi;vrt. Leaves obovate-obloug, smooth on both sur- 

 faces: clusters many-flowered, smooth ; pedicels twice as long as the flower, 

 rathvr shorter than the petioles; corolla nearly twice the length of the calyx. 

 Hiver banks. June -July. A large shrub or small tree. Leaves 2' -4' 

 long. Flowers greenish. Drupe ovoid. 



1. B. tenax, Willd. Leaves oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, thin, the 

 lower surface, like the branchlets and many-flowered clusters, covered with 

 silky brown hairs; pedicels three times as long as the flower, shorter than 

 the petioles ; corolla white, barely longer than the calyx. Dry soil, South 

 Carolina, and westward. Leaves \V-2Y long. Drupe oval. 



3. B. lanuginosa, Pers. Leaves obovate-oblong or obovate, coriaceous, 

 the lower surface, like the branchlets and many-flowered clusters, covered 

 with a dense rusty villous pubescence ; corolla white, twice as long as the 

 calvx. Drv sandy soil, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. June- 

 July. A shrub or small tree. Leaves 2' -3' long. Drupe small, ovoid. 



4. B. retusa, Swartz. ? Pubescence as in the preceding ; leaves coria- 

 ceous, broadly obovate or roundish, notched at the rounded apex, acute at the 

 base, short-petioled ; "clusters densely many-flowered ; corolla white ; appen- 

 dages acute ; sterile stamens ovate ; drupe ovoid " Keys of Caximbas Bay, 

 South Florida. A shrub or small tree. Leaves 1^' long. 



5. B.reclinata, Vent. Glabrous or nearly so throughout, widely branched; 

 leaves thin, obovate-oblong, attenuate at the base ; pedicels few and slender, 

 or shorter and clustered; corolla white ; sterile stamens lanceolate ; drupe 

 globose. Low ground along rivers and streams, Florida to South Carolina. 

 June- Oct. A straggling shrub, 3- 5 high. Leaves 1'- H' long, V wide. 



6. B. CUneata, Oray. Smooth throughout: lateral branches short and 

 spine-like ; leaves small, coriaceous, lanceolate-spatulate or oblong obovate, 

 obtuse, clustered ; flowers few in a cluster, on short pedicels ; calyx lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, the two outer ones smaller ; corolla yellowish white ; drupe large, 

 oblong. South Florida. A small tree. Leaves 1' long. Drupe 3" -4" 

 long. 



