OLEACE.E. (OLIVE FAMILY.) 351 



* * Follicles spiny. 



3. G. Shortii, Gray. Hirsute ami downy; leaves broadly cordate, 4' - 6' 

 luug ; umbels mostly compound and many-flowered long-peduncled ; corolla 

 1' wide, dull purplish brown, the oblong-linear lobes obtuse; crown nearly 

 equally 10-lobed ; follicle fusiform, spiny, 4' - 5' long. Low woodlands, North 

 Georgia and Tennessee. June. Odor of decaying fish. 



4. G. hirsutus, Michx. Pubescent and hirsute ; leaves ovate, cordate, 

 acuminate ; peduncle of the 6 - 8-flowered umbel equalling or shorter than 

 the petiole ; corolla dark purple, ovate in the bud, the oval or oblong lobes 

 smooth within; margins of the crown 10-creuate ; "follicle muricate." 

 Woods, Florida, and northward. 



5. G. Obliquus, R. Br. Leaves broadly cordate, short-acuminate, or 

 mucronate-poiuted ; umbel simple or compound, long-peduncled; corolla 

 crimson-purple, long-conical in the bud, the linear lobes smoothish within ; 

 margins of the crown 10-creuate; follicle terete, muricate. Rocky woods, 

 North Georgia, and northward. July. 



6. G. Carolinensis, R. Br. Leaves cordate, acuminate; peduncle 

 rather longer than the petiole ; corolla brownish purple, oblong in the bud, 

 the oblong lobes smooth within ; crown obtusely 5-lobed, and with a longer 

 bifid process in the sinuses. South Carolina, and westward. 



7. G. Baldwinianus, Sweet. Stem and cordate leaves pubescent and 

 hairy ; peduncles mostly longer than the petioles ; umbel simple or compound ; 

 flowers oblong-oval in the bud, white, the lobes somewhat spatulate ; crown 

 5-crenate, with a pair of subulate processes in the sinuses. Calcareous soil, 

 Florida and Alabama. July. 



8. G. flavidulus, Chapm. Hirsute ; leaves round-ovate, cordate, abruptly 

 acute ; umbels about as long as the petioles; corolla yellowish green, ovate in 

 the bud, the ovate obtuse lobes pubescent without ; follicles armed with soft 

 spines. Light ricli soil, Middle Florida. Leaves 4' - 6' long. 



9. G. pubiflorus, Engelm. Stem dividing at the base into many divari- 

 cate branches, 6' -12' long, hairy; lower leaves round-cordate, the upper 

 acute, all slightly hairy on both sides, and ciliate ; umbels axillary, 3-5- 

 flowered ; corolla small, purplish, villous within, the lobes ovate, obtuse ; 

 follicles oval, spiny. Sand-hills near the Altamaha River, Georgia. Orange 

 County, Florida (Fred. L. Lewtcm). 



ORDER 97. OL.EACEJE. (OLIVE FAMILY.) 



Trees or shrubs, with opposite entire or piunate exstipulate leaves, 

 and perfect polygamous or dioecious flowers. Calyx 4-toothed. 

 Corolla 4-lobed or 4-petalous, valvate or imbricate in the bud, some- 

 times wanting. Stamens 2-4. Ovary 2-celled, with 2 suspended 

 anatropous ovules in each cell. Style single or none. Fruit 1-2- 

 seeded. Embryo straight, in hard albumen. 



