830 TEEMINALIACEAE 



or polygamous. Calyx of 4-5 valvate deciduous or rarely persistent sepals. 

 Corolla of 4-5 petals, inserted at the base of the calyx, or wanting. Androecium 

 of twice, or rarely thrice, as many stamens as the petals. Filaments distinct. 

 Anthers introrse, erect or incumbent. Gynoecium of a single carpel. Ovary 

 1-celled. Style terminal. Stigma entire or nearly so. Ovules few (2-5), 

 suspended, anatropous. Fruit drupaceous or berry-like, indehiscent, often 

 crowned with the accrescent calyx. Seed solitary, filling the cavity. Endo- 

 sperm wanting. Embryo straight, with convolute cotyledons. [Combretaceae 

 R. Br.] 



Corolla wanting: calyx deciduous: stamens long-exserted : stigma minute. 

 Flowers spicate: bracts narrow. 



Calyx deciduous, deeply lobed: drupe flattened. 1. TERMINAL: A. 



Calyx persistent, shallowly lobed: drupe terete. 2. BUCIDA. 



Flowers capitate: bracts broad. 3. CONOCARPUS. 



Corolla present: calyx persistent: stamens included or nearly so: stigma de- 

 pressed. 4. LAGUNCULARIA. 



1. TERMINALLY L. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves relatively large, clustered near the ends of the branches. 

 Flowers in simple or branched spikes. Hypanthium not ribbed. Stamens 10. Fruits 

 in long spikes. 



1. Terminalia Catappa L. A shrub, or a tree sometimes 17 m. tall. Leaves 

 alternate; blades leathery, 1-3 dm. long, cuneate or oblanceolate, rounded or apicu- 

 late at the apex, undulate, acute, rounded or cordate at the base, on short stout peti- 

 oles: spikes slender, 5-15 cm. long, peduncled, many-flowered: hypanthium pubescent, 

 elongated: sepals ovate or triangular, about as long as the rest of the limb: stamens 

 exserted: anthers cordate : drupe elliptic or nearly so, 4-7 cm. long, 2-edged or slightly 

 winged. 



In sandy soil, peninsular Florida and Key West. Also in the West Indies and tropical 

 America. Native of the East Indies. Spring to fall. INDIAN ALMOND. WEST INDIAN 

 ALMOND. 



2. BUCIDA L. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves relatively small, clustered at the ends of the branches. 

 Flowers in simple or branched spikes, often crowded. Hypanthium terete. Stamens 

 10. Fruits in short spikes. 



1. Bucida Buceras L. A small tree sometimes 15 m. tall, with naked buds. 

 Leaves often clustered; blades 2-9 cm. long, spatulate to obovate oval or elliptic, 

 obtuse or notched at the apex, undulate, short-petioled: peduncles 1-3 cm. long: 

 spikes clustered, thinly tomentose, 3-10 cm. long: hypanthium 3 mm. high, tomen- 

 tose; limb saucer-shaped: sepals broadly triangular, acute: stamens 10, conspicu- 

 ously exserted: style villous: drupe ovoid-conic or flask-shaped, 7-8 mm. long, thinly 

 tomentose, the neck slightly curved. 



In hammocks, Elliott's Key, Florida. Also in tropical America. All year. BLACK 

 OLIVE TREE. 



3. CONOCARPUS L. 



Maritime shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades entire, leathery: petioles 

 bearing 2 glands. Flowers perfect, minute, greenish, in dense spicate or panicled 

 heads. Hypanthium flattened, not prolonged beyond the ovary. Sepals 5, deciduous. 

 Stamens usually 5, exserted: filaments elongated: anthers cordate. Style pubescent. 

 Ovules 2 in each cavity. Fruit an aggregation of imbricated scale-like drupes. 

 Seeds flattened. Embryo with convolute cotyledons. 



1. Conocarpus ere"cta L. A glabrate or silky-pubescent shrub or tree, some- 

 times 20 m. tall, with angled or winged twigs. Leaf -blades 2-5 cm. long, elliptic to 

 oval, acute or acuminate at both ends, entire, short-petioled: racemes 3-5 cm. long, 

 peduncled: heads 5-8 mm. in diameter at flowering time: hypanthium funnel-like, 

 greenish, a little over 1 mm. long: sepals triangular-ovate, about as long as the limb 



