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1. CORDIA, Plum. 



Calyx ovate or bell-shaped, 4 - 5-toothed, not circumscissile. Corolla funnel 

 or salver form, 4 - 5-lobed. Stamens 4-5. Ovary entire, 4-celled. Style ter- 

 minal, twice 2-cleft, mostly exserted. Drupe ovate or globose, pulpy, 14- 

 seeded, commonly enclosed in the enlarged calyx. Trees or shrubs. Leaves 

 toothed or entire. Flowers spiked or capitate, white. 



1. C. bullata, L. Rough throughout with white bristly hairs; leaves 

 oblong-ovate, serrate-toothed, rugose, paler beneath, abruptly petioled ; flowers 

 capitate, on peduncles which are shorter than the leaves, and nearly terminal, 

 but elongated and lateral in fruit ; calyx ovoid, the subulate bristly teeth spread- 

 ing ; corolla short, hairy in the throat ; stigmas club-shaped ; drupe 1 -seeded. 

 South Florida. Leaves ' - 1 J' long. Heads 4" - 5" in diameter 



2. EHRETIA, L. 



Calyx tubular, 4 -5-toothed. Corolla salver-form or wheel-shaped, 5-lobed. 

 Stamens 5 : anthers ovate. Ovary entire, 4-celled. Style terminal, 2-cleft at 

 the apex. Berry composed of 2 more or less separable 2-seeded nutlets. 

 Tropical shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers corymbose, white. 



1. E. Beurreria, L. Smooth ; leaves petiolate, obovate or oblong-obo- 

 vate, entire, mucronate, obtuse, or notched at the apex, paler beneath ; corymb 

 many-flowered, divaricate ; calyx leathery, the teeth acute, pubescent on the 

 margins ; stigmas depressed ; nutlets 4, apparently 2-celled, 1-seeded, finely 

 furrowed on the back. South Florida. A small tree. Leaves l'-3' long, 

 acute at the base. Flowers white and fragrant. 



2. E. Radula, Poir. Stem smooth; leaves obovate, entire, rounded or 

 notched at the apex, tapering at the base into a short petiole, smooth beneath, 

 very rough and at length white-spotted above ; corymb few-flowered ; pedicels 

 minutely bracted and sparingly hispid ; calyx 4 - 5-toothed ; the teeth ovate, 

 acute, pubescent on the margins ; lobes of the corolla rounded, wavy ; stigmas 

 peltate, depressed in the centre ; beny ovate, separable into 4 one-seeded nutlets. 



South Florida. Leaves !'-!' long. Corolla 6" long. 



3. TOTJRNEFORTIA, L. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver-form or wheel-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, 

 included. Style short, terminal; stigma conical. Berry composed of two 

 2-seeded nutlets, which are either united or separable, or by abortion 1 2-seeded. 



Erect or twining shrubs, with entire leaves, and white or yellowish flowers, 

 in 1 -sided bractless often cymose spikes. 



* Fruit ovate, separable into two 2-seeded nutlets : corolla-lobes ovate, plicate. 

 1. T. gnaphalodes, R. Br. White-silky throughout ; stem thick, erect; 

 leaves very numerous and imbricated, linear, obtuse, fleshy, tapering to the base ; 

 peduncles axillary ; spikes 2 - 4-parted, dense, recurved ; calyx-lobes oblong, 

 obtuse ; corolla fleshy ; anthers ovate ; berry deeply excavated at the base. 

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