612 CELASTKACE^E. 



ORDER RHAMNACE^E. 



CONDALIA, Cav. 



Calyx 4-5-cleft, adherent to the base of the ovary, the lobes deciduous. 

 Petals none. Stamens 4 or 5, alternate with the calyx-lobes. Ovary 2-3- 

 celled, with a single erect ovule in each cell. Style short ; stigma 2 - 3-lobecl. 

 Drupe 1-celled, 1-seeded, the seed not grooved. Mostly spiny trees or 

 shrubs, with short-petioled leaves, and small clustered axillary flowers. 



C. ferrea, Griseb. Unarmed ; branchlets pubemlent ; leaves oval or 

 oblong, obtuse or emarginate, entire, smooth ; umbel-like clusters few-flow- 

 ered, sessile or short-peduncled ; calyx-lobes 4, ovate, acute ; stamens 4 - T 

 stigma 2-lobed; drupe globose. (Scutia ferrea, Brongn.) Coast and Keys 

 of South Florida. A small tree. Leaves thick, 1' - 2' long. 



EEYNOSIA, Griseb. 



Calyx urceolate, 5-cleft. Stamens 5. Ovary free, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. 

 Drupe baccate. Seed large, with ruminated albumen. Otherwise like 

 Condalia. 



B. latifolia, Griseb. Leaves pale, coriaceous, alternate or opposite, 

 elliptical or obovate, emarginate ; flowers axillary, short-pedicelled ; calyx- 

 tube 5-angled, the lobes ovate; stigma 2-lobed; drupe ovoid. (Scutia ferrea, 

 1st edition.) South Florida. A small tree, or shrub. Leaves 1', or less, 

 long. Drupe \' long. 



BHAMNIDIUM, Reiss. 



Calyx 5-cleft, the lobes keeled within, deciduous. Petals 5, clawed. 

 Stamens 5, enclosed in the petals. Ovary free, 2-celled. Style short ; stigma 

 2-lobed. Berry elliptical, dry, 1- 2-celled. Seed compressed. Albumen 

 none. Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers white, in axillary 

 cymes. Seeds bony. 



K. revolutum, Wright. Branches puberulous; leaves smooth, thick, 

 oval-oblong, rounded or notched and mucronate at the tip, the margins revo- 

 lute ; clusters as long as the petioles ; calyx-lobes deltoid ; petals obcordate ; 

 berry globose. South Florida ( Curtiss). Leaves V - 2' long. Berry 6" in 

 diameter. 



ORDER CELASTRACE^E. 



MYGINDA, Jacq. 



M. pallens, Smith. Branches 4-angled; leaves elliptical or obovate, 

 obtuse, crenate, smooth, nearly sessile ; peduncles few-flowered, forking, 

 or less long, shorter than the leaves ; style distinct, 4-lobed ; drupe obovate. 

 Pine Key, South Florida (Curtiss). Shrub 10 -15 high. Leaves 1'- 

 2' long Flowers and drupe red. 



