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PRUNUS, L. 



P. (Laurocerasus) sphaerocarpa, Swam. Racemes small, erect, 

 shorter than the leaf; leaves entire, shining; flowers scattered; drupe sub- 

 globose. Key Biscayne* (Curtiss), South Florida. A small tree, 10 -15 

 high, flowering in winter. 



FRAGARIA, Tourn. 



P. (Duchesnea) Indica, Andr. (STRAWBERRY GERANIUM.) Creep- 

 ing ; leaves trifoliate or 3-lobed, the lobes round-obovate, crenate ; peduncles 

 1-flowered ; petals yellow ; fruit inedible. Waste places, escaped from culti- 

 vation. 



ORDER MYRTACE^. 

 EUGENIA, Micheli. 



E. longipes, Berg. Smooth ; branchlets very slender ; leaves (!' or 

 less long) oblong-oval or obovate, short-petioled, obtuse ; flowers large, single, 

 or by pairs, lateral or at the base of the branchlets, on long (I'-l^') bibrac- 

 teolate peduncles ; petals oblong, spreading, as long as the stamens and slen- 

 der style ; berry large. No Name Key, South Florida ( Curtiss). A shrub 

 or small tree. 



The GUAVA-TREE (PsnnuM) is cultivated at Manatee, and occurs along 

 the west coast of Florida. 



ORDER LYTHRACE^E. 



AMMANNIA, Houston. 



A. latifolia, L. Stem erect, branching; leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, 

 dilated at the base ; flowers single or clustered ; style long and slender. 

 Banks of the Mississippi. August. Stem | - 2 high. 



LYTHRUM, L. 



L. flagellare, Shuttlw. Perennial, creeping, smooth ; the branches erect, 

 terete ; leaves opposite, nearly sessile, rigid, oblong ; flowers single, shorter 

 than the leaves, the short pedicel bibracteolate ; calyx club-shaped, 6-toothed, 

 the teeth broad and shorter than the subulate appendages ; petals 6, spatu- 

 late, bright purple ; stamens and style exserted. Margins of ponds. Sara- 

 sota, South Florida ( Garber). Branches 6' - 12' high. Leaves 4" - 6" long. 



The TAMARISK (TAMARIX GALLICA, L.) has been found by Mr. C. 

 Smith permanently established on James Island, near Charleston. 



