94 CANELLACEAE. 



Petals 6-6.5 mm. long ; blades about 1.5 mm. wide ; appendages stout, over 0.5 mm. 



long. 1. A. euphrasiaefolich 



Petals 4-4.5 mm. long: blades about 1 mm. wide; appendages 



slender, less than 0.5 mm. long. 2. A. pusilla. 



1. A. euphrasiaefolia Griseb. Tap-root stout: stems prostrate: leaf -blades 

 predominately suborbicular to reniform, 0.5-1 cm. long, sharply few-toothed: 

 calyx about 3 mm. long: petals reddish: capsules 4-5 mm. in diameter: seeds 

 bluntly tuberculate. Pinelands, L. keys. [E. K.] (Cuba.) 



2. A. pusilla L. Tap-root slender: stems erect or ascending: leaf -blades pre- 

 dominantly oblong to oblong-ovate, 1-2.5 cm. long, rather bluntly many- 

 toothed: calyx about 2 mm. long; lobes ciliate: seeds sharply tuberculate. 

 "Waste places, Key West. Perhaps introduced from the "W. Indies. Not recently 

 collected. [E. K.] (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



Order HYPERICALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves various. Flowers perfect, complete 

 and regular, or irregular in VIOLACEAE, sometimes involucrate. Calyx of 

 distinct, or essentially distinct sepals. Corolla of distinct petals, rarely 

 wanting. Androecium of usually numerous stamens, but sometimes few 

 or 5. Gynoecium of several united carpels. Ovary superior, mostly with 

 parietal placentae. Fruit capsular, baccate, or drupaceous. 



Stamens united into a tube which surrounds or encloses the gynoecium. 



Placentae parietal. Fam. 1. CANELLACEAE. 



Placentae axile. Fam. 2. CLTISIACEAE. 



Stamens distinct. 



Styles distinct or partially united or coherent until 

 maturity, if united to the stigmas, then grooved. 



Stigmas not brush-like : endosperm little or none. Fam. 3. HTPERICACEAE. 

 Stigmas brush-like or 2-cleft in Piriqueta: endo- 

 sperm copious. Fam. 4. TURNERACEAE. 

 Styles wholly and permanently united. Fam. 5. CISTACEAE. 



FAMILY 1. CANELLACEAE. WILD-CINNAMON FAMILY. 



Trees. Leaves alternate: blades entire, pellucid-punctate. Flowers 

 perfect. Calyx of 3 thick imbricate sepals. Corolla of 4-12 narrow 

 petals, or wanting. Androecium of numerous stamens, the filaments united 

 into a tube around the pistil. Gynoecium of 2-5 united carpels. Fruit 

 a berry. 



1. CAHT.T.LA P. Br. Trees with gray bark. Leaf-blades leathery. 

 Flowers in cymes. Petals 5. Stamens mostly 15-20, the tube projecting 

 beyond the anthers. Ovary 1-celled. Berry subglobose. 



1. C. Winteriana (L.) Gaertn. Tree 5-15 m. tall: leaf -blades oblanceolate, 

 spatulate, or oblong-spatulate, 3-10 cm. long: sepals 2.5-3 mm. broad: petals 

 5, oblong, 4.5-5 mm. long, purple: berry about 10 mm. in diameter, crimson. 

 Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



FAMILY 2. CLUSIACEAE. BALSAM-TREE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite : blades entire. Flowers mostly 

 dioecious or polygamous. Calyx of 2-6 imbricate sepals. Corolla of 4-9 

 petals. Androecium of numerous stamens, the filaments wholly or par- 

 tially united. Gynoecium of 2 or more united carpels. Fruit baccate, 

 drupaceous, or capsular. 



