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2. E. axillaris (Sw.) "Willd. Shrub or small tree, the bark fissured: leaf -blades 

 elliptic-ovate to nearly elliptic, 3-5 cm. long, slightly paler beneath than above : 

 corolla 5-6 mm. broad; petals mostly wider than long: fruits spheroidal, 10-12 

 mm. broad, black. [E. monticola Chapm.] Hammocks, TJ. keys, L. keys. 

 [E. K] (Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) WHITE-STOPPER. 



3. E. rhombea (Berg) Urban. Tree, the bark smooth: leaf -blades ovate to 

 elliptic, 3-6 cm. long, slightly acuminate: corolla 12-14 mm. broad; petals 

 slightly longer than the sepals: fruits spheroidal, 16-22 mm. broad, orange 

 tinged with red, or black at maturity. Hammocks, L. keys. (Bdh., Cuba, 

 Ant.) KED- STOPPER. 



4. E. confusa DC. Tree, the bark scaly: leaf -blades ovate, oval- ovate, or 

 oblong-ovate, 3-5 cm. long, markedly acuminate: corolla 4-6 mm. broad; petals 

 about twice as long as the sepals: fruits subglobose or globose-obovoid, 5-6 

 mm. broad, scarlet. [E. Garden Sarg.] Hammocks, U. keys. [E. K.] (Bah., 

 Ant.) IRONWOOD. 



2. ANAMOMIS Griseb. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades not ribbed. Cymes 

 sessile or long-peduncled, sometimes 1-flowered. Berry crowned with the per- 

 sistent calyx. Seeds 1 or 2 or many. NAKED- STOPPER. NAKED-WOOD. 



Cymes markedly peduncled and several-flowered : sepals suborbicular or reniform : 



petals 3-4 mm. long : seeds 1 or 2, large. 1. A. dicrana. 



Cymes usually sessile and 1-flowered : sepals oblong to ovate : 



petals 6-8 mm. long : seeds numerous, small, shining. 



Petals 4-5 mm. long : calyx less than 1 cm. wide. 2. A. longipes. 



Petals 6-7 mm. long : calyx over 1 cm. wide. 3. A. bahamensis. 



1. A. dicrana (Berg) Britton. Shrub, or tree becoming 8 m. tall: leaf -blades 

 oblong to cuneate or obovate-cuneate, 2-4 cm. long: terminal flowers of each 

 cyme sessile: corolla 8-9 mm. wide; petals white, fully twice as long as the 

 sepals: fruits 6-7 mm. in diameter: seeds dull. [Anamomis dichotoma Sarg.J 

 Hammocks, L. keys. [E. K.] NAKED- STOPPER. 



2. A. longipes (Berg) Britton. Shrub with prostrate-diffuse or sometimes 

 erect stems, or rarely a small tree: leaf -blades mainly ovate or oval, 1-3.5 cm. 

 long, finely reticulate : terminal flower of each cyme long-stalked : corolla 12-14 

 mm. wide; petals white or pink, much longer than the sepals: fruits 6-9 mm. 

 in diameter. [Eugenia longipes Berg.] Pinelands, L. keys. [E. K.] 



(Bah.) LONG-STALKED STOPPER. 



3. A. bahamensis (Kiaersk.) Britton. Shrub with diffuse branches or a 

 small tree: leaf -blades orbicular, oval, or elliptic, or somewhat ovate, mostly 

 24 cm. long, very thick, shining above, obscurely reticulate beneath: peduncles 

 and pedicels strongly flattened: corolla about 1.5 cm. wide; petals white or 

 nearly so: fruits about 1 em. in diameter. [Eugenia bahamensis Kiaersk.] 

 Pinelands, Big Pine Key. (Bah.) BAHAMAN-STOPPER. 



3. PSIDIUM L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades prominently many-ribbed. 

 Flowers solitary or few together. Fruit crowned with the persistent calyx. 

 Seeds very numerous. 



1. P. Guajava Raddi. Shrub, or tree sometimes 8m. tall: leaf -blades oblong 

 or nearly so, 4-8 cm. long, pubescent beneath: sepals 9-15 mm. long: petals 

 15-20 mm. long : berries globular or pyrif orm, 3-6 cm. in diameter. Hammocks, 

 pinelands, roadsides and cultivated grounds, U. keys, L. keys. Nat. of Trop. 

 Am. [E. K.] (Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) GUAVA. 



4. CALYPTBANTHES Sw. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades not ribbed. 

 Flowers in terminal panicles. Calyx cap-like, deciduous. Berry crowned with 

 the top of the hypanthium. Seeds 1 or 2. [Chytraculia P. Br.] STOPPER. 



