110 SAPOTACEAE. 



calyx-lobes ovate to obovate: corolla-lobes oblong: fruit 7-8 mm. in diameter. 

 Hammocks and pinelands, TJ. keys, L. keys. [E. K.] (Bah., Cuba.) MART,- 

 BERRY. CHERRY. 



Order EBENALES. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, opposite, or whorled: blades 

 simple. Flowers perfect, monoecious, or dioecious. Calyx of 3-12 par- 

 tially united sepals. Corolla of 3-12 partially united petals. Androecium 

 of as many stamens as there are corolla-lobes, or twice as many or more, 

 sometimes accompanied by staminodia. Gynoecium of 3 several united 

 carpels. Fruit capsular or baccate. 



Styles or stigmas distinct : flowers mostly monoecious or dioecious. 



Fam. 1. EBENACEAE. 

 Styles and stigmas united : flowers mostly perfect. Fam. 2. SAPOTACEAE. 



FAMILY 1. EBENACEAE. EBONY FAMILY. 



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

 solitary or in cymes. Calyx of 3-7 partially united sepals, persistent, 

 accrescent. Corolla of 3-7 partially united petals, often urecolate. An- 

 droecium of 3 or 4 times as many stamens as there are corolla-lobes. 

 Gynoecium of 3-several united carpels. Fruit a berry, or sometimes 

 capsular. 



1. DIOSPYROS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves scattered: blades entire. 

 Calyx 3-7-lobed. Stamens with pubescent filaments and anthers opening 

 lengthwise. Berry spheroidal or elongate. 



1. D. virginiana L. Shrub, or tree becoming 35 m. tall, the bark very rough: 

 leaf -blades ovate, oval, or elliptic, 8-20 cm. long, acute or acuminate: corolla 

 8-13 mm. long; lobes reniform: berries 3-4 cm. in diameter, astringent when 

 green. Coastal sand-dunes, U. S. keys. [E. K.] PERSIMMON. DATE-PLUM. 

 SIMMON. 



FAMILY 2. SAPOTACEAE. SAPODILLA FAMILY. 

 Shrubs or trees, with milky sap, sometimes thorny. Leaves mostly 

 alternate: blades entire. Flowers perfect or rarely polygamous, clustered. 

 Calyx of 4-12, slightly united, sepals. Corolla of 4-12 partially united 

 petals, with or without appendages at the sinuses. Androecium of usually 

 as many stamens as there are corolla-lobes, commonly accompanied by 

 staminodia. Gynoecium of several united carpels. Fruit a several-celled 

 berry, or by suppression 1-celled. 



Corolla-lobes without dorsal appendages. 



Staminodia wanting. 1. CHBYSOPHYLLCM. 



Staminodia present. 



Ovary 10-12-celled. 2. SAPOTA. 



Ovary 2-5-celled. 



Corolla-lobes entire. 



Seeds without endosperm. 3. SIDEBOXYLOX. 



Seeds with endosperm. 4. LDCUMA. 



Corolla-lobes with a large middle lobe and 2 smaller 



lateral lobes. 



Ovary glabrous : endosperm copious. 5. DIPHOLIS. 



Ovary pubescent : endosperm wanting or scant. 6. BCMELIA. 

 Corolla-lobes with dorsal appendages. 7. MIMUSOPS. 



1. CHBYSOPHYLLUM L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades commonly 

 lustrous-pubescent beneath. Calyx-lobes mostly 5. Corolla, like the calyx, 



