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3. GYMINDA Sarg. Shrubs or trees, the twigs 4-aiigled. Leaves oppo- 

 site, persistent: blades mostly entire. Flowers dioecious, in axillary cymes. 

 Sepals 4, or rarely 3. Petals 4, or rarely 3. Stamens 4, borne outside the disk. 

 Stigmas disk-like. Drupe smooth. 



1. G. latifolia (Sw.) Urban. Shrub or small tree: leaf -blades obovate to ellip- 

 tic-obovate. 2-4 cm. long, light-green, or (glaucous above in G. latifolia 

 glaucifolia) : petals oblong to obovate-oblong 1.5-2 mm. long: drupes oblong 

 to ovoid, 7-8 mm. long, bluish-black.— Coastal sand-dunes and hammocks, L. 

 keys. — [E. K.] — (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — False-boxwood. 



4. SCHAEFFEEIA Jaeq. Shrubs or trees, the twigs terete. Leaves 



alternate, persistent: blades entire. Flowers dioecious, in axillary clusters. 



Sepals 4. Petals 4. Stamens 4. Stigmas recurved. Drupe tubereled. 



1. S. frutescens Jacq. Shrub or small tree: leaves not clustered: flowers 

 manifestly pedicelled : drupes about 5 mm. in diameter. — Coastal sand-dunes 

 and hammocks, U. keys, L. keys. — [E. K.] — (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Boxwood. 

 Yellow-wood. 



Family 3. HIPPOCEATEACEAE. Hippocratea Family. 



Shrubs or trees, or vines. Leaves opposite : blades simple. Flowers 

 perfect, in axillaiy racemes, panicles, or cymes. Calyx of 5 persistent 

 sepals. Corolla 5 petals. Androeeium of mostly 3 stamens. Gynoecium 

 of 3 united carpels. Fruit a berry, a drupe or a capsule of 3 or fewer 

 carjiels cohering at the base. Seeds flattened. 



1. HIPPOCRATEA L. Trees or woody vines. Leaf-blades leathery. 

 Sepals and petals 5. Stamens 3: filaments dilated at the base. Caj)sule lobed. 

 Seeds winged. 



1. H. volubilis L. Climber: leaf -blades oblong or elliptic, varying to ovate or 

 obovate, 5-14 cm. long, crenate-serrate : corolla 5-6 mm. broad : mature carpels 

 broadly obovate, 2.5-3 cm. long. [H. ovata Lam.] — Hammocks, U. keys. — 

 (Cuba, Ant.) 



Family 4. DODONAEACEAE. Dodokaea Family. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades simple. Flowers polyg- 

 amous or polygamo-dioeeious, variously borne. Calyx of 3-5 sepals. 

 Corolla wanting. Androeeium of 5-8 stamens. Disk obsolete. Gynoecium 

 of 3 or 4 united carpels. Fruit a reticulate septicidal capsule. Seeds 

 subglobose or somewhat flattened. 



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1. DODONAEA [Plum.] L. Erect plants vdth usually viscid foliage. 

 Leaf -blades broadened upward. Capsule winged. 



1. D. jamaicensis DC. Shrub 1-4 m. tall: leaves 3-11 cm. long; blades 

 narrowly spatulate, gradually narrowed to the base: sepals oblong, 2.5-3 mm. 

 long, ciliolate, persistent: fruits 10-16 mm. long, deeply notched at the apex. 

 — Hammocks, L. keys. — [E. K.] — (Ber., Cuba, Ant.) 



Family 5. SAPINDACEAE. Soapberry Family. 



Shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves opposite or alternate: blades simple 

 or pinnate, sometimes 1-foliolate. Flowers dioecious, polygamous, or 

 polygamo-dioeeious, or rarely perfect, borne in racemes, panicles, or 



