102 TEEMINALIACEAE. 



3. LYTHRUM L. Herbs or shrubs. Leaf -blades entire. Flowers axillary 

 or in terminal spikes or racemes. Sepals 4-6, not involute, alternating with 

 spreading appendages. Petals 4-6, nearly equal. 



1. L. lineare L. Stems 3-12 dm. tall: leaf -blades linear, 1-4 cm. long: 

 mature hypanthiuni about 4 mm. long, the appendages triangular, about as 

 long as the deltoid sepals: petals cuneate or cuneate-oblong, 4-5 mm. long: 

 capsules barely 4 mm. long. — Coastal sand-dunes and open hammocks, U. S. 

 keys, U. keys. — Loosestrife. 



Family 3. PUNICACEAE. Pomegeakate Family. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or nearly so, persistent: blades 

 entire. Flowers perfect, solitary or in short axillary clusters. Hypan- 

 thium leathery. Calyx of 5-7 sepals. Corolla of 5-7 wrinkled petals. 

 Androecium of numerous stamens in several series: anthers versatile. 

 Gynoecium of several united carpels. Ovaiy inferior. Fruit a several- 

 celled beriy crowned with the calyx, the seeds in a watery pulp. 



1, PUNICA [Tourn.] L. Leaf-blades entire. Flowers showy. Sepals 

 persistent on the fruit. Petals deciduous. Berry pendulous. 



1. P. Granatum L. Leaf-blades oval, elliptic, or oblong, varying to broadest 

 above or below the middle, 1-8 cm. long: sepals triangular or triangular- 

 lanceolate: petals scarlet, 1.5-2.5 cm. long: berries subglobose or spheroidal, 

 5-10 cm. in diameter. — Hammocks and roadsides, Key West. Nat. of the 

 Orient. — [E. K.] — (Ber., Ant.) — Pomegranate. 



Family 4. TEEMINALIACEAE. White-mangrove Family. 



Shrubs or trees, or woody vines. Leaves alternate or opposite: 

 blades simple, leathery. Flowers reg'ular, perfect or polygamous, race- 

 mose or capitate. Calyx of 4 or 5 valvate deciduous or rarely persistent 

 sepals. Corolla of 4 or 5 petals, or wanting. Androecium of twice, or 

 rarely thrice, as many stamens as the sepals. Filaments distinct. Gynoe- 

 cium a single carpel. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit drupaceous or berry-like, 

 indehiscent. Often crowned with the accrescent calyx. 



Sepals deciduous : corolla wanting. 



Flowers in heads : hypanthium flattened : fruits small, in a 



cone-like head. 1. Conocaepus. 



Flowers in spikes : hypanthium terete : fruits separate, large. 2. Tehminalia. 

 Sepals persistent. 



Corolla wanting : leaves alternate. .*?. Bucida. 



Corolla present : leaves opposite. 4. Laguncdlaeia. 



1. CONOCARPUS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers per- 

 fect, in spicate or panicled heads. Hypanthium not ribbed. Stamens 5. Fruit 

 capitate. 



1. C. erecta L. Shrub, or tree, sometimes 20 m. tall: leaf-blades elliptic to 

 oval, 2-5 cm. long, entire: heads 9-14 mm. in diameter at maturity: drupes 

 2-winged, 4-7 nmi. long. — Hammocks, sand-dunes, and shores, U. S. keys, U. 

 keys, L. keys, L. S. keys. — [E. K.] — (Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Buttonwood. 



2. TERMINALIA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves clustered near the ends 

 of the branches. Flowers in simple or branched spikes. Hypanthium not 

 ribbed. Stamens 10. 



