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spicuous, Bot exceeding the calyx with a globular tube and 5 narrow spread- 

 ing lobes. Filaments united above the middle. Anthers didymous. 



1. C. minimus L. Stem 2-15 cm. tall : leaf-blades spatulate, oblong, or obovate, 

 3-8 mm. long, acute or obtuse: flowers sessile or nearly so: calyx-lobes nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, 2-2.5 mm. long: corolla-lobes lanceolate, acuminate: capsules 

 usually fully 2 mm. in diameter. — Low hammocks, Key West. — False- 

 pimpernel. 



Family 3. THEOPHRASTACEAE. Joewood Family. 



Shrubs 01' trees. Leaves opposite, persistent : blades leathery, entire. 

 Flowers perfect, in racemes, corymbs, or panicles. Calyx of 5 imbricate 

 sepals. Corolla of 5 partially united petals, campanulate or rotate- 

 salverform. Andi'oecium of 5 stamens partially adnate to the corolla- 

 tube, and 5 staminodia. Gynoecium of 5 united carjDels. Fruit a drupe- 

 like beny. 



1, JACQUINIA L. Plants with brittle twigs. Leaf-blades entire, thick 

 and parchment-like when dry. Fruits erect. 



1. J. keyensis Mez. Shrub, or tree becoming 5 m. tall, the bark pale, the twigs 

 erect: leaf-blades cuneate-spatulate or oblong-obovate, 1-5 cm. long, shining: 

 calyx-lobes 2-3 mm. long, orbicular-ovate: corolla straw-colored; lobes longer 

 than the tube: staminodia oblong, erose: berry subglobose, 8-10 mm. in 

 diameter. — Hammocks and piuelands, U. keys, L. keys, L. S. keys. — [E. K.] — 

 {Bah., Cuba, A7it.) — Joewood. 



Family 4. AEDISIACEAE. Myrsine Family. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves mostly alternate, ours persistent : blades 

 leathery, entire. Flowers perfect or polygamo-dioecious, in racemes, 

 corymbs, or cymes, sometimes clustered on scaly spurs. Calyx of usually 

 4^6 sepals. Corolla of usually 4:-6 partially united petals, short-salver- 

 form or rotate, often streaked or dotted. Androecium of mostly 4^6 

 stamens, partially adnate to the corolla-tube. Gynoecium of mostly 4-6 

 united carjaels. Fruit a drupe-like berry. 



Flowers on scattered spurs : corolla-lobes not reflexed : stigma lobed. 1. Rapanea. 

 Flowers in terminal panicles : corolla-lobes reflexed : stigma entire. 2. Icacorea. 



1. KAPANEA Aubl. Shrubs or small trees. Flowers inconspicuous, clus- 

 tered on scaly spurs, stout-pedicelled. Corolla white or nearly so : lobes ascend- 

 ing or spreading. Stamens with ascending or spreading anthers. Style very 

 short: stigma lobed. 



1. R. guyanensis Aubl. Shrub or small tree, with grayish bark: leaves mostly 

 near the ends of the branchlets; blades obovate-oblong or nearly oblong, 4-10 

 cm. long: flower-clusters scattered along the branchlets: sepals broadly ovate: 

 corolla-lobes oblong, unequal: fruit about 4 mm. in diameter. — Hammocks and 

 pinelands, U. S. keys, L. keys. — [E. K.] — {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Myrsine. 



2. ICACOREA Aubl. Shrubs or trees. Flowers conspicuous, in panicles, 

 cymes, or clusters, slender-pedicelled. Corolla white or pink: lobes recurved. 

 Stamens with converging anthers. Style elongate: stigma minute, entire. 



1. I. paniculata (Nutt.) Sudw. Shrub or small tree, with white bark: leaves 

 scattered; blades oblanceolate to elliptic, 4-18 cm. long: panicles terminal: 



