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long: corolla white; tube 5-7 mm. long; lobes oblong to ovate: berries oval 

 to subglobose, 8-10 mm. long, greenish-white. — Hammocks and pinelands, U. S. 

 keys, U. keys, L. keys. — [E. K.] — {Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



5. CATESBAEA L. Armed shrubs. Leaves very numerous: blades 

 leathery. Flowers axillary. Sepals 4, short. Corolla with a long tube and 4 

 short lobes. Stamens 4: filaments adnate to the base of the eorolla-tube: 

 anthers narrow or linear. Berry thick. 



1. C. parviflora Sw. Shrub 1-3 m. tall: leaves 5-15 mm. long; blades spatu- 

 late, obovate, or suborbicular, lustrous: sepals triangular to triangular-lanceo- 

 late, 1-1.5 mm. long: corolla white; tube campanulate, 3.5-4 mm. long; lobes 

 deltoid, acutish: berries subglobose, 6-18 mm. long, blue or black. — Hammocks, 

 U. keys, L. keys. — {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



6. HAMELIA Jacq. Unarmed shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades mem- 

 branous. Flowers in dichotomous cymes. Sepals 5, minute. Corolla with a 

 narrow fluted tube and 5 very short lobes. Stamens 5: filaments adnate to 

 the base of the corolla-tube: anthers linear, included. Berry thick. 



1. H. patens Jacq. Shrub 2-3 m. tall: leaf -blades elliptic, oblong, or elliptic- 

 ovate, 8-15 cm. long: hypanthium turbinate: corolla crimson, 1..5-2.3 cm. 

 long; lobes 2-3 mm. long: berries oval or ovoid, 5-7 mm. long, black. [H. 

 erecta Jacq.?] — Hammocks, L. keys. — [E. K.] — {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



7. GUETTARDA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades thin or thickish. 



Flowers in axillary peduncled cymes. Sepals 2-4 or more, short, or obsolete. 



Corolla with a long tube and 4 or more, shorter lobes. Stamens 4-9 : filaments 



adnate to the top of the corolla-tube: anthers narrow, but short. Drupe 



globular. 



Corolla 6-8 mm. long: leaf-blades striglllose or glabrate, not rugose. 1. O. elliptica. 

 Corolla 20-25 mm. long : leaf-blades scabro-pubescent, rugose. 2. G. scabra. 



1. G. elliptica Sw. Shrub or small tree: leaf -blades thin, mainly oblong, oval, 

 or obovate, 2-4 cm. long: corolla-lobes mostly 4: style glabrous: drupes 8-15 

 mm. in diameter. — Hammocks and pinelands, U. keys, L. keys. — [E. K.] — 

 {Bah., Cuba, A7it.) — Velvet-seed. 



2. G. scabra Vent. Shrub or small tree: leaf -blades thick, mainly oblong, 

 oval, or oblong-ovate, 4.5-8 em. long, or rarely smaller: corolla-lobes mostly 

 6 or 7: style pubescent: drupes about 6 mm. in diameter. — Hammocks and 

 palmlands, L. keys. — [E. K.] — {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Rough velvet-seed. 



8. ERITHAIjIS p. Br. Shrubs. Leaf -blades leathery. Flowers in ter- 

 minal cymes. Sepals 5-10, short, obsolete. Corolla with a short tube and 5-10 

 narrow lobes. Stamens 5-10 : filaments adnate to the base of the corolla-tube : 

 anthers oblong to linear. Drupe berry-like. 



1. E. fruticosa L. Shrub with glabrous foliage: leaf -blades oval to oblong- 

 obovate, 2.5-5 cm. long, lustrous: sepals minute: corolla white; lobes oblong, 

 3-5 mm. long: berries subglobose, 3-4 mm. thick, dark-purple. — Coastal ham- 

 mocks and sand-dunes, U. S. keys, U. keys, L. keys, L. S. keys. — [E. K.] — 

 {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



9. CHIOCOCCA P. Br. Shrubs or vines. Leaf -blades leathery. Flowers 

 in axillary raceme-like cymes. Sepals 5, short. Corolla with a relatively short 

 tube and 5 shorter lobes. Stamens 5 : filaments long, essentially free from the 

 corolla-tube and united around the base of the style: anthers linear. Drupe 

 globular. Snowberry. 



