28 MOEINGACEAE. 



1. C. cynophallophora. 

 Leaves scaly ; blades not reticulate : sepals valvate : capsule 



scaly. 2. C. jamaicensis. 



Leaves glabrous ; blades reticulate : sepals imbricate : capsule glabrous. 



1. C. cynophallophora L. Small tree or a shrub: leaf -blades oblong to oblong- 

 cuneate, mainly 5-8 cm. long; sepals suborbicular : corolla 5.5-7.5 cm. wide: 

 fruit-body mostly 10-20 em. long. 



The P.AY-LEATED CAPEit-TEEE grows in coastal hammocl?s along the lower half 

 of the eastern coast, and on the Everglade Keys and Florida Keys. The yellowish 

 or yellowish-white wood is close-grained, heavy, and hard. (W. I.) 



2. C. jamaicensis Jacq. Small tree or shrub: leaf -blades elliptic, oblong, or 

 oval, mainly 4-10 cm. long: sepals lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate: corolla about 

 3 cm. wide: fruit-body mostly 20-30 cm. long. 



The .Jamaica caper-tree grows in the coastal hammocks of subtropical and 

 tropical peninsular Florida and on the Keys. The yellow or yellowish wood is close- 

 grained, heavy, hard, and strong. (TF. /.) 



Family 2. MOEINGACEAE. Horseradish-tree Family. 



Trees. Leaves alternate : blades 2-3-pinnate. Flowers perfect, 

 slightly irregular, panicled. Calyx of 5 unequal sepals borne on the edge 

 of the cup-shaped hypanthium. Corolla of 5 petals resembling the sepals, 

 the loAver petal reflexed, the upper one erect-spreading. Androeeium of 

 5 stamens, borne on the hypanthium, and 5 staminodia. Gynoeeium 3- 

 carpellary. Ovary stipitate, with 3 parietal placentae. Fruit an elongate 

 capsule. Seeds 3-wunged or wingless. 



1. MORINGA Juss. Trees, with spreading branches. Panicles axillary, 

 long-peduneled. Pods drooping. 



1. M. Moriiiga (L.) Millsp. Tree- becoming 11 m. tall: leaves 3-6 cm. long: 

 leaflets cuneate to oval or oblong, mostly 1-2 cm. long : panicles many-flowered : 

 sepals linear or oblong-linear, 9-10 mm. long: petals visually white or pinkish, 

 mainly oblong: capsules 2.5-3.5 dm. long: seeds 3-winged, the body fully 1 cm. 

 loBg. — All year. 



The Horseradish-teee, a native of southern Asia, grows in woods and fields, 

 and on roadsides in peninsular Florida. The wood is coarse-grained, soft and light. 

 (TF. /.) 



Order ROSALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, or rarely aquatic plants or vines. Leaves with 

 simple or compound blades. Flowers mostly perfect. Calyx and corolla 

 present and sometimes irregular, or the latter occasionally, or both rarely, 

 wanting. Andi-oecium of few or many stamens. Gynoeeium of 1-severaI 

 distinct or united carpels. Fniit various. 



Flowers regular or nearly so. 



Seeds with usually copious endosperm. 



Calyx, or calvx and corolla, present : ovule soli- 

 tary in each carpel, suspended. Fam. 1. Hamamelidaceae. 

 Calyx and corolla wanting : ovules several or 



numerous in each carpel, horizontal. Fam. 2. Altingiaceae. 



Seeds without endosperm. 



Flowers monoecious, in dense globular heads. Fam. 3. Platanaceae. 



Flowers perfect, or if monoecious or dioecious not 

 in heads. 

 Carpels several or numerous, or if solitary be- 

 coming an achene. Fam. 4. Malaceae. 

 Carpels solitary, not becoming an achene. 



Leaf-blades simple : fruit a drupe : ovary 



2-ovuled. Fam. 5. Amygdalaceae. 



