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4-5 cm. long, appressed-serrate : mature carpels mostly 2-5 together, about 

 4-6 mm. long. 



The TooTHACHE-TEEE grows in woods and hammocks nearly throughout Florida. 

 The light-brown heart-wood is close-grained but light and soft. Also known as 

 Prickly-ash. (Cont.) 



4. Z. coriaceum Eich. Tree becoming 7 m. tall or shrub: leaves G-15 cm. 

 long; blades of the leaflets leathery, rigid, obovate to cuneate or oblong with 

 acuminate base, 2-6 cm. long: mature carpels 5-6 mm. long. 



The IlERCDLES'-CLUB grows in the coastal hammocks of the lower portion of the 

 east coast and on the Florida Keys. The light-brown heart-wood is close-grained, 

 rather heavy, and hard. {W. I.) 



2. PTELEA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades 3-foliolate or rarely 5- 

 foliolate. FloAvers polygamous, in corymbose or panicled cymes. Sepals 4 or 5. 

 Petals 4 or 5, narrow. Ovary 2-3-celled. Ovules 2 in each cavity, superposed. 

 Samara winged all around. Shrubby Trefoil. 



1, P. trifoliata L. Tree sometimes 8 m. tall or shrub: blades of the leaflets 

 broad or narrow, glabrous: samaras suborbicular or oval-orbicular, 2-2.5 cm. 

 long. — Spr. 



The Hop-tree grows in rich woods or on rocky river banks in northern Florida. 

 The yellowish-brown heart-wood is close-grained, heavy and hard. Also known as 

 Wafer-ash. {Cont.) 



3. AMYEIS [P. Br.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades pinnate, or 1- 

 foliolate, the petiole wingless. Flowers perfect or polygamous, paniculate. 

 Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5, broad. Ovary 1-celled: style short or wanting. 

 Ovules 2. Drupe with a single seed. — All year. The following species have 

 yellow or deep-yellow, very resinous, close-grained, heavy, hard, and strong 

 heart-wood. 



Fruits globose : ovary glabrous : leaflets shining beneath. 1. A. clemifera. 



Fruits obovoid to oblong-obovoid : ovary pubescent : leaflets dull 



beneath. 2. A. talsamifcra. 



1. A. elemifera L. Tree becoming 17 m. tall or shrub: leaflets 3 or 5; blades 

 ovate to rhombic-ovate, 2-8 cm. long: petals 2.5-3.5 mm. long: drupes 4-8 mm. 

 long, black beneath the bloom. 



The TORCHWOOD grows in coastal hammocks along the lower two-thirds of the 

 east coast, and on the Everglade Keys and adjacent west coast and on the Florida 

 Keys. (W. I.) 



2. A. 'balsamifera L. Small tree sometimes 10 m. tall or shrub: leaflets 3-5; 

 blades ovate to rhombic-ovate, 5-13 cm. long, dull beneath: drupes obovoid- 

 oblong to obovoid, 6-14 mm. long. 



The Balsam-torchwood grows in hammocks along the southern end of the 

 eastern coast of peninsular Florida. iW. J.) 



4. GLYCOSMIS Correa. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades 1-severaifoliolatc: 

 leaflets mostly entire. Flowers perfect, relatively small. Sepals nearly dis- 

 tinct. Petals 5, elongate. Ovary 2-5-celled: styles very short. Ovules solitary 

 in each cavity. Berry globular, the pulp very thin. 



1. G, pentaphylla (Eetz.) DC. Small tree or shrub 1-4 m. tall: leaves 

 1-5-foliolate; leaflets elliptic to oblong, or broadest above the middle, 8-16 cm. 

 long, glabrous: sepals orbicular to oval, 1-2 mm. long: petals oblong some- 

 times broadly so, 3-4 mm. long: filaments clavate: berries 7-10 mm. in 

 diameter, white or pink. 



The Glycosmis, a native of tropical Asia, grows in hammocks on Key West. 

 The wood has not yet been studied, (ir. 7.) 



