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and 5 thin petals broadened upward: stamens 5, exserted. Pistillate flowers 

 solitary or few together, with 5 broad sepals and 5 nearly similar petals: ovary 

 3-lobed; styles 2-parted. Capsule depressed. 



1. S. bahamensis Britton. Small tree or shrub, the bark pale-gray or whitish: 

 leaf-blades typically obovate, varying to narrowly obovate or oval-obovate, 2-5 

 cm. long, rounded at the apex, or rarely retuse or aeutish, pale-green, shining 

 above, glabrous, short-petioled: staminate flowers with orbicular-ovate sepals 

 about 2 mm. long and cuneate or flabellate thin petals shorter than the sepals: 

 pistillate flowers with suborbicular sepals and petals about 2 mm. long: cap- 

 sules spheroidal, 5-6 mm. long: seeds 4-5 mm. long. 



The Savia grows in hammocks or palmlands on the lower Florida Keys. Tlie 

 wood has not yet been studied. (Bah., Cuba.) 



2. CICCA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades entire. Flowers apetalous. 

 Staminate flowers with 5 or 6 sepals and usually 3 stamens, the anthers opening 

 vertically. Pistillate flowers with 5 or 6 sepals and a 3-celled ovary. Fruit 

 baccate. 



1. C. disticha L. Small tree or shrub, the branchlets spreading or drooping, 

 glabrous: leaves various, those near the base of the branchlets with subor- 

 bicular to orbicular-ovate blades 1.5-3 cm. long, those above them with larger 

 ovate to oblong-lanceolate blades: larger sepals suborbicular to orbicular- 

 obovate, 1..5-2 mm. long: berries depressed, 1..5-2 cm. broad. — All year. 



The Otaheite-goosebekry. a native of the E. Indies, grows in pinelands and 

 on roadsides in southern peninsular Florida. The wood has not yet been studied. 

 (TF. /.) 



3. DRYPETES Vahl. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades entire or undulate- 

 toothed. Flowers apetalous. Staminate flowers in rather dense clusters, with 

 4-8 sepals and 4-16 stamens. Pistillate flowers few in a cluster, with 4-8 

 sepals and a 1-2-celled ovary. Fruit a berry or a drupe. 



Sepals 4 : gynoecium 2-carpellary : drupe subglobose, less than 15 mm. long. 



1. D. lateriflora. 

 Sepals 5 : gynoecium 1-carpellary : drupe elongate, over 15 mm. 



long. 2. D. diversifoHa. 



1. D. lateriflora (Sw.) Krug & Urban. Tree becoming 10 m. tall or shrub: 

 leaf-blades oblong or elliptic: stamens 4: drupes 9-11 mm. in diameter, ripe 

 in spring or summer. — Fall & winter. 



The Guiana-plum grows in hammocks on the Everglade Keys and Florida 

 Keys. The dark-brown heart-wood is close-grained, heavy, hard, and brittle. (TF. 7.) 



2. D. diversifolia Krug & Urban. Tree becoming 12 m. tall or shrub: leaf- 

 blades long, elliptic or oval: stamens 8: drupes 2-2.5 cm. long, ripe in fall. 

 [D. Jceyensis Krug & Urban.] — Spr. 



The Whitewood grows in hammocks on the Florida Keys. The brown and 

 yellow-streaked heart-wood is close-grained, heavy, hard, and brittle. (W. I.) 



4. GYMNANTHES Sw. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades entire or toothed. 

 Flowers, monoecious or rarely dioecious, apetalous. Staminate flowers with a 

 rudimentary or obsolete calyx and 2 or 3 stamens. Pistillate flowers with a 

 rudimentary calyx and a 3-celled ovary. Fruit a capsule. 



1. G. lucida Sw. Tree becoming 10 m. tall or shrub: leaf -blades cuneate to 

 oblong-spatulate, or nearly oblong, 4-10 cm. long, undulate or obscurely 

 toothed near the apex: spikes shorter than the leaves: capsules depressed, 

 about 1 cm. wide : seeds ovoid, 6-8 mm. long. — Fall. 



The Crabwood grows in hammocks on the Everglade Keys and the Florida 

 Keys. The dark-brown and yellow-streaked heart-wood is close-grained, very heavy, 

 and hard. (TF. 7.) 



