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3. S. manatensis Eadlk. Tree ■becoming 10 m. tall or shrub, the twigs and 

 inflorescence glabrous: leaflets 7-13; blades oblong-lanceolate: leaf-rachis 

 wingless: mature carpels oval or obovoid, 20-23 mm. long. 



The Manatee wild china-tree grows in hammocks on islands about the 

 mouth of the Manatee River. The wood is nearly similar to that of the next 

 preceding species. (Endemic.) 



2. TALISIA Aubl. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, the rachis wing- 

 less : blades pinnate, the leaflet-blades slightly inequilateral. Flowers polygamo- 

 dioecious, regular. Sepals 5. Petals 5, appendaged. Stamens 5-7, or usually 

 8. Baccate fruit somewhat elongate, not lobed. 



1. T. pedicellaris Eadlk. Small tree with pubcrulent twigs: leaflets 4-6; 

 blades elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 5-9 em. long, acuminate, short-i:)etioluled : 

 panicle small, the branches pubescent: petals ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 4-5 

 mm. long: fruits ovoid, 1.5-2 cm. long, papillo!=e. 



The Talisia grows in Brickell hammock on the Everglade Keys, below Miami. 

 The wood has not been studied. (N. 8. Am.) 



3. EXOTHEA Macfadyen. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades 

 equally pinnate. Flowers mostly polygamous, irregular. Sepals 5. Petals 

 unappendaged, short-clawed. Stamens mostly 8. Baccate fruit not lobed. 



1. E. paniculata (Juss.) Eadlk. Tree: leaflets 2-4, or rarely 6; blades oblong 

 or elliptic, 5-13 cm. long, entire: buds clove-shaped: sepals 3-4 mm. long: 

 petals white, resembling the sepals: fruits subglobose, 10-12 mm. in diameter, 

 orange, turning purple. — Winter & spr. 



The INKWOOD grows in hammocks along the lower two-thirds of the eastern 

 coast of Florida and on the Everglade Keys and the I-^lorida Keys. The reddish- 

 brown heart-wood is close-grained, very heavy, hard, and strong. Also known as 

 Iron wood. (TF. I.) 



4. HYPELATE P. Br. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades 3- 

 foliolate. Flowers polygamo-dioecious. Sepals 5. Petals 5, unappendaged, 

 clawless. Stamens 8-10. Baccate fruit not lobed. 



1. H. trifoliata Sw. Tree: leaflets 3; blades spatulate to narrowly obovate, 

 2.5-4.5 cm. long: petals white, suborbicular, obovate, or oval, the larger ones. 

 3.5-4 mm. long: fruits ovoid, 5-7 mm. long, black. — Winter & spr. 



The White-ieonwood grows in hammocks on the Florida Keys. The dark- 

 brown heart-wood is close-grained, very heavy and hard, and durable. (TF. 7.) 



5. CUPANTA [Plum.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades 

 pinnate. Flowers polygamo-dioecious, regular. Sepals 4 or 5, rarely 3 or 6. 

 Petals 4 or 5, sometimes appendaged, or wanting. Stamens 8, or 5, 6, 10, or 

 12. Capsule 2-4-lobed. 



1. C. glabra Sw. Tree: leaflets 6-12; blades oblong with a cuneate base, 6-11 

 em. long, crenate or crenate-serrate above the middle: sepals ovate, 2-2.5 mm. 

 long: petals cuneate-flabellate, 2-2.5 mm. long: capsules turbinate, 11-14 mm. 

 broad, stipitate. — Fall & winter. 



The Cupania grows in hammocks on Pine Key. The wood has not yet been 

 studied. Specimens of this tree have not been collected in Florida in recent years. 

 (W. I.) 



Order RHAMNALES. 



Shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves typically alternate. Flowers regular, 

 sometimes imperfect or incomplete. Calyx present. Corolla present or 

 wanting. Androecium of as many stamens as there are sepals. Gynoe- 



