i-i TAMAKICACEAE. 



Family 1. CANELLACEAE. Wild-cinnamon Family. 



Trees. Leaves alternate: blades entire, pellucid-punctate. Flowers 

 perfect. Calyx of 3 thick imbricate sepals. Corolla of 4 to 12 narrow 

 petals, or wanting. Androecium of numerous stamens, the filaments 

 united into a tube around the pistil. Gynoeeium of 2-5 united carpels. 

 Fruit a beriy. 



1. CANELLA P. Br. Trees with gray bark. Leaf-blades leathery. 

 Flowers in cymes. Petals 5. Stamens mostly 15-20, the tube projecting beyond 

 the anthers. Ovary 1-celled. Berry subglobose. 



1. C. Winteriana (L.) Gaertn. Tree 5-15 m. tall: leaf -blades oblanceolate, 

 spatulate, or oblong-spatulate, 3-10 cm. long: sepals 2.5-3 mm. broad: petals 

 5, oblong, 4.5-5 mm. long, purple: berry about 10 mm. in diameter, crimson. 

 — Fall. 



The WiLD-ciNNAMON grows in hammocks on the Florida Keys. The dark 

 reddish-brown heart-wood is close-grained, very heavy, and hard. (W. I.) 



Family 2. CLUSIACEAE. Balsam-tree Family. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite : blades entire. Flowers mostly 

 dioecious or polygamous. Calyx of 2-6 imbricate sepals. Corolla of 4-9 

 petals. Andi'oecium of numerous stamens, the filaments wholly or partially 

 united. Gynoeeium of 2 or more united carpels. Fruit baccate, drupa- 

 ceous, or capsular. 



1. CLUSIA [Plum.] L. Shrubs or trees, often epiphytic. Leaf -blades 



leathery. Flowers solitary or few together. Petals 4-9. Ovary 8-10-celled. 



Capsule leathery. 



Fruits slightly elongate or globular: stigmas 12-14. 1. C.flava. 



Fruits depressed : stigmas 6-8. 2. C. rosea. 



1. C. flava Jacq. Tree sometimes 20 m. tall: young plants starting and grow- 

 ing for some time as tree-parasites: leaf -blades cuneate-obovate, 1-2.5 dm. 

 long, many-ribbed : sepals suborbicular : petals yellow, obovate, 2.5-3 mm. long : 

 capsule pyrif orm or globular : seeds in pulp. — Sum. & fall. 



The Balsam-tree was collected in the hammocks on Key West many years ago. 

 It has not been observed in recent years. The wood has not been studied. {W. I.) 



2. C. rosea L. Tree similar to C. flava in habit, but leaves rather larger: cap- 

 sule depressed. 



The Fat-poek was collected in hammocks on Big Pine Key many years ago. It 

 has not been observed in recent years. The wood has not been studied. Also 

 known as Monkey-apple. (TT. 7.) 



Family 3. TAMARICACEAE. Tamarisk Family. 



Shrubs or trees, or partially herbaceous plants. Leaves alternate: 

 blades entire, often scale-like. Flowers mainly jDerfect, sometimes in pro- 

 fuse panicles. Calj-x of 5, or 4 or 6, sepals. Corolla of 5, or 4 or 6, petals, 

 Androecium of 5 or many stamens. Gynoeeium of 2-5 united carpels. 

 Ovary 1-celled. Fruit a capsule. 



1. TAMARIX L. Irregularly branching shrubs or trees. Leaves scale- 

 like, clasping or sheathing. Flowers borne in plume-like panicles. Capsule 

 many-seeded. 



1. T. gallica L. Small tree or shrub, with weak branches, the branchlets 

 clothed with the imbricate leaves: panicles with numerous spikes: sepals about 



