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Cotyledons not spirally convolute. 



Sepals imbricated or united and the calyx fall- 

 ing away as a cap : leaves without stipules. Fam. 5. Myrtaceae. 

 Sepals valvate : leaves with stipules. Fam. 6. Rhizophoraceae. 



Family 1. MELASTOMACEAE. Meadow-beauty Family. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves opposite : blades with 3-several ribs. 

 Flowers perfect. Calyx of 3-6 sepals surmounting' the hypanthium. 

 Corolla of 3-6 oblique petals. Androecium of 6-12 stamens, those opposite 

 the petals sometimes abortive. Gynoecium of 3-5 united carpels. Ovary 

 enclosed in or adnate to the hypanthium. Fruit baccate or capsular. 



1. TETRAZYGIA L. C. Eich. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades 3-5-ribbed, 

 mostly scurfy or tomentose beneath. Sepals, and petals, 4 or 5. Ovary 4- or 

 5-celled. Berry included, the hypanthium-neck short. 



1. T. bicolor (Mill.) Cogn. Small tree with scaly bark or shrub: leaf -blades 

 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 8-20 em. long, silvery beneath, stout-petioled : 

 jianicle 1-2 dm. long: calyx about 1 mm. long: petals white, 7-8 mm. long, 

 cuneate: anthers lanceolate, 5-6 mm. long: berries purple or black, the body 

 8-10 mm. long. — Winter & spr. 



The TETRAZYGIA grows in hammocks and pinelands on the Everglade Keys. The 

 white heart-wood is close-grained and rather heavy. {Bah., Cuba.) 



Family 2. LYTHRACEAE. Loosestrife Family. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves mostly opposite : blades usually 

 entire. Flowers perfect. Calyx of 4 or 5 sepals, commonly accompanied 

 by accessory teeth. Corolla of 4 or 5 petals, or wanting. Androecium of 

 few or many stamens : anthers versatile. Gynoecium of mostly 2-6 united 

 carpels. Ovary 2-6-celled, or rarelj'^ 1-eelled, free from the hypanthium. 

 Fruit a capsule, included in the hypanthium. 



1. LAGERSTKOEMIA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves persistent: blades 

 short. Flowers in terminal panicles. Sepals 6. Petals 6, the blades crisped. 

 Stamens numerous. Capsule loculicidally 3-C-valved. 



1. L. indica L. Small tree or shrub: leaf -blades obovate or oval, 1-2.5 cm. 

 long, entire: sepals shorter than the hypanthium: petals purple, pink, or 

 nearly white, the blades crisped: capsules oval-globose, 8-9 mm. long. 



The Crape-myrtle, a native of the East Indies, grows in fields and on road- 

 sides throughout Florida, except the southern part. (Cont., W. I.) 



Family 3. PUNICACEAE. Pomegranate Family. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or nearly so, persistent : blades 

 simple. Flowers perfect, solitaiy or in short-peduncled axillary clusters. 

 Hypanthium leathery. Calyx of 5-7 sepals. Corolla of 5-7 wrinkled 

 petals. Androecium of numerous stamens in several series: anthers 

 versatile. Gynoecium of several united carpels. Ovary inferior. Fruit 

 a several-celled berry crowned with the calyx, the seeds in a watery pulp. 



1. PUNICA [Tourn.] L. Leaf-blades entire. Flowers showy. Sepals 

 persistent on the fruit. Petals deciduous. Berry pendulous. 



1. P. Granatum L. Small tree or shrub: leaf-blades oval, elliptic, or oblong, 

 varying to broadest above or below the middle, 1-8 cm. long: sepals triangular 



