78 TEKMINALIACEAE. 



to triangular-lanceolate: petals scarlet, 1.5-2.5 cm. long: berries siibglobose or 

 spheroidal, 5-10 cm. in diameter. — All year. 



The Pomegranate, a native of southern Europe, grows in woods and waste 

 places nearly throughout Florida. The light-yellow wood is close-grained and 

 heavy. (IF. 7.) 



Family 4. TERMINALIACEAE. AYhite-maxgron'e Family. 



Shrubs or trees, or woody vines. Leaves alternate or opposite : blades 

 simple, leathery. Flowers often apetalous, regular, perfect or polygamous, 

 racemose or capitate. Calyx of 4-5 valvate deciduous or rarely persistent 

 sepals. Corolla of 4-5 petals, or wanting. Androecium of twice, or 

 rarely thrice, as many stamens as the sepals. Filaments distinct. Gynoe- 

 cium a single carpel. Ovary 1-celled. Style terminal. Stigma entire or 

 nearly so. Fruit drupaceous or berry-like, indehiscent, often crowned 

 with the accrescent calyx. 



Sepals deciduous : corolla wanting. 



Flowers in heads : hypanthium flattened : fruits small, in a 



cone-like head. 1. Conocarpus. 



Flowers in spikes : hypanthium terete : fruits separate, large. 2. Teejiinalia. 

 Sepals persistent. 



Corolla wanting : leaves alternate. 3. Bucida. 



Corolla present : leaves opposite. 4. Laguxcularia 



1. CONOCARPUS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers per- 

 fect, in spicate or panicled heads. Hypanthium not ribbed. Stamens 5. 

 Fruit capitate. 



1. C. erecta L. Tree sometimes 20 m. tall or shrub, with glabrous or fine-silky 

 foliage: leaf -blades elliptic to oval, 2-5 cm. long, entire: heads 9-1-i mm. in 

 diameter at maturity: drupes 2-winged, 4-7 mm. long. — All year. 



The BUTTONWOOD grows in coastal hammocks and on sandy shores in peninsular 

 Florida, and on the Everglade Keys and the Florida Keys. The yellow-brown heart- 

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



2. TEEMINALIA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves large, clustered near the 

 ends of the branches. Flowers in simple or branched spikes. Hypanthium not 

 ribbed. Calyx deciduous. Stamens 10. Fruits spicate. 



1. T. Catappa L. Tree sometimes 17 m. tall or more with spreading, often 

 whorled branches: leaf -blades cuneate or oblanceolate : spikes 5-15 cm. long: 

 hypanthium and calyx 8-11 mm. long: calyx-lobes longer than the tube: 

 drupes elliptic or nearly so, glabrous. — All year. 



The Indian-almond, a native of the East Indies, grows in peninsular Florida 

 and the Keys. The red-brown heart-wood is close-grained, heavy, and hard. {W. I.) 



3. BUCIDA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves small, clustered. Flowers in 

 clustered spikes. Hypanthium swollen. Calyx persistent. Stamens 10. Fruits 

 spicate. 



1. B. buceras L. Tree sometimes 15 m. tall: leaf -blades spatulate to obovate, 

 oval, or elliptic: spikes 3-10 cm, long: hypanthium and calyx 4-5 mm. long: 

 calyx-lobes shorter than the tube: drupes ovoid-conic or tiask-shaped, pubes- 

 cent. — Spr. 



The Black-olive grows in hammocks on Elliotts Key. The yellow-brown heart- 

 wood is close-grained, very heavy, and hard. (TF. I.) 



4. LAGUNCULARIA Gaertn. f. Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite. 

 Flowers polygamous, in simple or branched spikes. Hypanthium ribbed. Petals 

 mostly shorter than the sepals. Stamens 10. Fruit spicate or paniculate. 



