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1. L. racemosa (L.) Gaertn. f. Tree sometimes 20 m. tall or shrub: leaf -blades 

 oblong, var^ying to oval or obovate, 2 3 cm. long, entire: spikes 3-6 cm, long: 

 drupes oblong-obovoid, 2 em. long. — All year. 



The WI^TE-MA^•GRO^•E grows on s.indy shores and in coastal hammocks of 

 peninsular Florida, and on the Everglade Keys and the Florida Keys. The yellow- 

 brown heart-wood is close-grained, heavy, and hard. Also known as White-button- 

 wood, (ir. I.) 



Family 5. MYRTACEAE. Myrtle Family. 



Shrubs or trees, or rarely herbs, abounding in pungent and aromatic 

 volatile oil. Leaves opposite, or rarely alternate or whorled : blades often 

 simple, pellucid-punctate, flat, terete or semiterete, often with nerves 

 parallel with the margins. Flowers perfect, regular. Calyx of 4 or 5, or 

 many, valvate or imbricate, persistent sepals, or cap-like and deciduous. 

 Petals borne on the margin of a hypanthium or wanting. Androecium of 

 numerous stamens, or very rarely of as many as the sepals. Gynoecium 

 compound. Ovary inferior or partly so, 1-many-celled. Styles united. 

 Fruit sometimes dehiscent, often crowned with the calyx. 



Calyx of several persistent valvate sepals : petals present. 

 Calyx of regularly separating sepals. 



Inflorescence centripetal : flowers in raceme-like, umbel- 

 like or contracted clusters. 1. Eugenia. 

 Inflorescence centrifugal : flowers in cymes. 2. Anamomis. 

 Calyx of irregulary separating sepals. " 3. Psiditjm. 

 Calyx lid-like, deciduous : petals wanting. 4. CALVPTRANTnES. 



1. EUGENIA [Mich.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades not prominently 



ribbed. Flower-clusters short-peduncled or sessile. Berry crowned with the 



persistent calyx. Seeds 1-4. — Stopper. 



Flowers in very short racemes. 



Leaf-blades broadest above the middle : fruit longer than broad. 1. E. huxifoUa. 

 Leaf-blades broadest below the middle : fruit broader than long. 2. E. axillaris. 

 Flowers solitary in the axils, or in umbel-like clusters. 



Leaf-blades acute or slightly acuminate : corolla about 10 mm. 



broad : fruit much broader than long. 3. E. procera. 



Leaf-blades abruptly and conspicuously acuminate : corolla 



about 6 mm. broad : fruit as long as broad. 4. E. confusa. 



1. E. buxifolia (Sw.) Willd. Small tree, the bark scaly, or shrub: leaf-blades 

 cuneate to nearly oblong, 2-4 cm. long, much paler beneath than above: 

 corolla 4-5 mm. broad; petals longer than wide: fruits oval or oblong- oval, 

 6-7 mm. broad, black. — Sum. 



The Spanish-stopper grows in coastal hammocks in the lower half of penin- 

 sular Florida or further north on the eastern coast, and those of the Everglade 

 Keys and Florida Keys. The brown and red-tinged heart-wood is close-grained, 

 very heavy, and hard. {W. I.) 



2. E. axillaris (Sw.) Willd. Small tree, the bark fissured, or shrub: leaf- 

 blades elliptic-ovate to nearly elliptic, 3-5 cm. long, slightly paler beneath than 

 above : corolla 5-6 mm. broad ; petals mostly wider than long : fruits spheroidal, 

 10-12 mm. broad, black. — Sum. 



The White-stopper grows in the coastal hammocks of the lower eastern coast 

 and those of the Everglade Keys and the Florida Keys. The brown and red-tinged 

 heart-wood is close-grained, heavy, and hard. {W. I.) 



3. E. procera (Sw.) Poir. Tree, the bark smooth: leaf -blades ovate to ellip- 

 tic, 3-6 cm. long, slightly acuminate: corolla 12-14 mm. broad; petals slightly 

 longer than the sepals: fruits spheroidal, 16-22 mm. broad, orange tinged with 

 red, or black at maturity. — Spr. 



The Red-stopper grows in hammocks on the lower Florida Keys. The pale- 

 brown heart-wood is close-grained, heavy, and hard. (If. 7.) 



4. E. confusa DC. Tree, the bark scaly: leaf -blades ovate, oval-ovate, or 

 oblong-ovate, 3-5 cm. long, markedly acuminate: corolla 4-6 mm. broad; 



