83 EBENACEAE. 



ing or spreading. Stamens with ascending or spreading anthers. Style very 

 short : stigma lobed. 



1. R. guianensis Aubl. Small tree or shrub, with grayish bark: leaves mostly 

 near the ends of the branchlets: blades obovate-oblong or nearly oblong, 4-10 

 cm. long: liower-clusters scattered along the branchlets: sepals broadly ovate: 

 corolla-lobes oblong, unequal : fruit about 4 mm. in diameter. — All year. 



The Myrsike grows in the coastal hammocks of the northern portion of pen- 

 insular Florida, as far north as Volusia county on the eastern coast, on hammock 

 islands in the Everglades, and on the Everglade Keys and the Florida Keys. The 

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



2. ICACOREA Aubl. Shrubs or trees. Flowers conspicuous, in panicles, 

 cymes, or clusters, slender-pedicelled. Corolla white or pink, and often purple- 

 streaked: lobes recurved. Stamens with converging anthers. Style elongate: 

 stigma minute, entire. 



1. I. paniculata (Nutt.) Sudw. Small tree or .shrub, with white or whitish 

 bark: leaves scattered; blades oblanceolate to elliptic, 4-18 cm. long: panicles 

 terminal: calyx-lobes ovate to obovate: corolla-lobes oblong: fruit 7-8 mm. in 

 diameter. — Sum. & fall. 



The Marlbeery grows in coastal hammocks along the southern two-thirds of 

 the eastern side of peninsular Florida and the southern half of the western side, 

 and in hammocks, and as a shrub in pinelands, on the Everglade Keys and on the 

 Florida Keys. The deep-brown heart-wood is close-grained, heavy, and hard. Also 

 known as Cherry. (W. I.) 



Order EBENALES. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, opposite, or wliorled : blades simple. 



Flowers perfect, monoecious, or dioecious. Calyx of 3-12 partially united 



sepals. Corolla of 3-12 partially united petals. Androecium of as many 



stamens as there are corolla-lobes or twice as many or more, sometimes 



accompanied by staminodia. Gynoecium of 3-several united carpels. 



Pruit capsular or baccate. 



styles or stigmas distinct : flowers mostly monoecious or dioecious. 



Fam. 1. Ebexaceae. 

 Styles and stigmas united : flowers mostly perfect. 



Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes, at least in our 



representatives. Fam. 2. Sapotaceae. 



Stamens twice as many as the corolla-lobes or more. 



Stamens in several' series. Fam. 3. Symplocaceae. 



Stamens in 1 series. Fam. 4. Styracaceae. 



Family 1. EBENACEAE. Ebony Family. 



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

 solitary or in cymes. Calyx of 3-7 partially united sepals, persistent, 

 accrescent. Corolla of 3-7 partially united petals, often ureeolate. Androe- 

 cium of 3 or 4 times as many stamens as there are corolla-lobes. Gynoe- 

 cium of 3-several united carpels. Fruit a berry or sometimes capsular. 



1. DIOSPYBOS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves scattered: blades entire. 

 Calyx 3-7-lobed. Stamens with pubescent filaments and anthers opening length- 

 wise. Berry spheroidal or elongated. 



1. D. virginiana L. Tree becoming 35 m. tall, the bark very rough, or shrub: 

 leaf -blades ovate, oval, or elliptic, 8-20 cm. long, acute or acuminate: corolla 

 8-13 mm. long; lobes reniform: berries 3-4 cm. in diameter, astringent when 

 green. — Spr. 



The Persimmon grows in sandy woods, nearly throughout the Florida main- 

 land, and in the Everglades. The dark-brown or nearly black heart-wood Is close- 

 grained, heavy, and very hard. Also known as Date-plum. (Cont.) 



