94 VEEBENACEAE. 



Family 2. EHRETIACEAE. Ehretia Family. 



Shnibs, trees, or sometimes herbs. Leaves mainly alternate: blades 

 mostly entire. Flowers perfect, cymose. Calyx of 5, {4r-6), partially 

 united sepals. Corolla of 5, (4-6), partially united petals. Androecium 

 of 5, (4-6), stamens, the filaments more or less adnate to the corolla-tube. 

 Gjnioecium 2-4-earpellary : styles 2 and distinct or partially united, or 

 united by pairs. Fruit drupaceous or of 4 nutlets. 



Styles 4, unequally united by pairs : calyx accrescent : fruits enclosed. 1. Sebesten. 

 Styles 2 : calyx not accrescent : fruits not enclosed. 2. Bourrbhia. 



1. SEBESTEN Adans. Shrubs or trees. Flowers in open clusters. Sepals 

 usually united to above the middle. Corolla bright-colored, shallowly or 

 deeply lobed. Filaments adnate to above or below the middle of the corolla- 

 tube. Fruits included, adnate to the accrescent calyx. 



1. S. Sebestena (L.) Britton. Small tree or shrub, the twigs strigose: leaf- 

 blades ovate or oblong-ovate, 8-12 cm. long, undulate or repand: calyx 14-19 

 mm. long ; tube cylindric : corolla-lobes much shorter than the tube. — All year. 

 The Geiger-tree grows in hammocks on the Everglade Keys and the Florida 

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



2. BOURRERIA P. Br. Shrubs or trees. Flowers in corymbose cymes. 

 Sepals united to above the middle. Corolla white or colored, prominently lobed. 

 Filaments adnate to above or below the middle of the corolla-tube. 



Anthers about as long as the free portion of the filaments : leaf-blades short- 

 petioled. 1. B. revoluta. 



Anthers much shorter than the free portion of the filaments : leaf- 

 blades slender-petioled. 2. B. ovata. 



1. B. revoluta H.B.K. Small tree or shrub, with pubescent twigs: leaf -blades 

 oblong to obovate, mostly 2-7 cm. long, abruptly pointed, rounded or notched, 

 permanently rough-pubescent and ciliate, or sometimes smooth; cymes several- 

 flowered: calyx 6-7 mm. long; lobes ovate, mostly less than J as long as the 

 tube: corolla white; tube much exceeding the calyx; larger lobes 5-6 mm. 

 wide: anthers about 2.5 mm. long: di-upes orange, slightly depressed, 9-11 mm. 

 wide. 



The RouGH-STROXGBACK grows in hammocks and pinelands on the Everglade 

 Keys and the Florida Keys. The wood has not yet been studied. (W. I.) 



2. B. ovata Miers. Small tree or shrub, with glabrous twigs: leaf -blades 

 obovate to oblong-obovate or oval-obovate, 4-12 cm. long, smooth: calyx 6-7 cm. 

 long; lobes triangular, fully J as long as the tube: corolla white; tube rather 

 short; lobes slightly shorter than the tube: stamens exserted; anthers about 

 2 mm. long: drupe orange, about 1 cm. wide. 



The Strongback grows in hammocks on the Florida Keys. The brown and 

 orange-streaked heart-wood is close-grained, heavy, and hard. (W. I.) 



Family 3. VEEBENACEAE. Vervain Family. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Stems commonly angled. Leaves alternate, 

 opposite, or whorled: blades simple or rarely compound. Calyx of 4 or 

 5 partially or wholly united sepals. Corolla of 4 or 5 partially united 

 petals, sometimes 2-lipped. Androecium of 2 or 4 stamens, the filaments 

 more or less adnate to the corolla-tube. Gynoecium 2-4-earpellary, the 

 style terminal. Fruit baccate or di'upaceous or an aggregate of 2 or 4 

 nutlets, 



1. CITHAREXYLUM L. Shrubs or trees, sometimes spiny. Leaf -blades 

 mainly entire. Flowers in clusters or long spikes. Calyx obscurely 5-lobed. 



