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Corolla mainly white: tube straight or nearly so: limb slightly oblique, nearly 

 equally 5-lobed. Staminodium present. Stigma 2-lobed. Nutlets 2. 



1. C. fruticosum L. Small tree or shrub, with softly pubescent twigs: k-aves 

 5-15 cm. long; blades elliptic, oblong, or oblong-obovate, veiny: flowers in 

 spikes or racemes: fruits 9-10 mm. in diameter. [C. villosum Chapm. Not 

 Jacq.] 



The FiDDLEwooD grows in hammocks and pinelands along the southern half of 

 the eastern coast of Florida, on the Everglade Keys and the Florida Keys. The 

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



Family 4. AVICENNIACEAE. Black-mangrove Family. 



Shrubs or trees of maritime regions, the branches terete, nodose. 

 Leaves opposite, persistent : blades entire. Flowers in axillary small 

 cymes. Calyx of 5 nearly distinct sepals. Corolla of 4 partially united 

 petals, campanulate-rotate. Androecium of 4 stamens, the filaments 

 adnate to the lower part of the corolla-tube. Gynoecium of 2 united 

 carpels. Fruit a compressed oblique capsule. 



1. AVICENNIA L. Leaf-blades thick. Cymes peduncled. Calyx sub- 

 tended by small bracts. Corolla inconspicuous, the tube and spreading lobes 

 about equal in length. Stamens erect. Stigmas 2. Capsule thick-walled. 



1. A. nitida Jacq, Tree sometimes 25 m. tall or shrub: leaf -blades leathery, 

 oblong or nearly so, 3-8 cm. long, dark-green above, pale, minutely canescent 

 beneath: calyx 3-4 mm. long: corolla white; lobes longer than the tube, 

 broadly rounded or retuse : fruit oblong or elliptic, 3-5 cm. long, acutish. — 

 All year. 



The Black-mangrove grows on sandy shores and in coastal hammoclvs on both 

 sides of peninsular Florida, and on the" Everglade Keys and Florida Keys. The 

 dark-brown or blackish heart-wood is rather coarse-grained, heavy, and hard. (W.I.) 



Family 5. EHINANTHACEAE. Figwort Family. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Stems commonly terete. Leaves opposite 

 or whorled, or alternate : blades entire, toothed, or divided. Flowers per- 

 fect, axillarj^, or spicate or racemose. Calyx regular or rarely 2-lipped, of 

 4 or 5 more or less united sepals. Corolla mostly irregular, of 4 or 5 

 partially united petals. Androecium of 4, usually didyuamous stamens, 

 the fifth one sometimes represented by a staminodium. Gynoecium 2- 

 carpellary. Ovary 2-eelled. Fruit capsular or rarely baccate. 



1. PAULOWNIA Sieb. & Zucc. Trees resembling Catalpa. Leaf-blades 

 ample, entire or 3-lobed. Flowers in large panicled cymes. Calyx-lobes 5, 

 shorter than the tube. Corolla slightly 2-lipped, both lips spreading. Stamens 

 4: filaments about equally adnate to the corolla. Staminodium wanting. 

 Capsule exceeding the calyx. 



1. P. tomentosa (Thunb.) Baill. Large tree: leaf-blades ovate to suborbicu- 

 lar, 1.5-4 dm. long, densely pubescent beneath, cordate, long-petioled: calyx 

 30-14 mm. long: corolla violet, 4.5-5.5 cm. long, pubescent; lobes rounded: 

 capsules ovoid, 3-4 cm. long, acute. — Spr. & sum. 



The Karri, a native of .Tapan. grows in fields and on roadsides in northern 

 Florida and the northern part of the peninsula. The yellowish-white wood is 

 coarse-grained, light, and soft. (Cont.) 



