98 EUBIACEAE. 



united petals. Androecium of as many stamens as there are petals or 

 twice as many. Gynoecium 2-several carpellary. Ovary wholly or par- 

 tially inferior. Fruit a capsule, a berry, or a drupe. 

 Leaves with stipules adnate to the stem between the leaf-bases. 



Fam. 1. RUBIACKAB. 



Leaves without stipules, or if present these adnate to the 



petiole. Fam. 2. Caprifoliacbae, 



Family 1. EUBIACEAE. Madder Family. 



Herbs, shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves opposite or whorled, with 

 interpetiolar or foliaceous stipules. Flower perfect or polygamous, regu- 

 lar or nearly so. Calyx of 2-6, or more, sepals surmounting the hypan- 

 thium, or obsolete. Corolla of 3-6, or more, more or less united petals. 

 Androecium of as many stamens as there are petals and alternate with 

 them. Gynoecium 2-several-carpellary. Frait a capsule, a drupe, or a 

 berry. 



Ovary-cavities several-many-ovuled : seeds several or many. 

 Fruits dry, capsular. 



Seeds wingless : sepals long and narrow, some in the 



outer flowers foliaceous: anthers short and thick. 1. Pixckxeya. 



Seeds winged : sepals minute : anthers long and slender. 2. Exostema. 

 Fruits pulpy, baccate. 



Berry 2-celled : sepals prominent : corolla salverform ; 



lobes large : filaments short or wanting. 3. Casasia. 



Berry 5-celled : sepals minute or obsolete : corolla tubular ; 



lobes minute : filaments long. 4. Hamelia. 



Ovary-cavities 1-ovuled : seeds solitary. 



Flowers in dense heads. 5. Cepiialanthus. 



Flowers in open cymes. 



Ovule pendulous : corolla-tube much longer than the 



lobes : anthers narrow. 6. Gvettaeda. 



Ovule not pendulous : corolla-tube as long as the lobes or 



slightly longer : anthers broad. 7. Psychoteia. 



1. PINCKNEYA Michx. Shrubs or trees. Leaves with broad entire 

 blades. Flowers iu corymbose cymes. Sepals 5, 1 or 2 of them, at least in the 

 outer flowers, transformed into leaf-like members. Corolla with a stout tube 

 and 5 rather broad lobes. Stamens 5 : filaments adnate to the lower part of the 

 corolla-tube, glabrous: anthers oblong, exserted. Capsule as wide as long. 

 Seeds wingless. 



1. P. pubens Miehx. Small tree or shrub, with pubescent foliage: leaf -blades 

 oblong, oval, or ovate, 5-20 cm. long, short-petioled: foliaceous sepals like the 

 leaves in shape, but smaller and pink: unchanged sepals linear to linear- 

 lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm. long: corolla greenish, mottled with brown or purple: 

 tube 1.5-2 cm. long; lobes as long as the tube or shorter: capsule subglobose, 

 nearly 2 cm. in diameter. — Spr. & sum. 



The Fever-teee grows in sandy swamps and along streams in middle and 

 western Florida. The brown wood is close-grained, light, soft, and weak. (Coiit.) 



2. EXOSTEMA L. C. Eich. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades leathery. 

 Flowers axillary or in paniculate cymes. Sepals 5, short. Corolla with slender 

 tube and 5 narrow lobes. Stamens 5: filaments adnate to the base of the 

 corolla-tube, pubescent below: anthers narrowly linear, exserted. Capsule 

 elongate. Seeds winged. 



1. E. carihaeum (Jacq.) R. & S. Small tree or shrub, the foliage glabrous: 

 leaf -blades oblong to elliptic, 2-6 cm. long: sepals 1-2 mm. long: corolla white 



