BUBIACEAE. 415 



2. Stenostomum myrtifolium Griseb. Fl, Br. W. I. 334. 1861. 



Antirrhoea myrtifolia Urban, Symb. Ant. 1: 440. 1899. 



A mucli-branched, resinous rigid shrub^ 6-13 dm. high, the young twigs 

 pubescent. Leaves clustered at the ends of the twigs, coriaceous, viscid, 

 oblong to elliptic or elliptic-obovate, 3 cm. long or less, 8-17 mm. wide, 

 obtuse or short-pointed at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, finely 

 reticulate-veined, glabrous or nearly so, the stout puberulent petioles about 

 2 mm. long; stipules deltoid-ovate; peduncles 2-3-flowered, pubescent, much 

 shorter than the leaves; flowers sessile; calyx about 2 mm. long, the limb 5- 

 toothed; corolla white, 6-8 mm. long, its 5 oblong obtuse lobes much shorter 

 than the tube; drupe globose-ellipsoid, black, 4 mm. long. 



White-lands, pine-lands, coppices, and scrub-lands. Berry Islands, North Bimini, 

 Andros, New Providence and Eleuthera to North Caicos and Inagua : — Cuban Cays. 

 Myrtle Stenostomum. 



3. Stenostomum densiflorum Griseb. Cat. PL Cub. 132. 1866. 



Laugeria densiflora Hitchc. Eep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 4: 93. 1893. 

 Giiettarda densiflora Maza, Ann. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 290. 1894. 



A shrub, usually 1-3 mm. high, or sometimes a small tree up to 5 m. 

 high, the bark smooth, the slender, glabrous branches ascending. Leaves 

 coriaceous, viscid-resinous at least when young, oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acute at both ends, dark green and shining above, dull and paler beneath, the 

 petioles very short, the short-ovate stipules connate^ ciliate, persistent; pe- 

 duncles several-flowered, as long as the leaves or shorter, the cyme usually 

 2-forked; flowers sessile; calyx about 1 mm. long; corolla about 4 mm. long, 

 its oblong lobes shorter than the tube; drupe globose or globose-ellipsoid, 

 pink to blue-black, 3-4 mm. long. 



Scrub-lands and coppices, Abaco, Andros, New Providence : — Cuba. Viscid 



STEXOSI .^lUM. • 



10. ERITHALIS P. Br.; L. Syst. ed. 10, 930. 1759. 



Glabrous shrubs or small trees, with broad, dark green, opposite petioled 

 leaves, connate stipules, and small flowers in corymbose panicles. Calyx-tube 

 globose to ovoid, the short limb truncate or 4-5-toothed. Corolla nearly rotate 

 or salverform, its 5-10 narrow lobes valvate, recurved or spreading. Stamens 

 5-10, borne at the base of the corolla; filaments filiform; anthers basifixed, 

 narrow. Ovary 5-10-celled; ovules solitary in each cavity, pendulous; style 

 stout. Fruit a small drupe, containing 5-10 nutlets. [Greek, very green.] 

 About 6 species, of the West Indies, Florida and Central America. Type 

 species: Erithalis fruticosa L. 



1. Erithalis fruticosa L. loc. cit. 1759. 



Erithalis odorifera Jaeq. Select. Am. 72. 1763. 



A shrub, 6 dm. to 4 m. high, or a tree up to 8 m. high, with terete 

 branches. Leaves elliptic to oblong, obovate or suborbieular, subcoriaceous, 

 dark green, shining, 4-15 cm. long, rounded or short-pointed at the apex, 

 mostly narrowed at the base, the petioles 4-16 mm. long; stipules connate, 

 mucronate, the sheath persistent, 1-2 mm. long; panicles peduncled, several- 

 many-flowered; calyx 1-2 mm. long, the limb repand-denticulate; corolla 4-10 

 mm. long, deeply 5-parted, its lobes linear-oblong; anthers as long as the 

 filaments or longer; drupe globose or depressed-globose, 5-10-furrowed, '2-5 



