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1. 0. disticha L. Shrub or small tree, the branchlets spreading or drooping, 

 glabrous: leaves various, those near the base of the branchlets with subor- 

 bicular to orbicular-ovate blades 1.5-3 cm. long, those above them with larger 

 ovate to oblong-lanceolate blades: larger sepals suborbicular to orbicular- 

 obovate, 1.5-2 mm. long: berries depressed, 1.5-2 cm. broad. OTAHEITE- 



GOOSEBERRY. 



Pinelands and roadsides, s. pen. Fla. Nat. of the E. Indies. (W. I.) 



4. BBEYNIA Forst. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades broad, 

 entire. Flowers monoecious, solitary in the axils, or the staminate few together. 

 Staminate flowers with a turbinate calyx-tube and 6 minute broad lobes sur- 

 rounding the minute orifice: stamens erect, united, the narrow anthers opening 

 vertically. Pistillate flowers with a short, broad calyx-tube and 6 very broad 

 imbricated lobes: ovary 3-celled: styles very short: stigmas 2-lobed. Berry 



1. B. nivosa (W. J. Smith) Small. Shrub with irregularly and loosely branched 

 stems, the branches dark red: leaves somewhat distichously spreading; blades 

 oval, varying to ovate or obovate, green and white, variegated with red and 

 pink: staminate calyx about 3 mm. wide, the lobes very shallow: pistillate calyx 

 8-10 mm. wide, the lobes reniform: capsule 9-12 mm. broad. SNOW-BUSH. 



Pinelands, waste places, and cultivated grounds, s. pen. Fla. Nat. of the S. Sea 

 Islands. 



5. DRYPETES Vahl. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades entire or undulate- 

 toothed. Flowers apetalous. Staminate flowers in rather dense clusters, with 

 4-8 sepals and 4-16 stamens. Pistillate flowers few in a cluster, with 4-8 

 sepals and a 1-2-celled ovary. Fruit a berry or a drupe. 



Sepals 4 : gynoecium 2-carpellary : drupe subglobose, less than 15 mm. long. 



1. D. lateriflora. 

 Sepals 5 : gynoecium l-carpellary : drupe elongate, over 15 mm. 



long. 2. D. diversifolia. 



1. D. lateriflora (Sw.) Krug & Urban. Shrub, or tree becoming 10 m. tall: 

 leaf- blades oblong or elliptic: stamens 4: drupes 9-11 mm. in diameter, ripe 

 in spring or summer. GUIANA-PLUM. 



Hammocks, E. Keys and F. Keys. (W. I.) Fall-winter. 



2. D. diversifolia Krug & Urban. Shrub, or tree becoming 12 m. tall: leaf- 

 blades long, elliptic or oval: stamens 8: drupes 2-2.5 cm. long, ripe in fall. 

 WHITEWOOD. 



Hammocks, F. Keys. (W. I.) Spr. 



6. CBOTON L. Shrubs or herbs. Leaf-blades entire, toothed, or lobed. 

 Flowers monoecious or rarely dioecious, usually spicate or racemose. Staminate 

 flowers with 4-6, usually 5, sepals, small, often rudimentary, petals alternating 

 with glands, and 6 stamens. Pistillate flowers with 5-10 sepals, usually no 

 petals and a 3-celled ovary. Fruit a capsule. 



Leaf -blades ovate to ovate-oblong. 1. C. Berlandieri. 



Leaf-blades linear to narrowly oblong. 



Leaf-blades narrowly linear, glabrate above, yellowish-pubes- 

 cent beneath. 2. C. linearis. 

 Leaf-blades mostly narrowly oblong, stellate above, white- 

 pubescent beneath. 3. C. FergusonU. 



1. 0, Berlandieri Torr. Shrub 3-8 dm. tall: leaf -blades ovate to ovate-oblong, 

 2.5-3.5 cm. long, usually abruptly acute, the edges slightly repand and glandu- 

 lar, rounded or subcordate at the base, tomentose above when young, pubescent 

 and paler below: staminate flowers on slender pedicels, with 15-20 stamens: 



