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1. CYBILLA Garden. Shrubs or trees, with pale close bark. Sepals 

 nearly equal. Petals clawless. Stamens equal: filaments winged. Style short. 

 Fruit erect or ascending. Spr.^lRONWooo. RED-TITI. WHITE-TITI. 



Capsule ovoid, about 2.5 mm. long : larger leaves 5-10 cm. long. 1. C. racemiflora. 



Capsule subglobose, 2 mm. long or less : larger leaves 1-4 cm. long. 2. C. parvifolia. 



1. C. racemiflora L. Shrub, or tree becoming 10 m. tall: leaf -blades oblanceo- 

 late to obovate or nearly oblong, 2-10 cm. long: racemes mostly over 8 cm. 

 long: sepals acuminate: petals 2.5-3 mm. long: filaments over 2 mm. long: 

 capsules ovoid, about 2.5 mm. long. LEATHERWOOD. TITI. HE-HUCKLEBERRY. 

 MYRTLE. 



Swamps and ponds in pinelands, n. Fla. (Cont., W. I.) 



2. C. parvifolia Eaf. Low shrub: leaf -blades oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, 

 1-4 cm. long: racemes mostly less than 8 cm. long: sepals acute: petals 1.5-2 

 mm. long: filaments less than 1.5 mm. long. TITI. 



Swamps and along streams, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) 



2. CLIFTONIA Gaertn. Shrubs or trees, with dark scaly bark. Sepals 

 unequal. Petals clawed. Stamens unequal: filaments appendaged below. 

 Style wanting. Fruit drooping. 



1. O. monophylla (Lam.) Britton. Shrub, or small tree becoming 8 m. tall: 

 leaf-blades narrowly elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 4-6 cm. long: racemes 

 2-6 cm. long: petals 3-3.5 mm. long: fruit ovoid, 6-7 mm. long. TlTI. 

 BLACK-TITI. IRONWOOD. 



Pineland-swamps and bays, n. Fla. (Cont.) Winter-spr. 



FAMILY 4. AQUIFOLIACEAE. HOLLY FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate : blades simple. Flowers perfect or 

 polygamous. Calyx of 4-6 persistent sepals. Corolla of 46 petals, often 

 united at the base. Androecium of 4-6 stamens. Gynoecium of 4-8 

 united carpels. Fruit drupaceous. 



1. ILEX L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves mostly persistent: blades entire or 

 toothed. Flowers sometimes nearly dioecious. Sepals persistent. Corolla 

 deciduous. Drupe with 4-8 nutlets. 



Fruits with smooth nutlets. 



Berries black : leaves persistent ; blades leathery. 



Leaves with blades of an obovate or spatulate type prevailing; petioles rela- 

 tively short and stout. 

 Leaf-blades shallowly crenate near the apex, not spine-tipped : drupes 



mostly less than 6 mm. in diameter. 1. /. glabra. 



Leaf-blades spinescent-toothed, or spine-tipped : drupes 



mostly over 6 mm. in diameter. 2. /. coriacea. 



Leaves with blades of an ovate type prevailing; petioles 



relatively long and slender. 3. /. Krugiana. 



Berries red or scarlet : leaves deciduous ; blades herbaceous. 4. /. vertlciUata. 

 Fruits with ribbed nutlets. 



Leaves deciduous : blades herbaceous. 



Leaf-blades broadest above the middle, blunt-toothed : drupes 



nearly sessile. 5. /. decidua. 



Leaf-blades not broadest above the middle, sharp-toothed : 



drupes decidedly pedicelled. 6. /. caroliniana. 



Leaves persistent : blades leathery. 



Leaf-blades entire or with a few appressed teeth near the 



apex. 



Leaf-blades linear, 1-4 cm. long. 7. /. myrtifolia. 



Leaf-blades oblong or oblanceolate, 4-10 cm. long. 8. /. Cassine. 



Leaf-blades toothed. 9. /. vomitoria. 



Shrubs of Florida 5. 



