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broad: drupes globose, 6-8 mm. in diameter, red or sometimes nearly yellow. 

 DAHOON. YAUPON. 



Swamp-margins and hammocks, nearly throughout n. Fla. and the pen. (Cont., 

 W. I.) Spr. or all year. 



9. I. vomitoria Ait. Shrub, or small tree 8 m. tall, leaf -blades leathery, oblong, 

 oval, or elliptic, sometimes oblong-lanceolate on shoots, 1-2.5 cm. long, obtuse, 

 crenate-serrate, deep-green and lustrous above, pale-green beneath: calyx 2 

 mm. broad : corolla 5-5.5 mm. broad : drupes globose, red, 5-6 mm. in diameter, 

 longer than their pedicels. CASSENA. YAUPON. 



Swamp-margins and sand-ridges, especially near the coast, n. Fla. and the upper 

 pen. (Cont.) Spr. 



FAMILY 5. CELASTRACEAE. STAFF-TREE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees, or vines. Leaves alternate, opposite, or whorled: 

 blades simple. Flowers perfect, polygamous or dioecious, variously borne. 

 Calyx of 3-5 sepals. Corolla of 3-5 petals. Androecium of 3-5 stamens 

 borne on or under the disk. Gynoecium of 3-6 united carpels. Fruit a 

 capsule, a drupe, or a berry. Seed often arillate. 

 Fruits capsular, dehiscent. 



Leaves opposite : fruit-clusters drooping : capsules depressed at the apex. 



1. EUONYMUS. 



Leaves alternate : fruit-clusters not drooping : capsules pointed. 2. MAYTENUS. 

 Fruits drupaceous ; indehiscent. 



Flowers perfect : ovary 4-celled : fruits oblique. 3. RHACOMA. 



Flowers dioecious : ovary 2-celled : fruits not oblique. 



Leaves opposite : flower-clusters peduncled : calyx decidu- 

 ous : drupe not lobed. 4. GYMINDA. 

 Leaves alternate : flower-clusters sessile : calyx persistent : 



drupe lobed. 5. SCHAEFFERIA. 



1. EUONYMUS [Tourn.] L. Shrubs, trees, or rarely vines. Leaves 

 opposite: entire or toothed. Flowers perfect. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5. 

 Stamens 4 or 5, borne on the lobes of the disk: filaments very short: anther- 

 sacs diverging. Stigmas 3-5. STRAWBERRY-BUSH. 



1. E. atropurpureus Jacq. Shrub, or tree becoming 8 m. tall: leaf -blades 5-16 

 cm. long, serrate: petals dark-purple, orbicular-ovate or suborbicular, 2-4 mm. 

 long: capsules depressed: seeds 8-10 mm. long. BURNING-BUSH. 

 River-banks, w. Fla. (Cont.) Spr. 



2. MAYTENUS Molina. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, persistent: 

 blades leathery, entire or toothed. Flowers polygamous or dioecious, solitary 

 or clustered. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 5, borne beneath the disk. 

 Capsules erect. 



1. M. phyllanthoides Benth. Shrub or small tree: leaf -blades obovate to 

 oblong-oblanceolate, 2-4 cm. long: hypanthium broadly turbinate: corolla 2-3 

 mm. broad: capsules obovoid, 8-12 mm. in diameter, red. MAYTENUS. 

 Hammocks, lower eastern coast of Fla. and the F. Keys. (Cont., W. I.) 



3. BHACOMA L. Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, opposite, or 

 whorled, persistent: blades entire or toothed. Flowers perfect, few together 

 or solitary in axillary peduncled cymes. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5. Stamens 

 4 or 5, borne between the lobes of the disk. Drupe smooth. 



Leaf-blades crenate or entire: cymes long-stalked (10-15 mm.). 1. R. Crnmtopetalum. 

 Leaf-blades spiny toothed: cymes short-stalked (3-5 mm.). 2. R. ilicifolia. 



1. E. Crossopetalum L. Erect shrub or tree, with glabrous twigs: leaf -blades 

 obovate or rarely somewhat elliptic, 1-4 cm. long, shallowly crenate or entire: 



