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3. T. pubescens (Pursh) Small. Shrub or small tree, the twigs, lower leaf- 

 surfaces and inflorescence tomentose: leaf -blades narrowly elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, or rarely oval, 5-20 cm. long, usually obtuse, often acuminate at 

 the apex, slightly revolute: sepals erect, aeutish, the inner oblong-oboyate, 

 about twice as long as the outer: fruits oval, 8-11 mm. long, dark-blue with a 

 thin bloom. [Persea pubescens (Pursh) Sarg.] SWAMP-BAY. SWAMP BED-BAY. 

 Hammocks and swamps, nearly throughout Fla. (Cont., W. I.) ^ 



3. OCOTEA Aubl. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, persistent : blades 

 entire. Flowers in panicled cymes. Sepals 6, nearly similar, somewhat elon- 

 gate, spreading. Style cylindric: stigma capitate. Drupe somewhat elongate, 

 seated in the cup-like hypanthium from which the calyx has fallen away. 



1. O. Catesbyana (Michx.) Sarg. Shrub or small tree: leaf -blades narrowly 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 5-12 cm. long, lustrous above r calyx creamy- 

 white, 8-9 mm. broad; sepals obtuse: drupes subglobose or oval, 10-15 mm. 

 long, dark-blue or black, seated in the red or yellow hypanthium. LANCEWOOD. 

 Hammocks, lower pen. Fla. and the F. Keys. (W. I.) Winter-spr. 



4. GLABRARIA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate (ours deciduous) : 

 blades entire. Flowers in clustered umbel-like involucrate cymes. Style subu- 

 late. Drupe (ours) subglobose. [Halapoena Adans.] 



1. G. geniculata (Walt.) Britton. A spreading shrub 2-3 m. tall, with zigzag 

 branches: leaf -blades oblong to elliptic, 1.5-6 cm. long: flowers 2-4 together: 

 sepals yellow, 2-3 mm. long: drupes 5-6 mm. in diameter, red. POND-SPICE. 

 Ponds, n. Fla. (Con*.) Winter-spr. 



5. BENZOIN Fabr. Shrubs or trees, strong-scented. Leaves alternate, 

 deciduous: blades entire. Flowers in sessile cluster-like or umbel-like cymes. 

 Style slender-columnar. Drupes somewhat elongate. Spr. 



Leaf-blades rounded or cordate at the base, stout-petioled. 1. B. melissaefolium, 



Leaf-blades narrowed at the base, slender-petioled. 2. B. aestivale. 



1. B. melissaefolium (Walt.) Nees. Shrub 3-10 dm. tall, the branches pubes- 

 cent: leaf -blades quite firm, oblong or ovate-oblong, 3-12 cm. long, aeutish, 

 usually short-acuminate, more or less densely pubescent on both sides, rounded 

 or cordate at the base: flowers yellow, in dense lateral clusters, appearing be- 

 fore the leaves: pedicels equalling the sepals or longer: sepals thin, 1-1.5 mm. 

 long: drupe obovoid, nearly 1 cm. long. 



About ponds and swamps, w. Fla. (Cont.) 



2. B. aestivale (L.) Nees. Shrub 1-3 m. tall, the branches often glabrous: 

 leaf -blades obovate, oval or elliptic, 5-12 cm. long, thin, obtuse or usually short- 

 acuminate and acute at the apex, often slightly ciliate, acute or acuminate at 

 the base, deep green and glabrous above, pale or glaucescent and glabrous or 

 sparingly pubescent beneath: flowers yellow, in dense clusters appearing before 

 the leaves, 6-8 mm. broad: pedicels 3-5 em. long: sepals thin, obovate or 

 oblong, obtuse, truncate or retuse at the apex: drupe oval, about 1 cm. long. 

 [Lindera Benzoin (L.) Blume.] SPICE-BUSH. BENJAMIN-BUSH. 



Swamps and stream-banks, n. Fla. (Cont.) 



Order MYRTALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, sometimes aquatic or amphibious. Leaves 

 alternate or opposite. Flowers regular or irregular, complete or much 

 reduced. Hypanthium merely enclosing the ovary or adnate to it. Androe- 

 cium of few or many stamens: anthers opening by slits or pores. Gynoe- 

 cium 1-several-carpellary. Fruit capsular, baccate, or achene-like. 



