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lanceolate to ovate, 7-9 mm. long: capsules about 5 mm. in diameter. SWAMP 



LOOSE-STRIFE. 



Swamps and ponds, n. Fla. (Cont.) Spr.-sum. 



FAMILY 3. PUNICACEAE. POMEGRANATE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or nearly so, persistent: blades 

 simple. Flowers perfect, solitary or in short-peduncled axillary clusters. 

 Hypanthium leathery. Calyx of 5-7 sepals. Corolla of 5-7 wrinkled 

 petals. Androecium of numerous stamens in several series: anthers 

 versatile. Gynoecium of several united carpels. Ovary inferior. Fruit 

 a several-celled berry crowned with the calyx, the seeds in a watery pulp. 



1. PUNIC A [Tourn.] L. Leaf -blades entire. Flowers showy. Sepals 

 persistent on the fruit. Petals deciduous. Berry pendulous. 



1. P. Granatum L. Small tree or shrub: leaf -blades oval, elliptic, or oblong, 

 varying to broadest above or below the middle, 1-8 cm. long: sepals triangular 

 to triangular-lanceolate: petals scarlet, 1.5-2.5 cm. long: berries subglobose or 

 spheroidal, 5-10 cm. in diameter. POMEGRANATE. 



Woods and waste places, nearly throughout Fla. Nat. of s. Eu. (W. I.) 



FAMILY 4. TERMINALIACEAE. WHITE-MANGROVE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees, or woody vines. Leaves alternate or opposite : blades 

 simple, leathery. Flowers often apetalous, regular, perfect or polygamous, 

 racemose or capitate. Calyx of 4-5 valvate deciduous or rarely persistent 

 sepals. Corolla of 45 petals, or wanting. Androecium of twice, or 

 rarely thrice, as many stamens as the sepals. Filaments distinct. Gynoe- 

 cium a single carpel. Ovary 1-celled. Style terminal. Stigma entire or 

 nearly so. Fruit drupaceous or berry-like, indehiscent, often crowned 

 with the accrescent calyx. 



Sepals deciduous : corolla wanting. 1. CONOCAHPDS. 



Sepals persistent : corolla present. 2. LAGONCULAHIA. 



1. CONOCARPUS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers per- 

 fect, in spieate or panicled heads. Hypanthium not ribbed. Stamens 5. 

 Fruit capitate. 



1. 0. erecta L. Shrub, or tree sometimes 20 m. tall, with glabrous or fine-silky 

 foliage: leaf -blades elliptic to oval, 2-5 cm. long, entire: heads 9-14 mm. in 

 diameter at maturity: drupes 2-winged, 4-7 mm. long. BUTTONWOOD. 



Coastal hammocks and sandy shores, pen. Fla., and on the B. Keys and F. 

 Keys. (W. I.) 



2. LAGUNCULABIA Gaertn. Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite. Flowers 

 polygamous, in simple or branched spikes. Hypanthium ribbed. Petals mostly 

 shorter than the sepals. Stamens 10. Fruit spieate or paniculate. 



1. L. racemosa Gaertn. f. Shrub, or tree sometimes 20 m. tall: leaf -blades 

 oblong, varying to oval or obovate, 2-5 cm. long, entire: spikes 3-6 cm. long: 

 drapes oblong-obovoid, 2 cm. long. WHITE-MANGROVE. WHITE-BUTTONWOOD. 



Sandy shores and coastal hammocks, pen. Fla., and on the E. Keys and F. 

 Keys. (W. I.) 



FAMILY 5. MYRTACEAE. MYRTLE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees, or rarely herbs, abounding in pungent and aromatic 

 volatile oil. Leaves opposite, or rarely alternate or whorled : blades often 



