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Staminodia at the corolla-sinuses : fruit few-many-seeded. Fam. 1. THEOPHKASTACEAE. 

 Staminodia wanting : fruit 1-seeded. Fam. 2. ABDISIACEAH. 



FAMILY 1. THEOPHRASTACEAE. JOE-WOOD FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, persistent: blades leathery, entire. 

 Flowers perfect, in racemes, corymbs, or panicles. Calyx of 5 imbricate 

 sepals. Corolla campanulate or rotate-salverform, of 5 partially united 

 petals. Androecium of 5 stamens partially adnate to the corolla-tube, and 

 5 Staminodia. Gynoecium of 5 united carpels. Fruit a drupe-like berry. 



1. JACQUINIA L. Leaves usually numerous: blades entire, thick and 

 very brittle. Flowers erect. Calyx persistent. Corolla deciduous. Anthers 

 extrorse. Staminodia very broad. Berries erect. 



1. J. keyensis Mez. Shrub, or tree becoming 5 m. tall, the bark pale: leaf- 

 blades cuneate-spatulate or oblong-obovate, 1-5 cm. long, shining: calyx-lobes 

 2-3 mm. long, orbicular-ovate: corolla straw-colored; lobes longer than the 

 tube: Staminodia oblong, erose: berry subglobose, 8-10 mm. in diameter. 

 JOE-WOOD. 



Hammocks, along the lower w. coast, and those of the E. Keys and F. Keys. (W. I. ) 



FAMILY 2. ARDISIACEAE. MYRSINE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves mostly alternate, ours persistent : blades 

 leathery, entire. Flowers perfect or polygamo-dioecious, in racemes, 

 corymbs, or cymes, sometimes clustered on scaly spurs. Calyx of usually 

 46 sepals. Corolla of usually 4-6 partially united petals, short-salver- 

 fonn or rotate, often streaked or dotted. Androecium of mostly 4-6 

 stamens, partially adnate to the corolla-tube. Gynoecium of mostly 4-6 

 united carpels. Fruit a drupe-like berry. 



Flowers on scattered spurs : corolla-lobes not reflexed : stigma lobed. 1. RAPANEA. 

 Flowers in terminal panicles : corolla-lobes reflexed : stigma entire. 2. ICACOREA. 



1. RAPANEA Aubl. Shrubs or small trees. Flower inconspicuous, clus- 

 tered on scaly spurs, stout-pedicelled. Corolla white or nearly so: lobes ascend- 

 ing or spreading. Stamens with ascending or spreading anthers. Style very 

 short : stigma lobed. 



1. R. guyanensis Aubl. Shrub or small tree, with grayish bark : leaves mostly 

 near the ends of the branchlets: blades obovate-oblong or nearly oblong, 4-10 

 cm. long: flower-clusters scattered along the branchlets: sepals broadly ovate: 

 corolla-lobes oblong, unequal: fruit about 4 mm. in diameter. MYRSINE. 



Coastal hammocks, upper pen. as far n. as Volusia county on the eastern coast, 

 on hammock islands in the Everglades, and on the E. Keys and the F. Keys. (W. 7.) 



2. ICACOREA Aubl. Shrubs or trees. Flowers conspicuous, in panicles, 

 cymes, or clusters, slender-pedicelled. Corolla white or pink, and often purple- 

 streaked: lobes recurved. Stamens with converging anthers. Style elongate: 

 stigma minute, entire. 



1. I. paniculata (Nutt.) Sudw. Shrub or small tree, with white or whitish 

 bark: leaves scattered; blades oblanceolate to elliptic, 4-18 cm. Idng: panicles 

 terminal: calyx-lobes ovate to obovate: corolla-lobes oblong: fruit 7-8 mm. in 

 diameter. MARLBERRY. CHERRY. 



Coastal hammocks along the s. two-thirds of the eastern side of pen. Fla. and the 

 s. half of the western side, the hammocks and pinelands on the E. Keys and the F. 

 Keys. (W. I.) 



