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pubescent beneath: calyx-lobes suborbicular, 1.5 mm. long: corolla white, 

 about 5 mm. wide; lobes suborbicular: berries oval, about 2 cm. long, dark- 

 purple. SATINLEAF. 



Hammocks, along the lower two-thirds of the eastern coast of Fla. and the lower 

 western coast, and In hammocks and pinelands on the E. Keys and the F. Keys. (W.I.) 



2. DIPHOLIS A. DC. Shrubs or small trees. Leaf -blades mostly gla- 

 brous. Calyx-lobes 5, pubescent. Corolla-lobes 5, each 3-lobed, shorter than 

 the tube. Staminodia petaloid. Endosperm copious. 



1. D. salicifolia (L.) A. DC. Evergreen shrub, or tree becoming 16 m. tall: 

 A eaf -blades elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 5-12 cm. long: calyx-lobes ovate to 

 oblong, 1.5 mm. long: corolla 4 mm. wide; lobes oblong or oval: staminodia 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate, laciniate-toothed : berries oval or subglobose, about 

 8 mm. in diameter, black. BUSTIC. CASSADA. 

 Hammocks, E. Keys and F. Keys. (W. I.) 



3. BUMELIA Sw. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades mostly pubescent be- 

 neath. Calyx-lobes 5. Corolla-lobes 5, each 3-lobed, the middle lobe suborbicu- 

 lar, longer than the tube. Staminodia petaloid. Endosperm wanting or very 

 scant. 



Leaf-blades glabrous, or merely with scattered hairs or inconspicuously cobwebby 



beneath. 



Fruit oblong-cylindrlc. 1. B. angustifolia. 



Fruit subglobose or oval. 



Leaf-blades of an obovate or spatulate type, mainly 



broadest above the middle. 



Twigs copiously pubescent with deep red hairs. 2. B. rufotomentosa. 



Twigs glabrous or soon becoming so. 

 Fruit Jess than 8 mm. long. 



Corolla-lobes about 1.5 mm. long : leaf -blades 



blunt : fruit 5 mm. long. 3. B. microcarpa. 



Corolla-lobes about 2 mm. long : leaf-blades 



retuse : fruit 6-7 mm. long. 4. B. reclinata. 



Fruit over 9 mm. long. 5. B. megacocca. 



Leaf-blades of an elliptic type broadest at the middle. 6. B. lycioides. 

 Leaf-blades manifestly or copiously pubescent beneath. 



Pubescence woolly, not at all lustrous. 1. B. lanuginosa. 



Pubescence lustrous, white, becoming tawny, brown or 



coppery. 8. B. tenax. 



1. B. angustifolia Nutt. Evergreen shrub, or tree becoming 8 m. tall, the 

 twigs glabrous: leaves relatively few and not crowded; blades oblanceolate to 

 oblanceolate-spatulate, 2-4 cm. long, smooth and glabrous: calyx-lobes ovate, 

 2 mm. long: corolla about 4 mm. wide; lateral divisions of the lobes narrowly 

 lanceolate, irregularly toothed : staminodia 2.5 mm. long, lacerate : berries 17-20 

 mm. long. SAFFRON-PLUM. ANTS-WOOD. DOWNWARD-PLUM. 



Coastal hammocks, lower pen. Fla. and the F. Keys. (W. I.) All year. 



2. B. rufotomentosa Small. Evergreen shrub, the twigs red-tomentose : leaf- 

 blades obovate or oval, 1.5-2 cm. long, reticulate and sparingly pubescent be- 

 neath with red hairs: calyx-lobes suborbicular, nearly 1.5 mm. long: corolla 

 about 3 mm. wide: lateral divisions of the lobes ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acutish: staminodia slightly over 1 mm. long: berries about 5 mm. in diameter. 



Pinelands, pen. Fla. (Endemic.) Spr.-sum. 



3. B. microcarpa Small. Evergreen shrub, the twigs becoming glabrous: leaf- 

 blades spatulate, oblanceolate, or rarely oblong-obovate, 1-3.5 cm. long, cob- 

 webby pubescent beneath: calyx-lobes suborbicular, about 1.5 mm. long: corolla 

 about 2.5 mm. wide; lateral divisions of the lobes ovate-lanceolate, almost 1 

 mm. long: staminodia 1.5 mm. long, erose: berries subglobose, 5 mm. in 

 diameter. 



Sandy woods, n. pen. Fla. (Endemic.) Spr.-sum. 



