104 SYMPLOCOCACEAE. 



4. B. reclinata Vent. Evergreen shrub, the twigs glabrous : leaf-blades thinnish, 

 oblanceolate, varying to spatulate, obovate, or ovate, 2-5 cm. long, somewhat 

 reticulate and glabrous beneath: calyx-lobes broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate, 

 1.8 mm. long: corolla about 4 mm. wide; lateral divisions of the lobes broadly 

 lanceolate, fully 1.5 cm, long: staminodia ovate, 2 mm. long, erose: berries 

 oval, 6-7 mm. long. 



Pinelands, river-banks, and hammocks, nearly throughout Fla., except the F. 

 Keys. (Cont.) Spr.-sum., or all year southward. 



5. B. megacocca Small. Evergreen shrub, the twigs glabrous : leaf -blades thick, 

 obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, 1-3.5 cm. long, reticulate and glabrous beneath: 

 flowers not seen: berries globose to broadly oval, 11-13 mm. long. 



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



6. B. lycioides (L.) Gaertn. Deciduous-leaved shrub or small tree, the twigs 

 glabrous: leaf -blades elliptic, oblong, or rarely oblanceolate, 4-12 cm. Jong, 

 dull and prominently reticulate on both sides: calyx-lobes oval or orbicular- 

 ovate, 2 mm. long: corolla about 5 mm. wide; lateral divisions of the lobes 

 lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 1.5 mm. long, entire: staminodia ovate, 2-2,5 

 mm. long, entire: berries oval, fully 10 mm. long. BUCKTHORN. 



Rich woods and along rivers, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) Sum. 



7. B. lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers. Deciduous-leaved shrub, or tree becoming 

 20 m. tall, the twigs dull-tomentose : leaf -blades oblong-oblanceolate, oblong- 

 oboyate, or elliptic, 3-8 cm. long, dull-tomentose beneath: calyx-lobes sub- 

 orbicular or orbicular-ovate, about 3 mm. long: corolla about 5 mm. wide; 

 lateral divisions of the lobes lanceolate, fully 1.5 mm. long: undulate: stami- 

 nodia ovate, 2 mm. long, acute or acutish: berries oval or obovoid-oblong, 

 10^15 mm. long. GUM-ELASTIC. 



Sandy woods and near streams, n. Fla. and the adj. pen. (Cont.) Sum. 



8. B. tenax (L.) Willd. Deciduous-leaved shrub, or tree becoming 9 m. tall, 

 the twigs lustrous-silky, the hairs white, becoming tawny or copper-colored: 

 leaf -blades oblanceolate, obovate-spatulate, or obovate, 2-7 cm; long, lustrous- 

 silky beneath: calyx-lobes suborbicular, 1-1.5 mm. long: corolla about 5 mm. 

 wide; lateral divisions of the lobes ovate or ovate-lanceolate, fully 1.5 mm. 

 long, undulate: staminodia ovate, 2 mm. long, obtuse: berries obovoid or 

 oblong-obovoid, 10-14 mm. long. TOUGH-BUCKTHORN. IRONWOOD. BLACK-HAW. 



Sandy woods, mostly near the coast, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) Spr. 



4. MIMUSOPS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades leathery, finely many- 

 veined. Calyx-lobes 6 or 8, the outer ones valvate. Corolla with dorsal ap- 

 pendages; lobes 6 or 8, each with 2 very small lateral lobes. Staminodia 

 petaloid. 



1. M. emarginata (L.) Britton. Evergreen shrub, or small tree: leaves 

 clustered at the endte of the branchlets; blades oblong, 3-10 cm. long: calyx, 

 like the pedicels, red-tomentose ; lobes lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate: corolla 

 light-yellow, 1.5-2 cm. wide: staminodia triangular: berries spheroidal, nearly 

 3 cm. thick. WILD-DILLY. 



Hammocks, F. Keys. (IF. /.) 



FAMILY 3. SYMPLOCOCACEAE. SWEETLEAF FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees, the hairs, when present, simple. Leaves alternate: 

 blades usually leathery, entire or toothed. Flowers polygamo-dioecious or 

 perfect, in close or open clusters. Calyx of 5 partially united sepals. 

 Corolla of 5 more or less united petals. Androecium of numerous stamens 

 in several series, partially adnate to the corolla-tube. Gynoecium of 2-5 

 carpels, the ovary superior. Fruit baccate or drupaceous. 



