108 SPIGELIACEAE. 



lobes ovate to lanceolate, acute: petals linear, 1.5-2.5 cm. long: drupes 1.5-2 

 cm. long, deep-green or nearly black. FRINGE-TREE. OLD-MAN'S BEARD. 



Rich woods and banks of streams, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) Spr. 



4. OSMANTHUS Lour. Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, persistent: 

 blades simple. Flowers polygamous, in axillary racemes or panicles. Calyx 

 prominently 4-lobed. Corolla greenish or white, funnelform: lobes broad, 

 about as long as the tube, or longer. Stamens 2 : filaments partially adnate to 

 the corolla-tube. Stigma entire or 2-lobed. Drupe ovoid or globose. Spr. 



Inflorescence-branches glabrous : drupes dark-purple. 1. O. americana. 



Inflorescence-branches pubescent : drupes yellowish-green. 2. O. floridana. 



1. O. americana (L.) B. & H. Tree becoming 15 m. tall or shrub, the bark 

 pale: leaf -blades narrowly elliptic, varying to oblanceolate or lanceolate, 5-20 

 cm. long, entire, lustrous above: inflorescence-branches and calyx glabrous: 

 corolla 3-4 mm. long: drupes 10-14 mm. long. WILD-OLIVE. DEVILWOOD. 



Hammocks, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) 



2. O. floridana Chapm. Similar to the preceding species, but relatively larger 

 throughout: leaf -blades relatively broader: inflorescence-branches and calyx 

 pubescent: corolla 4-5 mm. long: drupes 16-20 mm. long. FLORIDA-DEVILWOOD. 



Pinelands and sand-dunes, pen. Fla. (Endemic.) 



5. JASMINUM L. Woody vines. Leaves opposite : blades 3-7-f oliolate or 

 sometimes 1-foliolate. Flowers mostly in terminal compound cymes. Calyx- 

 tube short : lobes 4-9, often narrow. Corolla white or colored, salverf orm : lobes 

 4-12. Stamens 2 : anthers introrse. Ovary 2-celled. Berry 2-lobed. Seeds 1-4, 

 mostly 2, in each carpel. 



1. J. grandiflorum L. Stems mostly diffusely reclining: leaflets mostly 5-7; 

 blades ovate to oval, mucronate, except the usually ovate-lanceolate or narrowly 

 ovate acute or acuminate terminal one: calyx 4-8 mm. long; lobes subulate, 

 often unequal: corolla white; tube 17-21 mm. long; lobes mostly oblong to 

 oval, obtuse. SPANISH-JESSAMINE. 



Roadsides and cultivated grounds, s. pen. Fla. Nat. of Eu. (W. I.) 



Order GENTIANALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, sometimes aquatic or humus plants or vines. 

 Leaves mainly opposite : blades simple. Flowers mostly perfect, solitary 

 or in cymes. Calyx of 5 partially united sepals, or fewer. Corolla of 5 

 partially united petals, or fewer. Androecium of as many stamens as 

 there are corolla-lobes: filaments often partially adnate to the corolla- 

 tube. Gynoecium of 2 more or less united carpels. Fruit capsular, 

 baccate or drupaceous. 



Sepals nearly distinct : corolla broadly funnelform : free portions of the filaments 

 elongate : stigmas 4, distinct : capsule flattened. 1. GELSEMIUM. 



Sepals well united : corolla trumpet-shaped : free portions of the 

 filaments very short : stigmas united : capsule thick. 2. ADENOPLEA. 



FAMILY 1. SPIGELIACEAE. LOGAXIA FAMILY. 



Herbs, vines, or woody plants. Leaves typically opposite. Flowers 

 in open or compact clusters. Calyx of 4 or 5 partially united sepals. 

 Corolla of 4 or 5 partially united petals Androecium of 4 or 5 stamens. 



