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corolla lilac; limb 7-9 mm. wide, the lobes ciliolate: fruits 7-11 mm. in diam- 

 eter, enclosed in the calyx. GOLDEN-DEWDROP. 

 Hammocks, Key West. (W. I.) 



5. CALLICARPA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades simple. Flowers in 

 axillary cymes. Calyx shallowly 4-lobed or nearly truncate. Corolla white or 

 colored, rotate-funnelform or funnelform, typically 4-lobed, the tube straight. 

 Filaments adnate to the corolla-tube, glabrous. Stigmas stout. Drupe very 

 juicy. 



1. O. americana L. Shrub 1-2 m. tall, stellate-pubescent: leaf -blades ovate, 

 elliptic or oval, serrate: calyx 1-1.5 mm. long: corolla bluish or pink; limb 

 about 5 mm. wide, the rounded lobes apiculate: fruit violet or magenta, 4-5 

 mm. in diameter. FRENCH-MULBERRY. 



Hammocks and pinelands, nearly throughout Fla., except the F. Keys. (Cont.) 

 Spr.-sum., or all year southward. 



6. CLER-ODENDRON [Burm.] L. Shrubs or trees, or half-shrubs. 

 Leaves opposite: blades simple, toothed. Flowers in dense terminal cymes. 

 Calyx prominently 5-lobed. Corolla white or highly colored, funnelform or 

 salverform: tube slightly curved: limb 5-lobed. Filaments adnate to above the 

 middle of the corolla-tube. Stigmas slender. Drupe lobed or ribbed. Spr.-fall. 



Corolla-tube slightly exceeding the calyx : calyx-lobes as long as the tube or longer. 



1. G. fragrans. 

 Corolla-tube several times longer than the calyx : calyx-lobes shorter 



than the tube. 2. C. foetidum. 



1. 0. fragrans Vent. Shrub 1-3 m. tall: leaf -blades ovate to deltoid, 9-25 em.. 

 long, mostly abruptly pointed, coarsely and irregularly toothed, finely pubescent 

 beneath, truncate or shallowly cordate at the base, long-petioled: cymes con- 

 gested: calyx 15-19 mm. long; lobes subulate or subulate-lanceolate, acuminate,, 

 ciliate: corolla 22-28 mm. long; lobes nearly as long as the tube, or shorter,, 

 white or blue-tinged. Mostly represented by the form with double-flowers. 



Thickets and waste places, pen. Fla. Nat. of China and Japan. (W. I.) 



2. C. foetidum Bunge. Shrub 1-2 m. tall: leaf -blades deltoid-ovate, 6-15 cm. 

 long, acute or slightly acuminate, serrate or serrate-dentate, mostly truncate at 

 the base, long-petioled: cymes rather compact: calyx 5-6 mm. long; lobes 

 triangular-lanceolate, shorter than the tube: corolla 18-22 mm. long; tube very- 

 slender; lobes lilac or purplish. 



Fields and thickets, n. Fla. Nat. of China. 



7. VITEX L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades digitately compound or rarely 

 1-foliolate. Flowers in open terminal compound cymes. Calyx shallowly 3-lobed 

 or 5-lobed. Corolla white or colored, funnelform, 2-lipped, the tube slightly 

 curved. Filaments adnate to about the middle of the corolla-tube, pubescent 

 at the base. 



1. V. Agnus-Castus L. Shrub 1-3 m. tall, pale-pubescent: leaf -blades 

 7-foliolate, the leaflets with linear to linear-elliptic blades 2-10 cm. long, 

 flowers separated: calyx 2-2.5 mm. long, campanulate: corolla blue or purplish; 

 limb 5-6 mm. broad: fruits 3.5-4 mm. long. CHASTE-TREE. 



Roadsides, waste places, and about gardens, n. Fla. and the upper pen. Nat. of 

 the Old World. (Cont.) Spr.-fall. 



FAMILY 6. AVICENNIACEAE. BLACK-MANGROVE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees of maritime regions, the branches terete, nodose. 

 Leaves opposite, persistent : blades entire. Flowers in axillary small 



