124 EUBIACBAE. 



thium turbinate: sepals subulate: corolla white; tube 16-20 mm. long; lobes 

 acuminate, shorter than the tube : berries mainly obovoid, 5-7 cm. long. [Genipa 

 clusii folia Jacq.] SEVEN- YEAR APPLE. 



Coastal sand-dunes and hammocks of s. pen. Fla., and on the E. Keys and F. 

 Keys. (W. I.) 



4. RANDIA [Houst.] L. Armed shrubs or trees. Leaves relatively few: 

 blades leathery. Flowers axillary. Sepals 4-5, short. Corolla with a short 

 tube and 4 or 5 very broad lobes. Stamens 4 or 5 : filaments adnate to near the 

 top of the corolla-tube: anthers oblong or nearly so, included. Berry globular 

 or elongate. 



1. R. aculeata L. Shrub 0.3-3 m. tall: leaves 1.5-5 cm. long; blades spatu- 

 late to oval, elliptic, or suborbicular : sepals triangular to ovate, about 1 mm. 

 long: corolla white; tube 5-7 mm. long; lobes oblong to ovate: berries oval 

 to subglqbose, 8-10 mm. long, greenish-white. 



Hammocks and pinelands, s. pen. Fla. and the F. Keys. (W. I.) 



5. CATESBAEA L. Armed shrubs. Leaves very numerous: blades leath- 

 ery. Flowers axillary. Sepals 4, short. Corolla with a long tube and 4 short 

 lobes. Stamens 4: filaments adnate to the base of the corolla-tube: anthers 

 narrow or linear. Berry thick. 



1. C. parviflora Sw. Shrub 1-3 m. tall: leaves 5-15 mm. long; blades spatu- 

 late, obovate or suborbicular, lustrous: sepals triangular to triangular-lanceo- 

 late, 1-1.5 mm. long: corolla white; tube campanulate, 3.5-4 mm. long; lobes 

 deltoid, acutish: berries subglobose, 6-18 mm. long, blue or black. 

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



6. HAMELIA Jacq. Unarmed shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades membranous 

 Flowers in diehotomous cymes. Sepals 5, minute. Corolla with a narrow 

 fluted tube and 5 very short lobes. Stamens 5 : filaments adnate to the base of 

 the corolla-tube: anthers linear, included. Berry thick. 



1. H. patens Jacq. Shrub or small tree: leaf -blades elliptic, oblong, or elliptic- 

 ovate, 8-15 cm. long: hypanthium turbinate: sepals about 1 mm. long: corolla 

 crimson, 1.5-2.3 cm. long; lobes 2-3 mm. long: berries oval or ovoid, 5-7 mm. 

 long, black. [H. erecta Jacq.?] HAMELIA. 



Hammocks, lower two-thirds of pen. Fla. and on the F. Keys. (W. I,) 



7. CEPHALANTHTJS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades thinnish. Flowers 

 in capitate cymes. Sepals usually 4, rounded. Corolla with a long tube and 

 usually 4 short lobes. Stamens usually 4: filaments adnate to the throat of the 

 corolla: anthers oblong or nearly so. Nut-like fruit obpyramidal. 



1. C. occidentalis L. Shrub or small tree: leaf -blades oblong, lanceolate, or 

 ovate-lanceolate, 5-20 cm. long, short-petioled : flower-heads globose, 2.5-3.5 

 cm. thick: sepals about 0.5 mm. long: corolla white, about 10 mm. long; lobes 

 ovate to oblong-ovate: nutlets 7-8 mm. long. BUTTONBUSH. 



Swamps and low hammocks, nearly throughout Fla., except the F. Keys. (Cont.) 

 Spr.-fall. 



8. GUETTABDA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades thin or thickish. 

 Flowers in axillary peduncled cymes. Sepals 2-4 or more, short, or obsolete. 

 Corolla with a long tube and 4, or more, shorter lobes. Stamens 4-9 : filaments 

 adnate to near the top of the corolla-tube: anthers narrow, but short. Drupe 

 globular. All year. 



