126 BUBIACEAE. 



relatively short tube and 4-6 usually somewhat shorter lobes. Stamens 4-6: 

 filaments adnate to near the top of the corolla-tube: anthers oblong to oval. 

 Drupe thick, often berry-like. 



Inflorescence, twigs, and leaves glabrous. 



Cymes sessile : sepals very shallow. 1. P. undata. 



Cymes peduncled : sepals deltoid. 2. P. bahamensis. 



Inflorescence, twigs, and leaves pubescent. 3. P. Sulzneri. 



1. P. undata Jacq. Shrub or small tree, the twigs glabrous: leaf -blades oval, 

 elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, 6-15 cm. long: corolla white; tube 2.5-3 mm. 

 long: anthers oval: drupes 4-4.5 mm. long, red. WILD-COFFEE. 



Hammocks, lower two-thirds of pen. Fla. and outer F. Keys. (TT. 7.) 



2. P. bahamensis Millsp. Shrub or small tree, the twigs glabrous: leaf -blades 

 lanceolate, elliptic, or oblanceolate, 3-12 cm. long: corolla white; tube 3 i mm. 

 long: anthers oblong: drupes oval or globular, 4-5 mm. long, bright-orange. 

 BAHAMAN WILD- COFFEE. 



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



3. P. Sulzneri Small. Shrub, the branches pubescent: leaf -blades narrowly 

 oblong, elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, 8-15 cm. long: corolla white; tube 2-2.5 

 mm. long: anthers oblong: drupes 5-6 mm. long. [P. tenuifolia Griseb. Not 

 S w. ] WILD- COFFEE. 



Hammocks, s. pen. Fla. and adj. islands. (W. I.) 



13. PAEDEEIA L. Woody vines. Leaves opposite: blades broad, at 

 least relatively so, entire. Flowers borne in dichotomous cymes. Sepals 4 or 

 5, narrow. Corolla campanulate: lobes 4 or 5, relatively short. Filaments 

 almost wholly adnate to the corolla-tube: anthers narrow. Styles slender, 

 united at the base. Berry rather dry, the outer coat brittle and early falling 

 away. Seeds flat, margined. 



1. P. foetida L. Stems twining, often slightly pubescent in lines: leaf -blades 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 3-11 cm. long, acuminate at the apex, rounded, 

 truncate or subcordate at the base, slender-petioled : sepals acute: corolla 7-9 

 mm. long; lobes about i as long as the tube, apiculate: berries obovoid, about 

 1 cm. long. 



Thickets and fence-rows, pen. Fla. Nat. of the E. Indies. 



14. MOBINDA [Vaill.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades rather thin. 

 Flowers in capitate cymes, the hypanthia coalescent. Sepals usually 5, minute 

 or obsolete. Corolla with a relatively short tube and usually 5 somewhat 

 shorter lobes. Stamens usually 5: filaments adnate to near the top of the 

 corolla- tube : anthers linear. Drupes united into a fleshy syncarp. 



1. M. Roioc L. Shrub or vine: leaf -blades oblong to cuneate, 5-10 cm. long: 

 corolla white or reddish; lobes oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-3.5 mm. long: 

 syncarp 2-3.5 cm. long, yellow. 



Pinelands and hammocks, pen. Fla. and the F. Keys. (U'. /.) 



15. ERNODEA Sw. Diffuse or vine-like shrubs. Leaf-blades leathery. 

 Flowers axillary. Sepals 4-6, narrow. Corolla with a long tube and 4-6 

 relatively long lobes. Stamens 4-6 : filaments adnate to the top of the corolla- 

 tube: anthers narrow. Drupe thin-fleshy. 



Sepals about one-third as long as the corolla-tube : anthers narrowly linear. 



1. E. Uttoralis. 

 Sepals about one-half as long as the corolla-tube : anthers narrowly 



oblong. 2. E. angusta. 



