64 ULMACEAE. 



stigma clavate, peltate, or 2-lobed. Fruit depressed, globular, or elongate, 

 the aohenes included. Fio. 



Receptacle sessile: leaf -blades narrowed at the base. 1. F. aurea. 



Receptacle sulked : leaf -blades rounded or cordate at tbe base. 2. F. brerifoU*. 



1. F. aurea Nutt. Tree, often starting as a vine, becoming 20 in. tall, with 

 glabrous twigs: leaf-blades oblong, or oval, 3-10 cm. long, acute or short- 

 acuminate at the base: fruit spheroidal or obovoid, about 2 cm. in diameter. 

 Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) GOLDEN-FIG. 



2. F. brevifolia Nutt. Shrub, or tree sometimes 15 m. tall, with glabrous 

 twigs: leaf -blades ovate, oval, or rarely obovate, 3-10 on. long, mainly 

 rounded or cordate at the base: fruits subglobose, 2-2.5. cm. in diameter. 

 [F. populnea Nutt.] Pinelands and hammocks. F. E. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 

 WILD-FIG. 



FAMILY 3. ULMACEAE. ELM FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees, tbe sap watery. Leaves alternate: blades inequi- 

 lateral, commonly toothed. Flowers perfect, polygamous, or monoecious, 

 variously disposed. Calyx of 4 or 5, or rarely 3-9, partially united sepals. 

 Androecium of usually as many stamens as there are sepals. Gynoecium 

 of 2 united carpels. Fruit a samara or a drupe, or nut-like. 



Flowers In dlchotomous cymes : drupes In axillary cymes. 1. TBEMA. 



Flowers solitary or clustered : drupes solitary. 2. CELTIS. 



1. TBEMA Lour. Unarmed shrubs or trees, the bark smoothish. Leaves 

 persistent: blades toothed, slightly inequilateral. Calyx rotate, the lobes 

 much longer than the tube. Stigmas 2, entire. Drupe ovoid or globose. 



1. T. floridana Britton. Shrub, or tree 6 m. tall, with copiously pubescent 

 foliage: leaf -blades ovate, oblong-ovate, or lanceolate, 4-10 cm. long, softly 

 pubescent beneath: calyx greenish: drupes subglobose, 2.5-3.5 mm. in diam- 

 eter, yellow or orange. Hammocks. F. K. 



2. CELTIS [Tourn.] L. Unarmed shrubs or trees, the bark often warty. 

 Leaves deciduous: blades entire or toothed, very inequilateral. Calyx rotate, 

 the lobes much longer than the tube. Stigmas 2, entire. Drupe subglobose 

 or oval. 



1. O. mississippiensis Rose, Tree becoming 30 in. tall, the twigs sometimes 

 pubescent: leaf-blades lanceolate varying to ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 6-12 cm. long, long-acuminate, entire or nearly so: drupes globose or 

 ovoid-globose, 5-7 mm. in diameter, dark-purple or orange-red. Hammocks. 

 (Ber.) HACKBKRRY. SUOARBERRY. 



Order POLYGONALES. 



Shrubs, herbs, trees, or vines. Leaves alternate, or sometimes <>p|i..- 

 site or whorled: blades mostly entire: stipules present, usually as a sheath. 

 Flowers perfect, monoecious, dioecious, or polygamous, variously disposed. 

 Hypanthium long or short. Calyx of 2-6 sepals, which sum, times develop 

 keels or wings. Corolla wanting. Androecium of 2-9 stamens. Oynoe- 

 cium of 2 or 3 united carpels, the ovary superior. Ovule orthotropous. 

 Fruit nn aclinic. 



