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Foliage glabrous : leaf-blades reticulate : sepals Imbricate : capsules glabrous. 



1. G. cynophallophora. 

 Foliage scaly : leaf-blades not reticulate : sepals valvate : 



capsules scaly. 2. C. jamateensis. 



1. 0. cynophallophora L. A shrub or a small tree: leaf -blades oblong to 

 oblong-cuneate, mainly 5-8 cm. long: sepals suborbicular : corolla 5.5-7.5 cm. 

 wide: fruit-body mostly 10-20 cm. long. Coastal sand-dunes and shores of 

 Bay Biscayne. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) BAY-LEAVED CAPEK-TREE. 



2. C. jamaicensis Jacq. A shrub or small tree: leaf -blades elliptic, oblong, 

 or oval, mainly 4r-10 cm. long: sepals lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate: corolla 

 about 3 cm. wide: fruit-body mostly 20-30 cm. long. Coastal sand-dunes and 

 hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) JAMAICA CAPER-TREE. 



Order SARRACENIALES. 



Insectivorous, usually scapose herbs, with viscid-fluid secreting tissues. 

 Leaves alternate, various, filiform, or with dilated, sometimes sensitive, 

 blades, or hollow. Flowers usually perfect and regular. Calyx of dis- 

 tinct sepals. Corolla of 'distinct petals. Androecium of few or many 

 stamens. Gynoecium of 2-5 united carpels. Ovary 1-celled, with 3-5 

 parietal or basal placentae, or 3-5-celled. Fruit capsular. Endosperm 

 fleshy. 



FAMILY 1. DROSERACEAE. SUXDEW FAMILY. 



Annual, biennial, or perennial glandular-pubescent herbs. Leaves 

 circinate in the bud, merely filiform, or with broad blades. Flowers spicate 

 or racemose. Calyx of 4-8 persistent sepals. Corolla of 4-8 petals. 

 Androecium of 4-8, usually 5, distinct stamens. Capsule loculicidally 

 3-5-valved. 



1. DROSERA L. Biennial or perennial (ours) scapose herbs. Leaves 

 clustered. Scape nodding at the apex. 



1. D. capillaris Poir. Plants 5-40 cm. tall: leaves 3-8 em. long; blades 

 broadly spatulate, with long, ultimately glabrous, petioles: sepals becoming 

 about 3 mm. long: corolla pink, 7-9 mm. wide: capsules about equalling the 

 sepals: seeds oval, scarcely 0.5 mm. long. Everglades. SUNDEW. 



Order ROSALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, or rarely aquatic plants or vines. Leaves with 

 simple or compound blades. Flowers mostly perfect. t Calyx and corolla 

 present and sometimes irregular, or the latter occasionally, or both rarely 

 wanting. Androecium of few or many stamens. Gynoecium of 1-several 

 distinct or united carpels. Fruit various. w ' 



Flowers regular or nearly so (actinomorphic). 



Succulent plants. Fam. 1. SEDACEAB. 



Woody plants or wiry-stemmed herbs. 



Leaf-blades simple : fruit a drupe. Fam. 2. AMYGDALACEAE. 



Leaf-blades compound : fruit a legume. Fam. 3. MIMOSACEAE. 



Flowers Irregular (zygomorphic). 



Upper petals enclosed by the lateral ones in the bud. Fam. 4. CASSIACEAE. 

 Upper petal enclosing the lateral ones in the bud. Fam. 5. FABACEAE. 



