98 EUTACEAE. 



Flowers in short, axillary spiked : sepals, and petals, 4 : seeds usually leas than 3 mm. 



wide. 1. H.Fagara. 



Flowers in terminal corymb-like panicles or cymes : sepals, 



and petals, 3 or 5 : seeds over 3 mm. wide. 



Sepals, and petals, 3 : leaf-blades equally pinnate. 2. Z. coriaceum. 



Sepals, and petals, 5 : leaf-blades unequally pinnate. 3. Z. Clara-Ilcrcull*. 



1. Z. Fagara (L.) Sarg. Shrub, or tree sometimes 10 m. tall, the trunk 

 slender, often reclining: leaves 2.5-11 cm. long, the rachis winged: blades of 

 the lateral leaflets mostly obovate to oval, 1-2.5 cm. long, shallowly crenate: 

 petals 1.5-2 mm. long, or larger: mature carpels subglobose, 3.5-4 mm. long: 

 seeds 2-2.5 mm. wide. Hammocks F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) WILD-LIMB. 



2. Z. coriaceum A. Rich. Shrub, or tree becoming 7 m. tall: leaves 6-15 cm. 

 long; blades of the leaflets leathery, rigid, obovate to cuneate or oblong with 

 acuminate base, 2-6 cm. long: petals 2-3 mm. long: mature carpels 5-6 mm. 

 long: seeds about 3.5 mm. wide. Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 

 HERCULES '-CLUB. 



3. Z. Clava-Herculis L. Shrub, or tree sometimes 17 m. tall, the prickles 

 raised on corky bases: leaves 1-3 dm. long; blades of the lateral leaflets ovate, 

 4-5 cm. long, appressed-serrate : petals 3-3.5 mm. long: mature carpels mostly 

 2-5 together, 4-6 mm. long: seeds 4-5 mm. wide. Hammocks. PRICKLY-ASH. 

 TOOTHACHE-TREE. 



2. AMYBIS [P. Br.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades pinnate, often 

 1-foliolate, the petiole wingless. Flowers perfect or polygamous, paniculate. 

 Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5, very small. Ovary 1-celled. Drupe with a single 

 seed. 



Drupe globose or nearly so : ovary glabrous : inflorescence-branches glabrous or 

 puberulent. 1. A. elcmift m. 



Drupe of an obovold type : ovary pubescent : inflorescence- 



branches hlspldulous. 2. .1 . li'il 



1. A. elemlfera L. Shrub, or tree becoming 17 m. tall: leaflets 3 or 5; blades 

 ovate to rhombic-ovate, 2-8 cm. long: petals 2.5-3.5 mm. long: drupes 4-8 mm. 

 long, black beneath the bloom. Hammocks. F. E. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 

 TORCHWOOD. 



2. A. balsamlfera L. Shrub, or small tree sometimes 10 m. tall: Imtl.t* .">.">: 

 blades ovate, sometimes narrowly so, to rhombic-ovate, 5-13 cm. long, 'lull 

 beneath: drupes obovoid-oblong to obovoid, 6-14 mm. long. Hammocks. 

 (Cuba, Ant.) 



3. CITRUS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades 1-foliolate, the petiole often 

 winged. Flowers perfect, axillary. Sepals united. Petals 5, or 4-8, mostly 

 wax-like. Ovary several-celled. Berry several-seeded. The following species, 

 apparently natives of Asia, are widely cultivated, and naturalized. 



Berry of a globose or spheroidal type, not mamlllate at the apex. 



Wings of the petioles usually broad : pulp of the berry bitter and sour. 



1. ('. \ulgarit. 

 Wings of the petioles usually narrow : pulp of the berry sweet 



or sour. - ''. .(munHum. 



Berry of an elongate type, commonly mamlllate at the apex. 

 Berry relatively small, with a relatively thin rind : the pulp 



well developed, with abundant juice, find very acid. 

 Corolla 2-2.5 cm. wide: leaflets with a rounded apex. " 



Corolla 3-5 cm. wide: leaflets with an acute apex. 4. '' I.itnntmm. 



Berry relatively large, with a thick rind, the pulp only slightly 



developed, with little juice, and not very acid. B. C. Medico. 



1. C. vulgarts Risso. Small tree with sharp thorns: leaflets ovate to oblong, 

 6-12 cm. long, often acuminate, the petioles usually broadly wingp.i: floxv.-r- in 

 small cymes: sepals often obtusish: berries dark-orange or n-ldi-li. the rind 



