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1. ILEX L. Leaves mostly persistent: blades entire or toothed. Flowers 

 sometimes nearly dioecious. Sepals persistent. Corolla deciduous. Drupe with 

 4-8 nutlets. HOLLY. 



Leaf -blades acuminate : fruits black. 1 . /. Krugiana. 



Leaf-blades obtuse or rounded and often emarglnate : fruits red. 2. /. Gassine. 



1. I. Krugiana Loes. Shrub, or tree 11 m. tall, with glabrous twigs: leaf- 

 blades oblong, elliptic, or ovate, 4-7.5 cm. long, acuminate, mostly entire, deep- 

 green and lustrous above, slender-petioled : staminate calyx about 3 mm. wide: 

 staminate corolla 5-5.5 mm. wide: drupes 5.5-6.5 mm. in diameter, about as 

 long as the stalk. Hammocks and pinelands. (Bah., Ant.) KRUG 'S-HOLLY. 



2. I. Cassine L. Shrub, or small tree 12 m. tall, with usually pubescent twigs: 

 leaf-blades oblanceolate or oblong or rarely obovate, 4-10 cm. long, obtuse, 

 acute, or rarely retuse at the apex, more or less revolute, dark-green and gla- 

 brous above, pale and more or less pubescent beneath, and sometimes glabrous, 

 rather slender-petioled: calyx 1.5-2 mm. broad: corolla 4-4.5 mm. broad, 

 drupes globose, 6-8 mm. in diameter, red or sometimes nearly yellow. Ham- 

 mocks. (Bah., Cuba.) DAHOON. YAUPON. 



FAMILY 3. CELASTRACEAE. STAFF-TREE FAMILY. 



Shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves alternate, opposite, or whorled : blades 

 simple. Flowers perfect, polygamous, or dioecious, variously borne. 

 Calyx of 3-5 sepals. Corolla of 3-5 petals. Androecium of 3-5 stamens 

 borne on or below the disk. Gynoecium of 2-5 united carpels. Fruit a 

 capsule, a drupe, or a berry. Seed often arillate. 



Fruit capsular, dehiscent. 1. MAYTEXUS. 

 Fruit drupaceous, indehiscent. 



Flowers perfect : ovary 4-celled. 2. RHACOMA. 

 Flowers dioecious : ovary 2-celled. 



Leaves opposite : ovules pendulous. 3. GYMINDA. 



Leaves alternate : ovules erect. 4. SCHAEFFERIA. 



1. MAYTENUS Molina. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, persistent: 

 blades leathery or succulent, entire or toothed. Flowers polygamous or 

 dioecious, solitary or clustered. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 5, borne below 

 the disk. Capsules erect. 



1. M. phyllanthoides Benth. Shrub 01 small tree: leaf -blades succulent, 

 obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, 2-4 cm. long: hypanthium broadly turbinate: 

 corolla 2-3 mm. broad: capsules obovoid, 8-12 mm. in diameter, red. Coastal 

 sand-dunes. F. K. (Cuba.) 



2. RHACOMA L. Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, opposite, or 

 whorled, persistent: blades entire or toothed. Flowers perfect, solitary or 

 clustered in the axils. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5. Stamens 4 or 5, borne 

 between the lobes of the disk. Drupe smooth. [Crossopetalum P. Br.] 



Leaf -blades spiny-toothed: cymes short-stalked (3-5 mm.) 1. R. ilicifolia. 



Leaf-blades crenate or entire: cymes long-stalked (10-15 mm.). 2. R. Crossopetalum. 



1. R. ilicifolia (Poir.) Trelease. Depressed shrub with pubescent twigs: 

 drupes 3-4 mm. long. [Crossopetalum floridanum Gardner.] Pinelands. F. K. 



2. R. Crossopetalum L. Erect shrub or small tree with .glabrous twigs : drupes 

 5-6 mm. long. [Crossopetalum austrinum Gardner.] Coastal sand-dunes and 

 hammocks. F. K. (Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



3. GYMINDA Sarg. Shrubs or trees, the twigs 4-angled. Leaves oppo- 

 site, persistent: blades mostly entire. Flowers dioecious, in axillary cymes. 



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