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2. SAPINDUS [Tourn.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades 

 pinnate. Flowers polygamous, regular. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5, some- 

 times appendaged. Stamens 8-10. Baccate fruit lobed. 



1. S. Sapouaria L. Shrub, or tree becoming 10 m. tall: leaflets 4-7; blades 

 oblong, oval, or obovate, 3-12 cm. long: leaf-rachis winged: mature carpels 

 globose, 14-18 mm. in diameter. Hammocks. F. K. (Ber., Cuba, Ant.) 

 SOAPBERRY. 



3. TALISIA Aubl. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, the rachis wing- 

 less : blades pinnate, the leaflet-blades slightly inequilateral. Flowers polygamo- 

 dioecious, regular. Sepals 5. Petals 5, appendaged. Stamens 5-7, or usually 

 8. Baccate fruit somewhat elongate, not lobed. 



1. T. pedicellaris Badlk. Small tree with puberulent twigs: leaflets 4-6; 

 blades elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 5-9 cm. long, acuminate, short-petioluled : 

 panicle small, the branches pubescent: petals ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 4-5 

 mm. long: fruits not seen. Hammocks. (N. S. Am.) 



i. EXOTHEA Macfadyen. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades 

 equally pinnate. Flowers mostly polygamous, irregular. Sepals 5. Petals 5, 

 unappendaged, short-clawed. Stamens mostly 8. Baccate fruit not lobed. 



1. E. paniculata (Juss.) Eadlk. Tree or shrub: leaflets 2-4, or rarely 6; 

 blades oblong or elliptic, 5-13 cm. long, entire: buds clove-shaped: sepals 3-4 

 mm. long : petals white, resembling the sepals : fruits subglobose, 10-13 mm. in 

 diameter, orange, turning purple. Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 

 IXKWOOD. IRONWOOD. 



Order RHAMNALES. 



Shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves typically alternate. Flowers regular, 

 sometimes imperfect or incomplete. Calyx present. Corolla present or 

 wanting. Androecium of as many stamens as there are sepals. Gynoe- 

 cium of 2 or more united carpels. Ovary superior or nearly so. Fruit a 

 capsule or a berry, or drupaceous. 



Sepals manifest : petals Involute : fruit capsular or drupaceous. 



. Fam. 1. FBANGULACEAH. 

 Sepals minute or obsolete : petals valvate : fruit baccate. Fam. 2. VITACEAE. 



FAMILY 1. FRANGULACEAE. BUCKTHORN FAMILY. 



Shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaf-blades simple, pinnately veined. 

 Flowers perfect or polygamous, or sometimes dioecious. Calyx of 4 or 5 

 sepals. Corolla of 4 or 5 petals, or wanting. Androecium of 4 or 5 

 stamens opposite the petals. Gynoecium of 2 or 3 united carpels. Fruit 

 capsular or drupaceous, sometimes separating into nutlets. 



Fruit pulpy, with a 1-3-celled stone. 



Sepals crested. 1. KRCGIODENDRON. 



Sepals not crested. 1. REYXOSIA. 

 Fruit dry or berry-like, with 2-4 separating nutlets. 



Fruit not winged, seated in the persistent calyx. 3. COLUBRINA. 



Fruit winged, crowned with the sepals. 4. GOUANIA. 



1. KRUGIODENDRON Urban. Shrubs or trees. Leaves nearly opposite : 

 blades entire. Flowers perfect. Sepals 5, crested within. Petals wanting. 

 Stamens 5: filaments longer than the anthers. Drupe apiculate. 



