116 VITACEAE. 



1. K. ferreum (Vahl) Urban. Shrub, or tree becoming 9 m. tall, the bark 

 ridged: leaf -blades ovate or oval, 3-6 cm. long: sepals ovate: drupes sub- 

 globose or oval, 5-8 mm. long, black. [Khamnidium ferreum (Vahl) Sarg.] 

 Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Ant.) BLACK-IRONWOOD. 



2. REYNOSIA Griseb. Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite: blades entire. 

 Flowers perfect. Sepals 5, crestless. Petals wanting. Stamens 5: filaments 

 longer than the anthers. Drupe apiculate. 



1. E. septentrionalis Urban. Tree becoming 9 m. tall, the bark scaly: leaf- 

 blades oblong, varying to ovate or obovate: sepals deltoid or ovate-deltoid: 

 drupes subglobose, oval, or obovoid, 1.5-2 cm. long, purple or nearly black. [R. 

 latifolia Sarg. Not Griseb.] Coastal hammocks and sand-dunes. F. K. 

 (Hah.) BED-IRONWOOD. DARLING-PLUM. 



3. COLUBRINA L. C. Rich. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades 

 entire or toothed, sometimes 3-nerved at the base. Flowers perfect. Sepals 

 5, spreading, keeled within. Petals 5, folded around the stamens, flawless. 

 Stamens 5: anthers notched. Drupe slightly :Mol>ed, the carpels separating, at 

 least at the top. 



Drupes 4-6 mm. In diameter : pedicel abruptly dilated Into the bypantblum : leaf- 

 blades glnbrate. not rusty-tomentose. 1. C. reclinata. 



Drupes 8-10 mm. In diameter: pedicel gradually dilated Into the 



bypantblum : leaf-blades rusty-tomentose beneath. 2. C. Colubrina. 



1. C. reclinata (L'Her.) Brongn. Tree becoming 20 m. tall, with puberulcnt 

 twigs: leaf-blades ovate-oblong or rarely oval or obovate 3-3 cm. long: sepals 

 about 2 mm. long: petals about 1.5 mm. long: drupe slender- pedieelled, seated 

 on the shallow hypanthium. Hammock*. F. K. (Bah.,. Cuba, Ant.) 

 NAKEDWOOD. 



2. O. Colubrina (Jacq.) Millsp. Shrub or small tree, with rusty-tomentose 

 twigs: leaf-blades ovate, oblong, elliptic, or rarely oblanceolate, 5-15 cm. long: 

 sepals about 2.5 mm. long: petals somewhat longer than those of <'. nclinata: 

 drupe stout-pedicelled, partly immersed in the deep hyi>aiithiuiii. I Ian.- 



F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) WILD-COFFER. 



4. GOUANIA Jacq. Shrubs or vines. Leaves alternate: blades broad. 

 Flowers polygamous, the inflorescence-branches often tendril-bearing. Sepals 

 5, spreading. Petals 5*, clawe<l. tin* Hades scoop-like. Stamens 5, each sur- 

 rounded by a petal. Drupe capsule-like, 3-winged, separating into 3-carpels. 



1. O. lupuloides (L.) Urban. Climber: leaf -blades oval or elliptic, varying 

 to ovate, 3-9 cm. long: spikes 6-15 cm. long: petals 1 nun. \nng. short-clawed: 

 drupes depressed, about 10 mm. broad. [G. domingcnsis L.] Hammocks. 

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



FAMILY 2. VITACEAE. GRAPE FAMILY. 



Vines, sometimes bushy >r live -like, usually with tendrils. Leaves 

 alternate, or the lower ones opposite : ll:nl>s simple or compound. Flowers 

 perfect, polygamous, or dioecious, in flat-topped or elongate clusters. 

 Calyx of 4 or 5 sepals, or obsolete. Corolla of 4 or 5, ..itm caducous, 

 petals, or wanting. Amlroccium of 4 or 5 stamens opposite the | 

 Gynoecimn of usually 'J unite.l rarpeU. Fruit a berry. 



Hypogynoiw dink present, either annular, cup-shaped or glandular : leaf-blades wimple 



t.r li-rnnfply romjMiunil. 

 Petals cohering Into a cap. caducous, never separating. 



