128 CA88YTHACEAE. 



Peduncle*, pedicels and petioles glabrous or appressed-pubescent : fruit over 1 cm. 



thick. 1. T.Borbonia. 



Peduncles, pedicels and petioles tomentose : fruit less than 1 cm. 



thick. _'. T. 



1. T. Borbonia (L.) Raf. Large tree, the bark broken into flat ridges: leaf- 

 blades elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 5-15 cm. long, finely reticulate beneath: 

 sepals ascending, the inner ovate, 2-3 times longer than the outer: fruits 

 obovoid or globose-obovoid, 1-1.5 cm. long, dark-blue or nearly black, lustrous. 

 [Persea Borbonia (L.) Spreng.] Hammocks. RED-BAY. SWEET-BAY. FLORIDA- 



MAHOGANY. 



2. T. pubescens (Pursh) Small. Shrub or small tree, its twins, h.uer leaf- 

 surfaces and inflorescence tomentose: leaf-blades narrowly elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, or rarely oval, 5-20 cm. long: sepals erect, the inner oblong-ovate, 

 about twice as long as the outer: fruits oval, 8-11 mm. long, dark-blue \\ith 

 a thin bloom. [Persea pubescens (Pursh) Sarg.] Everglade* and wet ham- 

 mocks. F. K. (Bah.) SWAMP-BAY. SWAMP RED-BAY. 



2. PERSEA [Plum.] Gaertn. Trees. Leaves alternate, persistent : Ma.k- 

 entire. Flowers in terminal panicled cymes. Sepals 6, nearly equal, unite*! 

 at the base. Style subulate: stigma minute. Drupe inequilateral. 



1. P. Persea (L.) Cockerell. Large tree: leaf -blades elliptic or oval or nearly 

 so, 8-15 cm. long, short-petioled (relatively small and with long and slen.lcr 

 petioles in P. Persea mexicana) : inner sepal 4-5 mm. long, somewhat sur- 

 passing the outer: fruits slightly elongate, often pyriform, 8-18 cm. long, the 

 flesh butter-like. Hammocks and pinelaixls. Nat. of Trop. Am., ami culti- 

 vated. (Cuba, Ant.) AVOCADO. ALLIOATOB-PEAE, 



3. OCOTEA Aubl. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, persistent: blades 

 entire. Flowers in panicled cymes. Sepals 6, nearly similar. Style cylin.lric. 

 Stigma capitate. Drupe somewhat elongate. 



1. O. Catesbyana (Michx.) Sarg. Shrub or small tree: 1. at l.la I. - narrowly 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 5-12 cm. long, lustrous above: < aly\ .r.ainv \\hite. 

 8-9 mm. broad; sepals obtuse: drupes subglobose or oval, 1" !"> nun. Inn-. 

 dark-blue or black, seated in the red or yellow hv panthium.- -Hammocks. F. 

 K. (Bah.) LANCEWOOD. 



4. MISANTECA Cham. & Schlecht. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. 

 persistent: blades entire. Flowers inconspicuous, in panicled cymes. Sepals 

 6, nearly similar, short, erect, about as long as the enlarged portion of the 

 hypanthium. Style columnar: stigma minute, surrounded by the " 

 stamens. Drupe slightly elongate, seated in the cup-like hypanthium whi. h is 

 bordered by the persistent calyx. 



1. 11 triandrm (Sw.) Mez. Tree with somewhat flaky bark: leaf -1. 1 a .le- 

 elliptic-oblong or oval, 4..". 11 mi. long, abruptly acuminate, t.ut often blunt. 

 lustroiiH above: calyx whitish, 2-2.5 mm. broad; sepals obtuse: fruit* I 

 like, the drupe ovoid or oblong-ovoid, 2-2.5 cm. long, green, the hypaiithium 

 reddish. Hammocks. (Cuba, Ant.) 



FAMILY 2. CASSYTHACEAE. CASSYTIIA FAMILY. 



Parasitic vines. Leaves mere scales, or wanting. Flowers per 

 heads, spikes, or racemes. Calyx >! sepals. in 2 unequal serif-, 

 mounting the accrescent hypaniiiiuin. Aii<ln>eeiiim of stamens with ''- 

 eelled anthers, and 3 staminodin. (lyiHK-eiuni nf a -in-le cartel. 

 included. 



