130 PUNICACEAE. 



11-17 mm. long: capsules 6-7 mm. long, ovoid. [B. floridana Nash.] Ever- 

 glades. (Cuba,) 



2. TETEAZYQIA L. C. Rich. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades 3-5-ribbed, 

 mostly scurfy or tomentose beneath: sepals, and petals, 4 or 5. Ovary 4- or 5- 

 celled. Berry included. 



1. T. bicolor (Mill.) Cogn. Shrub or small tree, with scaly bark: leaf -blades 

 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 8-20 cm. long, silvery beneath: panicle 1-2 

 dm. long: calyx about 1 mm. long: petals white, 7-8 mm. long, cuneate: 

 berries purple or black, the body 8-10 mm. long. Pinelands and hammocks. 

 (Bah., Cuba.) 



FAMILY 2. LYTHEACEAE. LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY. 



Herbs, shrubs, or tropical trees. Leaves mostly opposite: blades 

 usually entire. Flowers perfect. Calyx of 4 or 5 sepals, commonly ac- 

 companied by accessory teeth. Corolla of 4 or 5 petals, or wanting. 

 Androecium of few or many stamens: anthers versatile. Gynoecium of 

 mostly 2-6 united carpels. Ovary 2-6-celled, or rarely 1-celled, free from 

 the hypanthium. Fruit a capsule, included. 



Hypnnrhlum abort, becoming hemispheric or. globose. 1. AMMAN MA. 



Hypanthium elongate, becoming tubular. 2. LTTHBUM. 



1. AMMANNIA L. Leathery-succulent herbs. Leaf-blades narrow, often 

 auricled at the base. Flowers in axillary, sometimes 1-flowered, cymes. Sepals 

 4, involute, often accompanied by small teeth. Petals 4, early deciduous, or 

 wanting. 



1. A. latifolia L. Plants 2-11 dm. tall: leaf-blades linear-oblong to linear- 

 lanceolate, mostly 3-7 cm. long, slightly auricled and clasping at the base: 

 corolla wanting: capsules 4-5 mm. in diameter. Everglades. F. K. (Bah.. 

 Cuba, Ant.) 



2. LYTHBUM L. Herbs or shrubs. Leaf-blades entire. Flowers axillary 

 or in terminal spikes or racemes. Sepals 4-6, not involute, alternating with 

 spreading appendages. Petals 4-6, nearly equal. 



1. L. lineare L. Stems 3-12 dm. tall: leaf -blades linear, 1-4 cm. long: 

 mature hypanthium about 4 mm. long, the appendages triangular, about an 

 long as the deltoid sepals: petals cuneate or cuneate-oblong, 4-5 .mm. long: 

 capsules barely 4 mm. long. -Coastal sand-dune*. F. K. 



FAMILY 3. PUNICACEAE. POMEGRANATE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or nearly s<>. persistent: blades 

 entire. Flowers perfect, solitary or in short axillary clusters. Hypan- 

 thium leathery. Calyx of 5-7 sepals. Corolla of 5-7 wrinkled jxt.ils. 

 Androecium of numerous stamens in several series: anthers versatile. 

 Gynoecium of several united carpels. Ovary inferior. Fruit a sevmil- 

 celled berry crowned with the calyx, the seeds in a watery pulp. 



1. PUNIOA [Tourn.] L. Leaf-blades entire. Flowers showy. Sepals 

 persistent on the fruit Petals deciduous. Berry pendulous. 



1. P. Oranatum L. Leaf blades oval, elliptic, or oblong, varying to broadest 

 above or below the middle, 1-8 cm. long: sepals triangular or triangular- 



