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lanceolate: petals scarlet, 1.5-2.5 cm. long: berries subglobose or spheroidal, 

 5-10 cm. in diameter. Pinelands and hammocks. F. K. Nat. of the Orient, 

 and cultivated. (Ber., Ant.) POMEGRANATE. 



FAMILY 4. TERMINALIACEAE. WHITE-MANGROVE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees, or woody vines. Leaves alternate or opposite: 

 blades simple, leathery. Flowers regular, perfect or polygamous, race- 

 mose or capitate. Calyx of 4 or 5 valvate deciduous or rarely persistent 

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

 rarely thrice, as many stamens as the sepals. Filaments distinct. Gynoe- 

 cium a single carpel. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit drupaceous or berry-like, 

 indehiscent. Often crowned with the accrescent calyx. 



Petals wanting : calyx deciduous. 



Flowers splcate : hypanthium terete. 1. TSBMINALIA. 



Flowers in heads : hypanthium flattened. 2. CONOCAKPUS. 



Petals 5 : calyx persistent. 3. LAGCNCULARIA. 



1. TERMINALLY L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves clustered near the ends 

 of the branches. Flowers in simple or branched spikes. Hypanthium not 

 ribbed. Stamens 10. 



1. T. Catappa L. Shrub, or tree sometimes 17 m. tall: leaf -blades cuneate to 

 oblanceolate : spikes 5-15 cm. long: hypanthium and calyx 8-11 mm. long: 

 drupes elliptic or nearly so, glabrous. Pinelands and old fields. Nat. of the 

 E. Indies, and Oceanica, and cultivated. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) INDIAN- 

 ALMOND. 



2. CONOCARPUS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers per- 

 fect, in spicate or panicled heads. Hypanthium not ribbed. Stamens 5. Fruit 

 capitate. 



1. C. erecta L. Shrub, or tree, sometimes 20 m. tall: leaf -blades elliptic to 

 oval, 2-5 cm. long, entire: heads 9-14 mm. in diameter at maturity: drupes 

 2-winged, 4-7 mm. long. Hammocks and shores. F. K. (Ber., Bah., Cuba, 

 A nt. ) BUTTON WOOD. 



3. LAGUNCULARIA Gaertn. f. Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite. 

 Flowers polygamous, in simple or branched spikes. Hypanthium ribbed. Petals 

 mostly shorter than the sepals. Stamens 10. Fruit spicate or paniculate. 



1. L. racemosa (L.) Gaertn. f. Shrub, or tree sometimes 20 m. tall: leaf- 

 blades leathery-succulent, oblong, varying to oval or obovate, 2-5 cm. long, 

 entire: spikes 3-6 cm. long: drupes oblong-obovoid, 2 cm. long. Coastal 

 hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) WHITE-BUTTON WOOD. WHITE- 

 MANGROVE. 



FAMILY 5. MYRTACEAE. MYRTLE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees, or rarely herbs, with pungent and aromatic volatile 

 oil. Leaves opposite, or rarely alternate or whorled : blades often simple, 

 pellucid-punctate, flat to terete, often with veins parallel to the margins. 

 Flowers perfect, regular. Calyx of 4 or 5, or many, persistent sepals or 

 cup-like and deciduous. Corolla borne on the margin of a hypanthium, or 

 wanting. Androecium of numerous stamens, or rarely of as many as the 

 sepals. Gynoecium compound. Ovary inferior or partly so, 1-many- 

 celled. Fruit usually fleshy, sometimes dehiscent, often crowned with the 

 calyx. 



