132 MYETACEAK. 



Calyx of several persistent valvate sepals: petals present 



Irx of several persistent valvnte sepals : 

 Calyx of regularly separating sepals. 

 Inflorescence centripetal : flowers In 



Tlpetal : flowers In raceme-like umbel- 

 ed cl 



like or contracted clusters. 1. i: 



Inflorescence centrifugal : flowers In cymes. 2. ANAMOMIS. 



Calyx of Irregularly separating sepals. 3. PSII-H M. 



Calyx lid-like, deciduous: petals wanting. 4. CALVI*TUA.\TIIKS. 



1. EUGENIA [Mich.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades not proiniiu-tly 

 ribbed. Flower-clusters short-peduncled or sessile. Berry crowned with the 

 persistent calyx. Seeds 1-4. STOPPER. 



Flowers In very short racemes. 



Leaf-blades broadest above the middle: fruits longer than wide. 1. f.'. lmflf<,H,i. 



Leaf blades broadest below the middle : fruits wider than long. 2. E. axillarit. 

 Flowers solitary In the axils or In umble-llke clusters. 3. K. confusu. 



1. E. buxifolia (Sw.) Willd. Shrub or small tree, the bark scaly: leaf-blades 

 uneate to nearly oblong, 2-4 cm. long, much paler beneath than above: corolla 

 4-15 mm. broad ; petals longer than wide : fruits oval or oblong-oval, 6-7 mm. 

 broad, black. Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) SPANISH-STOPPER. 



2. E. axillaris (Sw.) Willd. Shrub or small tree, the bark fissured: leaf -blades 

 elliptic-ovate to nearly elliptic, 3-5 cm. long, slightly paler beneath than above : 

 corolla 5-6 mm. broad; petals mostly wider than long: fruits spheroidal, 10-12 

 mm. broad, black. [E. monticola Chapm. Not Sw.] Hammocks. F. K. 

 (Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) WHITE-STOPPER. 



3. E. confusa DC. Tree, the bark scaly: leaf -blades ovate, oval-ovate, or 

 oblong-ovate, 3-5 cm. long, markedly acuminate : corolla 4-6 mm. broad ; petals 

 about twice as long as the sepals: fruits subglobose or globose-obovoid, 5-6 

 mm. broad, scarlet. [E. Garberi Sarg.] Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Ant.) 

 IRON WOOD. 



2. ANAMOMIS Oriseb. Shrubs or tree*. Leaf -blades not ribbed. Cymes 

 sessile or long-peduncled, sometimes 1-flowered. Berry crowned with the per- 

 sistent calyx. Seeds 1 or 2 or many. NAKED- STOPPER. NAKEDWOOD. 



Cymes markedly peduncled and several-flowered: sepals suborblcular or renlform : 

 petals 3-4 mm. long: seeds 1 or 2, large. 1 1 -Hcrona. 



Cymes usually sessile and 1-flowered: sepals oblong to ovate: petals 



6-8 mm. long: seeds numerous, small, shining. 2. A.longipet. 



1. A. dicrana (Berg) Britton. Shrub, or tree becoming 8 m. tall: leaf -Ma !- 

 oblong to cuneate or obovate-cuneate, 2-4 cm. long: terminal flowers of each 

 cyme sessile: corolla 8-9 mm. wide; petals white, fully twice as long as the 

 sepals: fruits 6-7 mm. in diameter: seeds dull. [Anamomis dichotoma Sarg.] 

 Hammocks. F. K. NAKED- STOPPER. 



2. A. longlpes (Berg) Britton. Shrub with prostrate-diffuse or sometimes 

 erect stems, or rarely a small tree: leaf- blades mainly ovate or oval, 1-3.5 cm. 

 long, finely reticulate : terminal flower of each cyme long-stalked : corolla 12-14 

 mm. wide; petals white or pink, much longer than the sepals: fruits 6-9 mm. 

 in diameter. [Eugenia longipet Berg.] Pinelands. F. K. (Bah.) LONG- 

 STALKED STOPPER. 



3. P8IDIUM L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades prominently many-ribbed. 

 Flowers solitary or few together. Fruit crowned with the persistent calyx. 

 Seeds very numerous. 



1. P. Ouajaya Raddi. Shrub, or tree sometimes 8 m. tall: leaf -blades oblong 

 or nearly so, 4-8 em. long, pubescent beneath: sepals 9-15 mm. long: ]..-t:il- 

 15-20 mm. long: berries globular or pyriform, 3-6 cm. tn diaim-t. r. 1 1. -nn mocks, 

 pinelands, waste places, and cultivated grounds. Nat of Trop. Am., and culti- 

 vated. F. K. (Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) OUAVA. 



