140 ARDISIACEAE. 



sepals. Corolla of 5 partially united petals, campanulate or rotate- 

 salverform. Androecium of 5 stamens partially adnate to the corolla- 

 tube, and 5 staminodia. Gynoecium of 5 united carpels. Fruit a drupe- 

 like berry. 



1. JACQUTNIA L. Plants with brittle twigs. Leaf-blades entire, thick 

 and parchment-like when dry. Fruits erect. 



1. J. keyensis Mez. Shrub, or tree becoming 5 m. tall, the bark pale, the twigs 

 erect: leaf-blades cuneate-spatulate or oblong-obovate, 1-5 cm. long, shining: 

 calyx-lobes 2-3 mm. long, orbicular-ovate: corolla straw-colored; lobes longer 

 than the tube: staminodia oblong, erose: berry subglobose, 8-10 mm. in 

 diameter. Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) JOEWOOD. 



FAMILY 4. ARDISIACEAE. MYRSIXE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves mostly alternate, ours persistent: blades 

 leathery, entire. Flowers perfect or polygamo-dioecious, in racemes, 

 corymbs, or cymes, sometimes clustered on scaly spurs. Calyx of usually 

 4-6 sepals. Corolla of usually 4-6 partially united petals, short-salver- 

 form or rotate, often streaked or dotted. Androecium of mostly 4-6 

 stamens, partially adnate to the corolla-tube. Gynoecium of mostly 4-6 

 united carpels. Fruit a drupe-like lu-rry. 



Flowers on scattered spurs: corolla-lobes not reflexed : stigma lobed. 1. UAPANEA. 

 Flowers In terminal panicles : corolla-lobes reflexed : stigma entire. 2. ICACOREA. 



1. RAPANEA Aubl. Shrubs or small trees. Flowers inconspicuous, clus- 

 tered on scaly spurs, stout-pedicelled. Corolla white or nearly so : lobes ascend- 

 ing or spreading. Stamens with ascending or spreading anthers. Style very 

 short: stigma lobed. 



1. R. guyanensis Aubl. Shrub or small tree, with grayish bark: leaves mostly 

 near the ends of the branchlets; blades obovate-oblong or nearly oblong, 4-10 

 cm. long: flower-clusters scattered along the branchlets: sepals broadly ovate: 

 corolla-lobes oblong, unequal: fruit about 4 mm. in diameter. Hammocks and 

 pinelands. F. E. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) MYRSINE. 



2. ICACOREA Aubl. Shrubs or trees. Flowers conspicuous, in panicles, 

 cymes, or clusters, slender-pedicelled. Corolla white or pink: lobes recurve.l. 

 Stamens with converging anthers. Style elongate: stigma minute, entire. 



1. I. paniculate (Nutt.) Sudw. Shrub or small tree, with white bark: leaves 

 scattered; blades oblanceolate to elliptic, 4-18 cm. long: panicles terminal: 

 calyx-lobes ovate to obovate: corolla-lobes oblong: fruit 7-8 mm. in dinrnrt. -r. 

 Hammocks and pinelands. F. K. (Bah., Cuba.) MARUJKRRY. CHERRY. 



Order EBENALES. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, opposite, or whorled: blades 

 simple. Flowers perfect, monoecious, or dioecious. Calyx of 3-12 par- 

 tinlly united sepals. Corolla of 3-12 partially united petals. Androecium 

 of as many stamens as there are corolla-lobes, or twice as many or n\r>\ 

 sometimes accompanied by staniinoilia. (iyiiun-iiiin of :t several united 

 carpels. Fniit capsular or baccate. 

 Style* or stigmas dlntlnrt : flowers mostly monoecious or dloM<>n. 



NAOSAB. 



Styles and stigmas united: flowers mostly perfect. 



