142 OLEACEAE. 



long; lobes about j as long as the tube: berries 4-8 cm. in diameter. Ham- 

 mocks and cultivated grounds. Nat. of the West Indies, and cultivated. F. K. 

 (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) SAPODILLA. 



3. SIDEBOXYLON [Dill.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades not lustrous- 

 pubescent. Calyx-lobes 5-6. Corolla glabrous: lobes 5-6, entire. Anthers 

 notched. Staminodia much shorter than the corolla-lobes. Style columnar: 

 stigma truncate. 



1. 8. foetidissimum Jacq. Evergreen tree becoming 25 m. tall: leaf -blades 

 thin-leathery, oblong to oval or rarely ovate, 4-15 cm. long, glabrous at 

 maturity: calyx-lobes suborbicular, about 2 mm. long: corolla light-yellow, 6-7 

 mm. wide; lobes oblong to ovate-oblong: staminodia lanceolate: drupes oval, 

 2-2.5 cm. long, yellow. [8. mastichodendron Jacq.] Hammocks. F. K. 

 (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) MASTIC. WILD-OLIVE. 



4. DIPHOLIS A. DC. Shrubs or small trees. Leaf-blades mostly gla- 

 brous. Calyx-lobes 5, pubescent. Corolla-lobes 5, each 3-lobed, shorter than 

 the tube. Staminodia petaloid. Endosperm copious. 



1. D. salicifolia (L.) A. DC. Evergreen tree becoming 16 m. tall: leaf-blades 

 elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 5-12 cm. long: calyx-lobes ovate to oblong, 1.5 

 mm. long: corolla 4 mm. wide; lobes oblong or oval: staminodia ovate to ovate- 

 lanceolate, laciniate-toothed : berries oval or subglobose, about 8 mm. in diam- 

 eter, black. Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) BUSTIC. CASSADA. 



5. BUMZLIA Sw. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades mostly pubescent be- 

 neath. Calyx-lobes 5. Corolla-lobes 5, each 3-lobed, the middle lobe subor- 

 bicular, longer than the tube. Staminodia petaloid. Endosperm wanting or 

 very scant. 



1. B. reclinata Vent. Evergreen shrub, the twigs becoming glabrous: leaf- 

 blades spatulate, oblanceolate, or rarely oblong-ol>ovate. 1 -3.5 cm. long, cob- 

 webby-pubescent beneath: calyx-lobes suborbicular, about !."> nun. long: corolla 

 about 2.5 mm. wide: staminodia 1.5 mm. long, eroae: berries oblong, 8-9 mm. 

 long. Everglades, pinelands, and hammocks. BUCKTHORN. 



Order OLEALES. 



Shrubs, trees, undershrubs, or herbs. Leaves opposite, or rarely 

 alternate or whorled: blades simple or pinnately compound. Flowers 

 perfect, polygamous, or dioecious. Calyx of 4, or more, partially united 

 sepals, or wanting. Corolla of 2-6, distinct or partially united. ]><>tnls. 

 or wanting. Androecium of 2-4 stamens partially adnato to the corolla 

 when it is present. Oynoecium of 2 united carpels, the ovary superior. 

 Fniit a capsule, a samara, or a berry, usually 1-cellnl. 



FAMILY 1. OLEACEAE. OLIVE FAMILY. 



Woody or partially woody plants with erect or cliinliin-_' 

 Leaves predominatingly opposite: blades simple and entire or toothed, or 

 pinnately compound. 



Corolla wanting or rudimentary : frnlt a drupe: leaf-blade* simple. 1. FOUCRTIEIU 

 Corolla salTerform : fruit a dldrmoni berry : leaf-bladea compound. 2. JAHMIXCH. 



