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1. FORESTIERA Poir. Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite: blades simple. 

 Flowers mostly polygamo-dioecious, in lateral clusters. Calyx minute, 4-6- 

 lobed, or obsolete. Corolla wanting, or rarely of 1-2 deciduous petals. 

 Stamens 2-4. Stigma 2-lobed. Drupe oblong to globular. 



Leaf-blades oblong or broadened upward : drupe with an oval stone over 6 mm. long. 



1. F. porulosa. 

 Leaf-blades linear or broadened upward : drupe with an oblong 



stone less than 6 mm. long. 2. F. pinetorum. 



1. F. porulosa (Michx.) Poir. Shrub 1-3 m. tall, or small tree, the twigs gla- 

 brous or nearly so: leaf -blades 1.5-5 cm. long, oblong-lanceolate to spatulate: 

 bracts oval or suborbicular, about 1.5 mm. long: drupes oblong, 7-8 mm. long. 

 Hammocks. FLORIDA-PRIVET. 



2. F. pinetorum Small. Shrub with short rigid branches, 0.2-1.5 m. tall, the 

 twigs puberulent: leaf -blades 1-2.5 cm. long, linear-spatulate : bracts obovate 

 to orbicular-cuneate, 1.5-2 mm. long, ciliate: drupes oval, 5-6 mm. long, equi- 

 lateral. Pinelands. 



2. JASMINUM [Tourn.] L. Shrubs or woody vines. Leaf-blades 3-7- 

 foliolate or sometimes 1-foliolate. Flowers mostly in terminal compound cymes. 

 Calyx with 4-9 short or elongate, often narrow, lobes. Corolla salverform, the 

 limb 4-12-lobed. Filaments adnate to the corolla-tube. Fruit didymous. 



1. J. grandiflorum L. Plants partially erect, or diffusely reclining: leaflets 

 mostly 5-7; blades ovate to oval, mucronate, except the usually ovate-lanceo- 

 late or narrowly ovate acute or acuminate terminal one: calyx 4-8 mm. long; 

 lobes subulate, often unequal: corolla white; tube 17-21 mm. long; lobes 

 mostly oblong to oval, obtuse. Pinelands and waste places. Nat. from the 

 E. Indies, and cultivated. (Ant.) JESSAMINE. 



Order GENTIANIALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, sometimes aquatic or humus plants, or vines. 

 Leaves mainly opposite: blades simple. Flowers mostly perfect, solitary 

 or in cymes. Calyx of 5 partially united sepals, or fewer. Corolla of 5 

 partially united petals, or fewer. Androecium of as many stamens as 

 there are corolla-lobes: filaments often partially adnate to the corolla- 

 tube. Gynoecium of 2 more or less united carpels. Fruit capsular, 

 baccate, or drupaceous. 



Ovary 2-celled : leaves stipulate or the bases connected by stipular lines. 



Fam. 1. SPIGELIACEAE. 

 Ovary 1-celled : leaves not stipulate. 



Corolla-lobes convolute or imbricate in the bud. Fam. 2. GENTIANACEAE. 



Corolla-lobes induplicate-valvate in the bud. Fam. 3. MENYANTHACEAE. 



FAMILY 1. SPIGELIACEAE. LOGANIA FAMILY. 



Herbs, vines, or woody plants. Leaves typically opposite. Flowers 

 in open or compact clusters. Calyx of 4 or 5 partially united sepals. 

 Corolla of 4 or 5 partially united petals. Androecium of 4 or 5 stamens. 

 Gynoecium of 2 united carpels, or rarely more. Ovary 2-celled or rarely 

 4-celled. Fruit capsular and 2-valved, or baccate or drupaceous. 



Corolla urceolate : capsule prominently 2-lobed. 1. CYNOCTONUM. 



Corolla campanulate : capsule ovoid-globose. 2. POLYPREMUM. 



