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6. CITHAREXYLUM L. Shrubs or trees, sometimes spiny. Leaf-blades 

 mainly entire. Flowers in clusters or long spikes. Calyx obscurely 5-lobed. 

 Corolla mainly white: tube straight or nearly so: limb slightly oblique, nearly 

 equally 5-lobed. Staminodia present. Drupe rather dry. 



1. 0. fruticosum L. Shrub or small tree, with softly pubescent twigs: leaves 

 5-15 cm. long; blades elliptic, oblong, or oblong-obovate, veiny: flowers in 

 spikes or racemes: fruit 9-10 mm. long. [C. villosum Chapm. Not Jacq.J 

 Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) FIDDLEWOOD. 



7. CALLICARPA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades simple. Flowers 

 in axillary cymes. Calyx shallowly 4-lobed, or nearly truncate. Corolla white 

 or colored, rotate- funnelform, typically 4-lobed: tube straight. Filaments 

 adnate to the lower part of the corolla-tube, glabrous. Stigmas stout. Drupe 

 very juicy. 



1. C. americana L. Shrub 1-2 m. tall, stellate-pubescent: leaf -blades ovate, 

 elliptic, or oval, serrate: calyx 1-1.5 mm. long: corolla bluish or pink; limb 

 about 5 mm. wide, the rounded lobes apiculate: fruit violet or magenta, 4-5 

 mm. in diameter. Pinelands and hammocks. (Ber., Cuba.) FRENCH-MUL- 

 BERRY. 



8. CLERODENDRON [Burm.] L. Trees, shrubs or half-shrubs. Leaf- 

 blades simple, toothed. Flowers in dense terminal cymes. Calyx prominently 

 5-lobed. Corolla white or colored, funnelform or salverform, 5-lobed, the tube 

 slightly curved. Filaments adnate to above the middle of the corolla-tube. 

 Stigmas slender. Drupe lobed or ribbed. 



1. C. fragrans Vent. Plants 0.5-1.5 m. tall, the twigs pubescent: leaf -blades 

 ovate to deltoid, 6-14 cm. long, irregularly toothed, finely pubescent beneath, 

 long-petioled : calyx 14-16 mm. long; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate: 

 corolla 22-28 mm. long (flowers often double) ; lobes nearly as long as the 

 tube. Pinelands and cultivated grounds. Nat. of China and Japan, and culti- 

 vated. (Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



FAMILY 9. AVICENNIACEAE. BLACK-MANGROVE FAMILY. 



Shrubs or trees of maritime regions, the branches terete, nodose. 

 Leaves opposite, persistent: blades entire. Flowers in axillary small 

 cymes. Calyx of 5 nearly distinct sepals. Corolla of 4 partially united 

 petals, campanulate-rotate. Androecium of 4 stamens, the filaments adnate 

 to the lower part of the corolla-tube. Gynoecium of 2 united carpels. 

 Fruit a compressed oblique capsule. 



1. AVICENNIA L. Leaf-blades thick. Cymes peduncled. Calyx sub- 

 tended by small bracts. Corolla inconspicuous, the tube and spreading lobes 

 about equal in length. Stamens erect. Stigmas 2. Capsule thick-walled. 

 1. A. nitida Jacq. Shrub, or tree sometimes' 25 m. tall: leaf-blades leathery, 

 oblong or nearly so, 3-8 cm. long, dark-green above, pale beneath: calyx 3-4 

 mm. long: corolla white; lobes longer than the tube: fruits oblong or elliptic, 

 3-5 cm. long, acutish. Coastal hammocks. F. K. (Ber., Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 

 BLACK-MANGROVE. 



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