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tube and 5 relatively broad lobes. Stamens 5: filaments adnate to the lower 

 part of the corolla-tube: anthers elongate, linear-sagittate, included. Berry 

 thick. 



1. C. clusiifolia (Jacq.) Urban. Shrub or small tree, the bark pale: leaves 

 clustered at the branch-tips; blades cuneate to obovate, 5-15 cm. long: 

 hypanthium turbinate: sepals subulate: corolla white; tube 16-20 mm. long; 

 lobes acuminate, shorter than the tube: berries mainly obovoid, 5-7 cm. long. 

 [Genipa clusiifolia (Jacq.) Griseb.] Coastal hammocks and sand-dunes. 

 F. K. (Ber., Bah., Cuba.) SEVEN- YEAR APPLE. 



4. RANDIA [Houst.] L. Armed shrubs or trees. Leaves relatively few: 

 blades leathery. Flowers axillary. Sepals 4-5, short. Corolla with a short 

 tube and 4 or 5 very broad lobes. Stamens 4 or 5 : filaments adnate to near the 

 top of the corolla-tube: anthers oblong or nearly so, included. Berry globuar 

 or elongate. 



1. R. aculeata L. Shrub 0.3-3 m. tall: leaves 1.5-5 cm. long; blades spatu- 

 late to oval, elliptic, or suborbicular : sepals triangular to ovate, about 1 mm. 

 long: corolla white; tube 5-7 mm. long; lobes oblong to ovate: berries oval 

 to subglobose, 8-10 mm. long, greenish-white. Pinelands and hammocks. 

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



5. HAMELIA Jacq. Unarmed shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades mem- 

 branous. Flowers in dichotomous cymes. Sepals 5, minute. Corolla with a 

 narrow fluted tube and 5 very short lobes. Stamens 5: filaments adnate to 

 the base of the corolla-tube: anthers linear, included. Berry thick. 



1. H. erecta Jacq. Shrub 2-3 m. tall: leaf -blades elliptic, oblong, or elliptic- 

 ovate, 8-15 cm. long: hypanthium turbinate: corolla crimson, 1.5-2.3 cm. 

 long; lobes 2-3 mm. long: berries oval or ovoid, 5-7 mm. long, black. [H. 

 patens Jacq.] Hammocks. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



6. CEPHALANTHUS L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf -blades thinnish. Flowers 

 in capitate cymes. Sepals usually 4, rounded. Corolla with a long tube and 

 usually 4 short lobes. Stamens usually 4: filaments adnate up to the throat 

 of the corolla-tube: anthers oblong or nearly so. Nut-like fruit obpyramidal. 



1. C. occidentalis L. Shrub or small tree: leaf -blades oblong, lanceolate, or 

 ovate-lanceolate, 5-20 cm. long, short-petioled : flower-heads globose, 2.5-3.5 

 cm. thick: sepals about 3.5 mm. long: corolla white, about 10 mm. long; lobes 

 ovate to oblong-ovate: nutlets 7-8 mm. long. Everglades. BUTTONBUSH. 



7. GUETTARDA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades thin or thickish. 

 Flowers in axillary peduncled cymes. Sepals 2-4 or more, short, or obsolete. 

 Corolla with a long tube and 4 or more, shorter lobes. Stamens 4-9 : filaments 

 adnate to the top of the corolla-tube: anthers narrow, but short. Drupe 

 globular. 



Corolla 6-8 mm. long : leaf-blades striglllose or glabrate, not rugose. 1. G. Miptica. 

 Corolla 20-25 mm. long : leaf-blades scabro-pubescent, rugose. 2. &. scabra. 



1. G. elliptica Sw. Shrub or small tree: leaf -blades thin, mainly oblong, oval, 

 or obovate, 2-4 cm. long: corolla-lobes mostly 4: style glabrous: drupes 8-15 

 mm. in diameter. Hammocks and pinelands. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 

 VELVET- SEED. 



2. G. scabra Vent. Shrub or small tree: leaf-blades thick, mainly oblong, 

 oval, or oblong-ovate, 4.5-8 cm. long, or rarely smaller: corolla-lobes mostly 



