176 BUBIACEAl 



6 or 7: style pubescent: drupes about 6 mm. in diameter. Hammocks and 

 pinelands. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) ROUGH VELVET-SEED. 



8. ERITHAJLIS P. Br. Shrubs. Leaf-blades leathery. Flowers in ter- 

 minal cymes. Sepals 5-10, short, obsolete. Corolla with a short tube and 5-10 

 narrow lobes. Stamens 5-10: filaments adnate to the base of the corolla tul.e: 

 anthers oblong to linear. Drupe berry-like. 



1. E. fmticosa L. Shrub with glabrous foliage: leaf -blades oval to oblong- 

 obovate, 2.5-5 cm. long, lustrous: sepals minute: corolla white; lobes oblong. 

 3-5 mm. long: berries subglobose, 34 mm. thick, dark-purple. Coastal ham- 

 mocks and sand-dunes. F. K. (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



9. CHIOCOCCA P. Br. Shrubs or vines. Leaf-blades leathery. Flowers 

 in axillary raceme-like cymes. Sepals 5, short. Corolla with a relatively short 

 tube and 5 shorter lobes. Stamens 5: filaments long, essentially fm> from the 

 corolla-tube and united around the base of the style: anthers linear. I >ru] it- 

 globular. SNOWBERRY. 



Corolla-lobe* about 3 mm. long : anthers about 3 mm. long : seeds 4-5 mm. long. 



, 1. C. all.,,. 

 Corolla-lobes about 2 mm. long : anthers about 2 mm. long : seeds 



2-2.5 mm. long. 2. C. pine forum. 



1. 0. alba (L.) A. Hit.-h.-. Largo, mostly diffiiM- ..r n-.-lining. plants: leaf- 

 blades elliptic, oval, or ovate, 3-7 cm. long: corolla white, often becoming yollo\\ : 

 tube 7-8 mm. long: drupes white, 5.5-6.5 mm. in diameter. Hammocks. 

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



2. O. pinetorum Britton. Small, trailing plants: leaf-blades rllipti.- to oblong 

 or sometimes oval, broadest below the middle, 1-3 cm. long: corolla perma- 

 nently white; tube 3.5-4 mm. long: drupes whit.-, 1 -\.:, mm. in diameter. 

 Pinelands. F. K. (Bah., Cuba.) 



10. PSTCHOTBIA L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades thinnish. n...-r- 

 in terminal or axillary cymes. Sepals 4-6, short and broad. Corolla with a 

 relatively short tube and 4-6 usually somewhat shorter loltos. Stamens 4-6: 

 filaments adnate to near the top of the corolla-tube: anthers oblong to oval. 

 Drupe thick, often berry-like. WILD-COWM. 



Corolla lobe* a* long a* the tube : leaf-blade* glabrous. 1 /'. undata. 



Corolla-lobes shorter than the tub*: leaf-blade* pubescent beneath. 2. P. Stil:,,, ,,. 



1. P. undata Jacq. Shrub or small tree, the branches glabrous: leaf-blades 

 oval, elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, 6-15 cm. long: corolla white: tube 2.5-3 

 mm. long: anthers oval: drupes 5-7 mm. long, red. Hammocks. F. K. 

 (Bah., Cuba, Ant.) 



2. P. Sulzneri Small. Shrub, the branches pubescent: leaf -blades narrowly 

 oblong, elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, 8-15 cm. long: corolla white; tube 2-2.5 

 mm. long: anthers oblong: drapes 3-4 mm, long. [P. tenui folia Griseb. Not 

 8w.] Hammock*, 



11. MOEINDA [Vaill.l L. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades rather thin. 

 Flowers in capitate cymes, the hypanthia coalesces. s,.,,nN ..-..ally r,. minute 

 or obsolete. Corolla with a relatively short tube and usually r somewhat 

 shorter lobes. Stamens usually 5: filaments adnate to near the top of the 

 corolla- tube: anthers linear. Drupes unit, -I into a fleshy sym-arj.. 



