210 ORDEK 81. PRIMULACE/E. 



OTIDEU LXXVIII. SAPOTACE^. SOAPWORTS. 





 Trees or shrubs, mostly with a milky juice, and simple, entire leaves 



Flowers small, regular, perfect, mostly in axillary clusters. Calyx free, per- 

 sistent. Corolla hypogynous, short, stamens usually as many as its lobes 

 and opposite to them, inserted into its tube along with one or more rows 

 or appendages. Anthers extrorse. Ovary 4-12-celled, with a single ana- 

 tropous ovule in each cell. Seeds large. (Included Theophrastaceas.) 



Corolla 6-8-cleft. with a pair of appendages at each sinus. S. Fla. MIMUSOPS SMieri DC. 



Corolla 5-cleft, a with a single appendage at each sinus. S. Fla. SIDEROXYLON pattidum ,Iq. 



a with a pair of, &c. b Sterile stamens fringed. S. Fla. . .DlPHOLls saliHfolia. A. DO. 

 6 Sterile stamens entire BUMKLIA. 1 



BUMELIA, Swartz. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. 5-cleft, with a pair of ap- 

 pendages between the lobes. Sta. 5, opposite the lobes, alternate with 5 

 petaloid, sterile stamens. Ov. 5-celled. Sty. filiform. Drupe ellipsoid, 1- 

 seeded, exalbuminous. J> J> Wood hard and firm. Lvs. entire, of a firm 

 texture. Fls. aggregated, white 01 greenish. Our species are all more or 

 less spiny, and with very tough twigs. 



* Leaves hairy beneath Nos. 1, 2. ** Leaves glabrous both sides Nos. 3, 4 



1 B. tenax Willd. Silky-ferruginous ; Ivs. wedge-oblong to obovate, obtuse ; clusters 



20-35-flwd., with slender pedicels; drupe oval, corrugated. Sands, S. 20 30f. Jn., Jl. 



2 B. Iaini<jiiiosa Pers. Woolly-ferruginous; Ivs. oval, acutish, thin ; fascicle* 6-12- 



flwd., with short pedicels ; drupe globular. Damp. S. 111., and S. 8 12f. June, Jl. 



3 B. lycloides Gsert. Lvs. wedge-elliptical, rather acute; clusters densely 20-30-flwd., 



ped. shorter than petioles (2-3")- Damp, Ky., and S. 15-25f. Branches virgate. May. 



4 B. reclinata Vent. Lvs. obovate, obtuse, small (9 12") ; clusters 15-20-flwd. ; ped. 



slender, half as long as the leaf. River banks, S. Car. to Fla. A straggling shrub. Jn.,JL 



ORDER LXXXI. PRIMULACE^E. PRIMWORTS. 



Herbs low, with the leaves mostly radical or mostly opposite. Flowers 

 5- (rarely 4-6-) parted, regular and monopetalous. Stamens 5, inserted on 

 the corolla tube and opposite to its lobes. Ovary 1-celled, with a free cen- 

 tral placenta. Style 1. Stigma 1. Capsule 1-celled, oo-seeded. Seeds with 

 fleshy albumen. Figs. 22, 133, 249. 



Ovary half-inferior. Capsule opening by valves. Leaves undivided. (Tribe IV.) 

 < Ovary superior. * Capsule opening by valves. Leaves pectinate. (Tribe I.) 

 Capsule opening by valves. Leaves undivided. (Tribe II.) 

 * Capsule opening by a lid. Leaves undivided. (Tribe III.) 



I. HOTTONIE.*. Corolla salver-form. Plants fl.oating. Leaves verticillate. . . .HOTTOIUA. 1 



II. I'RIMULE/E. a Acquiescent. 6 Corolla limb spreading, tube cylindrical. ...PRIMULA. 2 



b Corolla limb spreading, tube ovoid ANDROSACK. 3 



6 Corolla lobes reflexed. c Stain, exserted. . .DODKCATHKO.V. 4 



( Stara. included.. .CYCLAMKN. & 



a Caulescent. d Corolla wanting. Leaves opposite GLAUX. 6 



d Corolla 7-parted. Leaves in one whorl TRIKNTALIS. / 



d Cor. 5- or 6-parted. Lvs. opp. or whorled. . . LYSIMACIIIA. 9 



III ANAGALLIDEjE. e Flowers 5-parted, scarlet. Leaves opposite ANAGALLKS. 9 



Flowers 4-parted, white f Leaves scattered CKNTUXCDLUS. il) 



IV. BAMOLEjS. Flowers 5-parted. Leaves alternate HAMOLUS. 1' 



