Schrffrria. CKLASTKACK.i:. 309 



finii >Ii()rt-i)(ti()I(Ml leaves, and axillary fe\v-Ho\vere<l ryxwos shorter tliaii the leaves. 

 — Ganl, & For. iv. I, A: Silv. ii. 1.5; Lciseiier in Kn;,'l. & I'ranll, Nat. I'llaiizenf. 

 ill. Ab. 5, 217. Myyinda § Gi/minda, Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 50. — A sin;,'le 

 subtropical Anieriouii species. 



G. Grisebachii, SAmiKsr. Leaves tliiik, jkiIc. oNovato, taporiiif; t<i a very short iietinle, 

 rounded above, ereiiulate to entire, jjlalirous, 1 to 2 inclies lonj; : iiitlorexeiice fjlalirous, 

 commonly shorter tlian tliu leaves, few-tiowered, the lateral j)edieelH slout and divtr;,'ent : 

 flowers greenish white: drupe l-2-seeded, 2 t(j 4 lines long, hluisli hlack. — (iar<l & For. iv. 

 4, & Silv. ii. 14, t. 54. Mi/</iinla intitjii folia, IIHlv. Nov. Gen. &, Spec. vii. 66; DC. I'rodr. 

 ii. 13 ; Griseb. 1. c. ; Sargent, IJot. (iaz. .\i. 314, & Gard. & For. ii. 3.')2 ; Treleawe, 1. c. 356 ; 

 not Lam. M. juiUens, Sargent, U. S. 10th Census, ix. 38, not Sm. M. ? latifilia, Chajmi. 

 F'l. 76; Trelease, 1. c. 356; not Swartz. — Florida Keys. (VV. Ind.) 



6. RHACOMA, L. (A name of Pliny for the rhubarb ; the application to 

 the present genus not clear.) — Shrubs of various habit, ours with square or 

 4-lined glabrous or slightly downy twigs, rather small opposite entire to spiny- 

 margined leaves with minute stipules, and small axillary downy cymes. — Syst. 

 Nat. ed. 10, 896, & Gen. ed. 6, no. 144; Losener in p:ngl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflan- 

 zenf. iii. Ab. 5, 217. Myginda, Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 1 {Mycinda), 1 2 ; L. Gen. 

 ed. 6, no. 178. — Of the tropical and subtropical American region. 



* Leaves puugently dentate. 



R. ilicifolia, Trelease, n. comb. Low shrub, glabrate or puherulent : leaves thin but firm : 

 veiny, ovate, acute at both euds, 6 to 9 Hues long: inflorescence shorter tlian the leaves: 

 flowers red: drupe 2 or 3 lines long, 1-celled. — Mi/f/inda ilicifolia, I'oir. Diet. iv. 396; Tre- 

 lease, 1. c. 355. — Everglades and keys of Florida. ( W. Ind.) The toothing of the leaves is 

 much shallower than in Cuban specimens referred here, our plant being nearest to M. aijui- 

 folia, Griseb., as represented by \Vri</ht, no. 2210. 



* * Leaves not at all pungent. 



R. Crossopetalum, L. Small shrub, glabrate or slightly downy : leaves rather thin, 

 ovate or elliptical to mostly obovate, tapering to the short petiole, obtuse or emarginate, 

 sometimes mucroiiate, shallowly creuatc-serrate, less than an inch long: pedicels .^lender, 

 ascending, shorter than the leaves : flowers dark red : drupe 2 to 3 lines long, red, 1-2-celled. — 

 Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 896, & Amcen. Acad. v. 393. Mi/f/iiula liltacoma, Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. i. 340 ; 

 Griseb. Fl. W. Ind. 146; Chapm. Fl. 75; Trelease, 1. c. M. palleus, Trelease, I.e. (when 

 with 2-celled fruit). — Subtropical Florida and Florida Keys. (\V. Ind.) 



7. SCH^FFfiRIA, Jacq. (Named after ,/. C. Schcrffer, a German nat- 

 uralist of the last century.) — Shrubs with glabrous closely ribbed sometimes 

 spinescent twigs, alternate firm rugose-veiny entire subsessile glabrous leaves, 

 often fascicled on spurs, with setaceous or abortive stipules, and small few-flowered 

 fascicles axillary or seeming as if terminal on the spurs. — Enum. PI. Carib. 10, 

 & Stirp. Am. 259; Benth. «& Hook. Gen. i. 3G7 ; Trelease, I. c. 356; Sargent, 

 Silv. ii. 15; Losener in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. iii. Ab. 5, 210. — Of the 

 West Indian and Mexican region. 



S. frutescens, Jacq. Small tree with rather slender zigzag green twigs: leaves elliptical 

 to spatulateclliiit>ical, acute at ba.se, at length 1 to 2 inches long, the apex variously acute 

 ormucronate: pedicels alxmt 3 lines long: drupe 2 lines long, red. mammillated, shortly 

 beaked. — Enum. Fl. Carib. 33, & Stirp. Am. 2.')9 ; L.am. 111. iii. 402, t. 809 ; Trele.ase, 1. c. 

 356; Sargent, Silv. ii. 17, t. 55. .*^. romplrta, Sw. Fl. Ind Occ. i. 327, t. 7. f. .\ (Sloane, .lam. 

 ii. t. 209. f. 1 ). -S'. hnxifolia, Nutt. Sylv. ii. 42, t. 30. — ,Mctacoml)e Key and Key West, Flor- 

 ida. (W. Ind.) 



