612 CELASTEACE^. 



Ordeb RHAMNACE^. 



CONDALIA., Cav. 



Calyx 4-5-cleft, adlierent to the base of tlie ovary, the lobes deciduous. 

 Petals none. Stamens 4 or 5, alternate with the calyx-lobes. Ovary 2-3- 

 eelled, with a single erect ovule in each cell. Style short ; stigma 2 - 3-lobed. 

 Drupe 1-celled, 1-seeded, the seed not grooved. — Mostly spiny trees or 

 shrubs, with short-petioled leaves, and small clustered axillary flowers. 



C. ferrea, Griseb. Unarmed ; branclilets puberulent ; leaves oval or 

 oblong, obtuse or emarginate, entire, smootli ; umbel-like clusters few-flow- 

 ered, sessile or short-peduncled ; calyx-lobes 4, ovate, acute; stamens 4; 

 stigma 2-lobed ; drupe globose. (Sculia ferrea, Brongn.) — Coast and Keys 

 of South Florida. — A small tree. Leaves thick, l'-2' long. 



EEYNOSIA, Griseb. 



Calyx urceolate, .S-cleft. Stamens 5. Ovary free, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. 

 Drupe baccate. Seed large, with ruminated albumen. Otherwise like 

 Condalia. 



R. latifolia, Griseb. Leaves pale, coriaceous, alternate or opposite, 

 elliptical or obovate, emarginate ; flowers axillary, short-pedicelled ; calyx- 

 tube 5-angled, the lobes ovate; stigma 2-lobed; drupe ovoid. (Scutia ferrea, 

 1st edition.) — South Florida. — A small tree, or shrub. Leaves V, or less, 

 long. Drupe ^' long. 



RHAMNIDIUM, Keiss. 



Calyx 5-cleft, the lobes keeled within, deciduous. Petals 5, clawed. 

 Stamens 5, enclosed in tlie petals. Ovary free, 2-celled. Style short ; stigma 

 2-lobed. Berry elliptical, dry, 1- 2-celled. Seed compressed. Albumen 

 none. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers white, in axillary 

 cymes. Seeds bony. 



R. revolutum, Wright. Branches puberulous; leaves smooth, thick, 

 oval-oblong, rounded or notched and mucronate at the tip, tlie margins revo- 

 lute ; clusters as long as tlie petioles ; calyx-lobes deltoid ; petals obcordate ; 

 berry globose. — South Florida ( Curtiss). — Leaves 1' - 2' long. Berry Q" in 

 diameter. 



Okdbe CELASTRACE^. 



MYGINDA, Jacq. 



M. pallens, Smith. Branches 4-angled; leaves elliptical or obovate, 

 obtuse, crenate, smooth, nearly sessile ; peduncles few-flowered, forking, J' 

 or less long, shorter than the leaves ; style distinct, 4-lobed ; drupe obovate. 

 — Pine Key, South Florida (C«rt/ss).— Shrub 10°-15° liigh. Leaves V- 

 2' long Flowers and drupe red. 



