620 LYTHBACB^. 



PRUNUS, L. 



P. (Laurocerasus) sphserocarpa, Swartz. Eacemes small, erect, 

 shorter than the leaf; leaves entire, shining; flowers scattered ; drupe sub- 

 globose.— Key Biscayne {Curtiss), South Florida. — A small tree, 10°-15° 

 high, flowering in winter. 



FRAGARIA, Tourn. 



F. (Duchesnea) Indica, Andr. (Strawberry Geranium.) Creep- 

 ing ; leaves trifoliate or 3-lobed, the lobes round-obovate, crenate ; peduncles 

 1-flowered ; petals yellow ; fruit inedible. — Waste places, escaped from culti- 

 vation. 



Oedee MYRTACE^. 



EUGENIA, Micheli. 



E. longipes, Berg. Smooth ; branclilets very slender ; leaves (1' or 

 less long) oblong-oval or obovate, short-petioled, obtuse ; flowers large, single, 

 or by pairs, lateral or at the base of the branchlets, on long (l'-l|') bibrac- 

 teolate peduncles ; petals oblong, spreading, as long as the stamens and slen- 

 der style; berry large. — No Name Key, South Florida (Curtiss). — A shrub 

 or small tree. 



The Guava-Tree (Psidium) is cultivated at Manatee, and occurs along 

 the west coast of Florida. 



Oedee LYTHEACEJE. 



AMMANNIA, Houston. 



A. latifolia, L. Stem erect, branching; leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile, 

 dilated at the base ; flowers single or clustered ; style long and slender. — 

 Banks of the Mississippi. August. — Stem i° - 2° high. 



LYTHRUM, L. 



Ii. fiagellare, Shuttlw. Perennial, creeping, smooth ; the branches erect, 

 terete ; leaves opposite, nearly sessile, rigid, oblong ; flowers single, shorter 

 than the leaves, the short pedicel bibracteolate ; calyx club-shaped, 6-toothed, 

 tlie teeth broad and shorter than the subulate appendages ; petals 6, spatu- 

 late, bright purple; stamens and style exserted. — Margins of ponds. Sara- 

 sota, South Florida ( Garber). — Branches 6' - 12' high. Leaves i" - 6" long. 



The Tamarisk (Tamarix Gallica, L.) has been found by Mr. C. E. 

 Smith permanently established on James Island, near Charleston. 



