110 FAM. 139, 140, 141. 



Cultivated in this family is the Cyclamen with the single, 5-parted flower? on 

 scapes. 



139. Ebenaceae, Ebony Family. 



Trees and shrubs with alternate, entire, exstipulate 

 leaves, and inconspicuous, dioecious or polygamous, reg- 

 ular flowers, solitary or in cymes; calyx and corolla 3-? 

 lobed; stamens 3-4 times as many as the corolla-lobes, 

 adnate to its tube; ovary 3-many celled, superior; styles 

 distinct or united at the base; ovules 1-2 in each cell; fruit 

 a fleshy berry, rarely a capsule. 



Flowers solitary or in axillary cymes; corolla urceolate to salverform; 

 stamens 4-16 or more, reduced to staminodia in the fertile flow- 

 ers; ovary 4-12 celled; styles 2-6, distinct; berry round or conic, 

 subtended by the calyx. ----- Diospyros, Persimmon 

 D. Virginiana. Tree with deep-brown or black bark and ovate to elliptic, un- 

 dulate leaves; calyx and corolla 4-lobed, the latter greenish, urn-shaped; 

 staminodia 8, stamens mostly 16; berry globose. Old fields. Spring. 

 D. Kaki, Japanese Persimmon. Cultivated in different varieties. 



140. Sapotaceae, Sapodilla Family. 



Shrubs or trees, often spiny or thorny, mostly with a 

 milky sap, and exstipulate, alternate, entire leaves; flow- 

 ers perfect, in axillary clusters; calyx 4-12; corolla white, 

 4-several lobed, often appendaged at the sinuses; stamens 

 as many as and opposite to the corolla-lobes, adnate to 

 the tube; staminodia often conspicuous; ovary 4-12 celled, 

 superior; ovules 1 in each cell; styles united; fruit a berry 

 with nut-like seeds. 



Shrubs or small trees; sepals unequal; sepals, corolla-lobes and stamens 

 5; corolla with appendages; staminodia 5, petal-like; berry drape- 

 like. Spring and Summer. _ _ _ _ Bumelia, Buck-thorn 



B. reclinata. Decumbent or ascending, low, spiny shrub; leaves numerous, 

 obovate, retuse at the apex, shining above and duller beneath, narrowed 

 into petioles; fruit oval. Sandy soil. 



B. lanuginosa, Cum Elastic. Shrub or small tree; leaves oblanceolate to ellip- 

 tic, lower surface with red or brown, dull, woolly pubescence; fruit obo- 

 void. Sandy woods. 



B. tenax, Black Haw, Iron-wood. Shrub or small tree, thorny or unarmed; 

 leaves numerous, obovate to oblong-elliptic, obtuse or retuse, slightly revo- 

 lute, lower surface with silky pubescence, at first whitish but becoming taw- 

 ny; short petioles; fruit obovoid. Thickets and sandy soil. 



141. Oleaceae, Olive Family. 



Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, with erect or climbing 

 stems and opposite, simple or pinnately-compound leaves 



