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lobes; ovary 2-celled and ovules solitary; styles 2; fruit of 2 



globular indehiscent carpels. Summer. - - Galium, Bedstraio 



G. circa ezans. Glabrous; stems branched from the base; leaves and stipules 

 4 in a whorl, ovate to oval, nearly sessile; flowers few, greenish, lobes 4 acu- 

 minate. Dry woods. 



G. hispidulum. Almost glabrous; branches decumbent; leaves and stipules 

 4 in a whorl, elliptic-oblong, rather thick; flowers in clusters of 3 or 5, green- 

 ish white, lobes 4 acute and hairy. Dry sandy soil. 



G. triflorum. Somewhat hispid; branches weak, reclining; leaves and stipules 6 

 in a whorl, broadly-linear to elliptic, mucronate; flowers in clusters of 3, 

 greenish or yellowish-white, lobes 4 acuminate; sweet-scented. Low shaded 

 places. 



G. pilosum. More or less hirsute; stems branched from the base; joints swollen; 

 leaves and stipules 4 in a whorl, oval-ovate, nearly sessile, pellucid-punctate 

 beneath ; flowers numerous in clusters of 2 or 3 on short stiff peduncles, green- 

 ish yellow or purplish, lobes 4 acuminate. Open sandy woods. 



1. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, - - - - - - - -2 



2. Shrubs or small trees, ---------- 3 



2. Herbs. 4 



3. Flowers in heads, solitary or panicled. axillary or terminal; — sepals 



4 with bristle- like or chaffy bractlets; corolla tubular-funnel- 

 form with 4 lobes, white; ovary 2-celled with solitary ovules; 

 seeds with white arils, - - - _ Cephalantus, Button-Bush ; 



C. occidentals. Glabrous, diffusely branched; leaves oblong to lanceolate 



peduncles longer than the heads. Marshy ground. Summer. 



3. Flowers in corymbose cymes, terminal or axillary; — stipules nar- 

 row, caducous; flowers showy, 5-parted; corolla tubular, green- 

 ish with brown or purple blotches, pubescent inside; ovary 2- 

 celled with numerous ovules in each cell; fruit a capsule, - Pinkneya 



P. pubens. Leaves oblong to oval, large; sepals linear, but some of them larger, 

 ovate and pink colored. Riverbanks. Spring and Summer. 



3. Flowers in 2-3 forked cymes, disposed in pedunculate terminal um- 

 bels; — sepals 5; corolla tubular to campanulate, scarlet-orange, 

 5-lobed; ovary 5-celled with numerous ovules in each cell; fruit 

 a small black berry. Cultivated. Summer and Fall. - Hamelia patens 



3. Flowers in few-flowered cymes; broad-leaved evergreen with large 



white double flowers, fragrant; calyx ribbed, with 5 long teeth. 

 Cultivated. - - - Gardenia florida (jasminoides), Cape Jessamine 



4. Ovary 2-celled. fruit 2-carpeled. -___-- -.5 



4. Ovary 3-4 celled, ovule solitary in each cell, ------ 6 



5. Ovule solitary in each cell; — stems or branches prostrate; leaves ses- 



sile, narrow, with sheathing stipules; flowers axillary; calyx 

 2-4 parted; corolla funnelform or salverform, 4-lobed, 



Diodia, Button-weed 

 D. Virginian*. Leaves almost glabrous, oblong or oblong-spatulate; corolla 

 salverform, white. Wet soil. Spring to Fall. 



D. teres. Leaves hairy, linear to linear-lanceolate; corolla funnelform, white 



or pinkish. Dry soil. Summer. 

 4. Ovules several in each cell; — flowers 4-parted; capsule free at the apex; 

 herbaceous or somewhat woody below, often with ciliate leaves; 



