76 CKLAslUU 1,/E. (STAFF-TREE FAMILY.) 



3. M. 1 latifolia, Swartz. Smooth ; branchlcts 4-anglcd ; leaves opposite, 

 coriaceoa8, obovate, rounded or emarginate at tlie apex, narrowed at the base 

 into a uhori petiole, the margins revolnte and obscurely eremite ; cymes axillary 

 and terminal, shoifer than the, leaves, widely spreading, few-flowered, or in the 

 more sterile plant many-flowered ; sepals roundish, much shorter than the oblong 

 petals; disk with four emarginate lobes alternating with the stamens; ovary 

 2-celled, with a single suspended ovule in each cell; stigma Bessile, 2-lobed ; 

 drupe ovoid, 1 -seeded ; embryo large, in thin albumen. — South Florida. — 

 Bhmb S°- 10° high. Leaves 1' long. 



2. SCHJEFFERIA, Jacq. 



Flowers dioecious. Sepals 4, barely united at the base, rounded, 3-furrowcd. 

 Petals 4, spatulate-oblong, much longer than the calyx. Stamens 4. Ovary 

 2-celled. Stigmas 2, sessile. Drupe dry, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Embryo in oily 

 albumen. Radicle inferior. — Shrubs or trees, with alternate leaves and small 

 greenish flowers in axillary clusters. 



1. S. frutescens, Jacq. Smooth; leaves obovatc-oblong, entire, acute or 

 obtuse; flowers 3 - 5 in a cluster, the slender pedicels arising from a wart-like 

 peduncle ; drupe globose. — South Florida. — A small tree with hard and close- 

 grained wood. Leaves 1^' long, pale green. 



3. EUONYMUS, L. Spiwolb-treb. 



Flowers perfect. Calyx flat, 4-5-cleft. Petals 4-5, spreading. Stamens 

 4 - 5, very short, inserted with the petals under the broad and fleshy disk which 

 surrounds the ovary. Ovary 3 -5-cellcd, with 2 erect or rcsupinate ovules in 

 each cell. Style very short. Capsule 3 -5-cellcd, loculicidally 3-5-valvcd. 

 Seed enclosed in a red pulpy aril. — Erect or trailing shrubs, with 4-angled 

 branches, opposite 1 serrate leaves, and greenish or purplish flowers in axillary 

 ped uncled cymes. 



1. E. Americanus, L. (Strawberry Bush.) Flowers greenish, 

 pentamcrous ; peduncles 1 - 3-flowcred ; capsule warty; leaves short-petioled, 

 varying from ovate or obovate to linear-lanceolate, serrulate. — Low shady 

 woods, Florida and northward. May and June. — Shrub 3° - 6° high. Leaves 

 l'-2' long. 



2. E. atropurpureus, Jacq. Flowers purple, tetramcrous ; peduncles 

 many-flowered ; capsule smooth ; leave? oblong, on rather long petioles, serru- 

 late. — River-banks, Florida and northward. May and June. — Shrub 8°-12° 

 high. Leaves 2' -5' long. Flowers dark purple. 



4. CELASTRUS, L. Staff-tree. 



Flowers somewhat dioecious. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-cleft. Petals 5, spreading. 

 Stamen^ 5, inserted with the petals into the edge of the cup-shaped fleshy disk 

 which fill> the tube of the calyx, ahortive in the fertile flower. Ovary 2-4- 

 celled, the cells 2-ovulcd. Style thick. Capsule globose, commonly 3-celled 





