612 CELASTRACE^E. 



Order RHAMNACEJ]. 



CONDALIA, Cav. 



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

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

 celled, 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; branchlets puberulent; leaves oval or 

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

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

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

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



REYNOSIA, Griseb. 



Calyx urceolate, 5-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 the 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, the margins revo- 

 lute; clusters as long as the petioles ; calyx lobes deltoid ; petals obcordate; 

 berry ijlobose. — South Florida ( CurtUs). — Leaves 1' - 2' long. Berry 0" in 

 diameter. 



Obdeb CELASTRACE^E. 



MYGINDA, Jacq. 



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

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

 or less long, shorter than the leaves ; ctylc distinct, 4 lotted ; drupe obovate. 

 — Pine Key, South Florida [CnrtUii), — Shrub LO ° -MP high. Leaves 1'- 

 2' long Flowers and drupe red. 



