020 LYTHRACEJ3. 



PRUNTJS, L. 



P. (Laurocerasus) sphserocarpa, Swartz. Racemes 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. 



Order MYRTACE^E. 



EUGENIA, Micheli. 



E. longipes, Berg. Smooth ; branchlets 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^'J bibrae- 

 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. 



Order LYTHRACE^E. 



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 \° -2° high. 



LYTHRUM, L. 



L. flagellare, Shuttlw. Ferennial, creeping, smooth ; the branches erect, 

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

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

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

 late. bright purple; stamen? and style exserted. — Margins of ponds. Sara- 

 sota. South Florida (Garber).— Branches G'- 12' high. Leaves 4" -6" long. 



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

 Smith permanently established on James Island, near Charleston. 



