Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz, Florida cross- 

 opetalum (plate VI). Through Keys to pinelands of 

 Dade County. 



Dry petes lateriflora (Sw.) Krug & Urban, 

 Guiana-plum. Rare from Lower Florida Keys north 

 along east coast to Martin and Brevard Counties. 

 Reported to be common in Brickell Hammock. 



Eugenia confusa DC, redberry eugenia or red 

 stopper. Reported as common in hammocks on main- 

 land, including Brickell Hammock. Also Biscayne 

 National Monument. Listed as protected by State 

 Law. 



Eugenia rhombea (Berg) Krug & Urban {?E. 

 anthem Small), spiceberry eugenia. known also as 

 red stopper. The first is recorded from Key West 

 and other Lower Keys but not Big Pine Key. The 

 second, formerly treated as an endemic species but 

 reduced to a synomyn or variety, ranges from Key 

 West north on east coast to Roseland and north on 

 west coast to Sanibel Island and Cedar Key. 



Ficus citrifolia Mill., shortleaf fig (F. laevigata 

 Vahl, F. brevifolia Nutt.) North to Lee County. 



Genipa clusiifolia (Jacq.) Griseb., seven-year- 

 apple {Casasia clusiifolia (Jacq.) Urban). Along 

 coasts north to Broward and Lee Counties. 



Guapira discolor (Spreng.) Little, longleaf blolly 

 (Pisonia discolor (Spreng.) Britton, Torrubia 

 bracei Britton, T. longifolia (Heimerl) Britton, T. 

 globosa Small; plateV). Variations in leaf shape and 

 size formerly were regarded as separate species. 



Guettarda elliptica Sw., velvetseed. North to 

 Broward County and northwest to Sanibel Island. 



Guettarda scabra (L.) Vent., roughleaf velvet- 

 seed (plate V). North to Palm Beach County. 



Gymnanthes lucida Sw., oysterwood or crab- 

 wood (Ateramnus lucidus (Sw.) Rothm.; plate V). 

 Keys to Dade County. 



Hippomane mancinella L., manchineel (plate 

 IV). Through Keys to coasts of Dade and Monroe 

 Counties. Trees have been eradicated near settle- 

 ments, because the palatable reddish yellow fruits 

 are deadly poisonous. Also the milky sap is injurious 

 both externally and internally. 



Hypelate trifoliata Sw., inkwood (plate III). "One 

 of the rarest species in our area" (Long and Lakela 

 1971, p. 574). Known from very few keys, including 

 Big Pine Key and Key Largo, also Long Pine Key 

 within Everglades National Park. Hammocks near 

 Homestead. 



Ilex krugiana Loes., tawnyberry holly or Krug 

 holly. Rare and scattered in southern Dade County, 



including Everglades National Park. Recorded 

 doubtfully from Lower Keys. 



Jacquinia keyensisMez, joewood. North from the 

 keys on west coast to islands of Lee and Charlotte 

 Counties. Protected by State law. 



Lysiloma bahamense Benth., Bahama lysiloma, 

 locally called wild-tamarind. Common locally. North 

 to Broward and Collier Counties. 



Manilkara bahamensis (Baker) Lam & Meeuse, 

 wild-dilly (Achras emarginata (L.) Little). Common 

 locally through Florida Keys to southern Dade 

 County. 



Maytenus phyllanthoides Benth., guttapercha 

 mayten. Rare in Lower and Upper Florida Keys and 

 from Everglades north along west coast to Pasco 

 and Levy Counties. 



Piscidia piscipula (L.) Sarg., Florida fishpoison- 

 tree. Common locally through keys and north along 

 west coast to Sanibel Island. 



Pithecellobium guadalupense (Pers.) Chapm., 

 Guadeloupe blackbead (P. keyense Britton). 

 Through Keys and east coast of Dade County. 



Psidium longipes (Berg) McVaugh {Eugenia lon- 

 gipes Berg,E. bahamensis auth.). Local in Keys and 

 pinelands of Dade County. 



Reynosia septentrionalis Urban, darling-plum. 

 Common in Bahia Honda State Park. Found in a 

 variety of vegetation types (Long and Lakela 1971, 

 p. 580). 



Schaefferia frutescens Jacq., Florida-boxwood 

 (plate VI). Rare through Florida Keys and on lower 

 eastern coast in Dade County. 



Schoepfia chrysophylloides (A. Rich.) Planch., 

 Gulf gray twig. Rare from Long Key north along east 

 coast to Brevard and Volusia Counties and along 

 west coast to Pinellas County 



Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq. West Indies 

 mahogany (plates I, VI). Rare in Upper Keys and 

 coastal hammocks of Everglades National Park, 

 where protected. Threatened by cutting for the val- 

 uable cabinet wood. Extinct northward but widely 

 planted as a street tree in South Florida. 



Tetrazygia bicolor (Mill.) Cogn., Florida tet- 

 razygia. Pinelands and hammocks of southern Dade 

 County, including Everglades National Park. Re- 

 ported northward nearly to Miami. "Very common" 

 (Long and Lakela 1971, p. 650). Also Key Largo 

 (Frank C. Craighead, Sr.). Protected by State law. 

 Classed as one of the most attractive native shrubs 

 of South Florida, with white flowers and purplish 

 berries. 



Plate V. Four tree species of both Florida Keys and mainland. Upper left, Colubrina elliptica, soldierwood. Upper right, 

 Crossopetalum rhacoma, Florida crossopetalum. Lower left, Guapira discolor, longleaf blolly. Lower right, Guettarda scabra, 

 roughleaf velvetseed. All drawings one-half natural size. 



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