. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Sea Grape 379 tube; the ovary is bluntly 3-angled, the single ovule erect, and there are 3 styles. The fruit of most species has a thin fleshy pulp, though it is sometimes dry and crustaceous, containing a pit (achene) and crowned by the persistent calyx-lobes. The generic name is from the Greek, signifying a berry with a husk. Three years after its pubUcation by Browne, Liimaeus modified the spelling to Coccoloba, C. Uvi
. North American trees : being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing independently of cultivation in North America, north of Mexico and the West Indies . Trees. Sea Grape 379 tube; the ovary is bluntly 3-angled, the single ovule erect, and there are 3 styles. The fruit of most species has a thin fleshy pulp, though it is sometimes dry and crustaceous, containing a pit (achene) and crowned by the persistent calyx-lobes. The generic name is from the Greek, signifying a berry with a husk. Three years after its pubUcation by Browne, Liimaeus modified the spelling to Coccoloba, C. Uvifera Linnaeus being the type. Our two species may be distinguished as follows: Leaves orbicular or broader than long, cordate at the base; seacoast tree. i. C. Uvijera. Leaves oblong to obovate, narrowed or rounded at the base; tree of ham- mocks. 2. C. laurijolia. I. SEA GRAPE — Coccolobis Uvifera (Linnaeus) Jacquin Polygonum Uvifera Linnaeus One of the most characteristic trees or shrubs of the tropical American sea- coast, this interesting species is abundant on the shores of southern Florida, usually not exceeding 5 meters in height, but occasionally becoming 15 meters high, with a trunk up to meters in diameter. When standing alone it pre- sents a round mass, often broader than high. It is the typical species of the genus. The thin bark is brown and smooth, mottled with hghter-colored areas; the stout young twigs are very finely hairy, yellowish, becoming smooth and gray. The leathery leaves are orbicular, or often wider than long, 2 dm. broad or less, rounded, notched, or short-pointed, the base deeply cordate; they are very short-stalked, their stipular sheaths membranous, i cm. long or less. The flowers are borne in small fascicles in elongated racemes, which develop almost continuously throughout the year, so that the tree is nearly always in flower; the flower- '°' ^^^' ~ ^^ ^^^'^' stalks are 3 or 4 mm. long and minutely hairy; the lobes of the bell-shaped caly
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