952 
tOtLESIA parviflora. 
Small-J^m^red Halesia. 
BODECA^DBIA MONOGYNIA: 
HALESIA, Ellis. — Calyx minimum, 4-dentatus. XHorolla magna, cani- 
panulato-ventricosa, ore sub 4-lobo. Stamina 12-16, filamentis l)asi m 
tubum connatis et corollas aduatis; antherse oblongoe, erectee. Germoi 
mferum. Stylus 1. Stigma I. Nux corticata, oblonga, angulis 
alatis, stylo persislente acuminata, 4-locuhins. 4-?pernui ; loculis 2-3, svcph 
abortivis. Frutices ; pedunculi plures, axillares, urdjiort. Fnictfts alcB 
in H. tetrapteri eeqtuil^i in H. 4iptera 2 opposjffa aeteris ntinoru. Jum. 
gen, 165. ^ . - '^■ 
H, parvijiora ; t'oliis ovato-oblongis acutis subintegris utrinque pubes- 
centibus subtiis glaucis, racemis foliosis paniculatis, de^tibus caljcinis 
ovatis, stylo incluso, floribus octandris. 
H. parviflora Michatu^,fi. bor. am. 2.40. Pursh. am. «ep/. 2,450. Nuttall. 
gen, am. 2.83. # ^ 
Rami adulti keves, brunnei, junioret wf^Ucentes. Folia ovato-oblonga, 
breviter acuminata, utrinque pubescentiaf fmprd viridia, subtus glatica, juniora 
Integra ; adulta stibdenticulata. FlOTe* ulbidi, quam H. tetraptera paulb 
ntinores, in racemis subcompositis penduhs dispositi, cum foliig cotemporane^. 
* Calyx obovatuSy totnentosus, 4-dentaius, dentibus ovatis acutis. Petaw 
rtigosay tomentosHf Obovata^ obtuta, as^vatione imbricatay\^tfmim. 8, peta- 
hnm Umgitudme. FUamenta pifosa,J Stylus wclwia/ ' | • ^ 
Ji i — 
This rare plant was most kindly cc^mmunicated to us 
in May last by the Dow«ger Countess of Aykslord, from 
her collection at Stanmore, where, her ladyship inlbrms us, 
it has existed for ftfteen or twenty years, without producing 
• flowers, until the specimen now represented made its 
appearance. It was sent to Lady Aylesford with the name 
of Halesia diptera ; an obscure plant, respecting which we 
have a few remarks to offer. 
Under the article Halesia in Rees s Cycloi)a;dia, we 
find-the following note by Sir Jajoaes Edward Smitfe^: 
