STYRACACEAE 915 
3. Styrax grandifdlia Ait. A shrub 0.5-3 m. tall, with pubescent young foliage. Leaf- 
blades thinnish, obovate, oval or sometimes elliptic, 10-20 cm. long, obtuse or short-acumi- 
nate, coarsely toothed or nearly entire, cuneately narrowed or nearly rounded at the base, 
becoming glabrous above or minutely pubescent on the impressed nerves, densely and 
finely tomentose beneath ; petioles 3-7 mm. long: racemes 0.5-1 cm. long, often leafy : 
flowers white, solitary or 2 together: pedicels 4-9 mm. long: calyx 4-5 mm. long; lobes 
5, triangular, acute: corolla 2-2.5 cm. broad; lobes elliptic, acute, 10-12 mm. long, 
slightly pubescent without: anthers bright yellow : filaments pubescent : drupe subglobose, 
8-12 mm. in diameter, apiculate, pubescent. 
In woods, Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. 
4. Styrax platanifólia Engelm. A branching shrub 1-4 m. tall, with glab- 
rous or almostglabrous foliage. Leaf-blades suborbicular in outline, undulate, angu 
late, or sinuate-lobed, 5-10 cm. broad, more or less abruptly acuminate, reticulate- 
veined,truncate or subcordate at the base, slender-petioled : racemes corymbiform : pedi- 
cels glabrous or nearly so, subtended by minute bracts: calyx glabrous, or nearly so: 
petals oblong or oblong-obovate, 15-19 mm. long: drupe globular, 8-10 mm. in diameter, 
apiculate. 
In wooded bottom lands, Texas. 
2. MOHRODÉNDRON Britton. 
Shrubs or trees, often with some stellate pubescence. Leaves alternate, deciduous ; 
blades commonly membranous. Flowers in racemes, white, mostly drooping. Hypanthium 
adnate to the ovary, 4—5-ribbed, 4—5-lobed, accrescent. Petals 4-5, sometimes almost dis- 
tinct, imbricated, erect or nearly so, convolute or imbricated. Stamens 8, 10, 12 or 16 in 
one series, often exserted : anthers elongated, the sacs commonly free at the base. Ovary 
inferior, 3-5-celled : style elongated : stigma scarcely enlarged. Ovules 4 in each cavity, 
the upper pair ascending, thelower pairpendulous. Fruit nut-like, becoming dry, crowned 
with the calyx-lobes, 2-4-winged. Seeds 1-3, elongated. [Halesia Ellis.] The plants 
flower in the spring. 
Fruit 2-winged, the stipe wholly included in the wings. 
Corolla 8-12 mm. long: fruit less than 3 em. long. 1. M. parviflorum. 
Corolla 20-30 mm. long: fruit over 3 cm. long. 2. M. dipterum. 
Fruit 4-winged, the base of the stipe not included. 3. M. Carolinum. 
1. Mohrodendron parvifldrum (Michx.) Britton. A shrub similar to M. 
Carolinum in habit, but smaller, the young leaves, pedicels and calyx densely pubes- 
cent. Corolla white, 8-12 mm. long: drupe less than 3 cm. long, the two wings, includ- 
ing the stipe. 
In sandy soil, southern Georgia and Florida, 
2. Mohrodendron dípterum (Ellis) Britton. A shrub or small tree, reaching a 
height of 15 m. with a trunk diameter of 3 dm. Bark broadly fissured : twigs, leaves and 
flowers pubescent: leaf-blades firm or somewhat leathery, oval, oblong or obovate, 
acuminate, coarsely toothed, acute or subcordate at the base, softly pubescent beneath, 
finely and sparsely pubescent, at least on the nerves above ; petioles stout, 1-2 cm. long: 
pedicel about as long as the corolla: calyx 6-7 mm. long, densely pubescent ; lobes 
triangular, acuminate: corolla campanulate, 2-3 cm. long; lobes pubescent without, 
oblong or oblong-obovate, obtuse or notched : stamens included : filaments and style pubes- 
cent: drupe oblong or elliptic, 4-5 cm. long, 2-winged. 
In wet woods, Tennessee and South Carolina to Florida and Texas. Spring. SNOWDROP TREE. 
SILVERBELL TREE. Cow LICKS. 
3. Mohrodendron Carolinum (L.) Britton. A shrub or tree, reaching a maximum 
height of 25 m. and a trunk diameter of less than 1 m. Bark broken into flat ridges : 
twigs, lower leaf-surfaces and pedicels pubescent. Leaf-blades thinnish, oblong, oval or 
obovate, 5-17 cm. long, acuminate, finely serrate, acute or truncate at the base, glabrous 
or minutely pubescent on the nerves above, more or less densely pubescent beneath ; 
etioles 1-2 cm. long: pedicel about as long as the corolla: calyx 5-6 mm. long, gla- 
rous: lobes triangular, acute: corolla campanulate, 2-2.5 cm. long; lobes pi 
without, rounded, shorter than the tube: stamens included : filaments and style glab- 
ars drupe oblong or oblong-obovoid, 4-5 em. long, 4-winged, tipped with the persistent 
Style. 
In woods, Virginia to Illinois, south to Florida and Texas. SNOWDROP TREE. SILVERBELL TREE. 
WILD OLIVE TREE. BELL TREE. OpossuM WOOD. RATTLEBOX. CALICO Woop, Tiss Woop. 
