600 HAMAMELIDACEAE 
Faminy 7, ITHACEAE—Vircinia-wittow FAMILY 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: Porn toothed. Flowers perfect, 
borne in racemes or panicles. Calyx 2 sepals. Corolla of 5 narrow 
petals. Androecium of 5 stamens. See: um of 2 united carpels. Fruit 
an elongate, 2-grooved, septicidal capsule. Seeds flattened. One genus. 
1. ITEA [Gronov.] L. Shrubs with estipulate leaves. Racemes narrow. 
Hypa diis pow not acerescent.—About 5 species, the following and 
the others in 
1. I. virginica L. Shrub 1-3 m. tall, twigs 
and racemes pubescent: leaf-blades elliptic 
ov bov l 
long, white: filaments pubescent: capsule 
: 8 g ze WE 
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PIRES 
ie -banks, o pon med adj. prov- 
inees, Fla. to , Mo., —Spr. 
This shrub Ens ten grows poe ndi 
other shrubs which produce an abundance 
of racemes of white or pale-pink flowers 
Famity 8. HAMAMELIDACEAE—WiTCH-HAzEL FAMILY 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate: blades mostly toothed. Flowers 
perfect, monoecious, or polygamous, variously clustered or spieate. Calyx 
of 4 or 5 sepals. Corolla of 4 or 5 narrow petals, or wanting. Androe- 
any stamens. eclum 
3-celled: styles distinct. Fruit a leathery or woody ca psule, often elas- 
im dehiscent.—About 13 genera and 40 species, ui distributed. 
Petals 4, ribbon-shaped: stamens 4: filaments short. 1. HAMAMELIS. 
Petals wanting: stamens about 24: filaments elongate. 2. FOTHERGILLA. 
1. HAMAMELIS L. Shrubs or trees with perfect or polygamous flowers, 
whieh are borne 3 together on e: i peduncles, Sepals spreading o 
eflexed. Petals linear or nearly Sta 
4; filaments short-subulate. o dic 
beaked.—About 5 species, North American 
and Asiatic 
H. virginiana L. Small tree or shrub: 
leaf-blades Ruben umm ovalelliptie or 
obo 4—15 1 ud ere 
w 
moist hillsides, various e A Fla. to 
Tex., Ont and S.—Fall—The bark is 
used. E nally. A small- in pow oc- 
curs on the coast of S. C. 
