1036 STYRACACEAE 
Famity 4. STYRACACEAE — STYRAX FAMILY 
Shrubs or trees, the hairs when present branched or scurfy. Leaves 
alternate: blades entire or shallowly toothed. Flowers perfect, in racemes, 
panicles, cymes, or clusters. Calyx of 5, or 4-8, partly united sepals. 
Cor me of 5, or 4-8, distinet or partly united petals. Androecium of 8-16 
stamens in one series, partly adnate to the corolla. Gynoecium of 2-5 
ERU the o sometimes inferior. Fruit drupaceous or eapsular.— 
Seven genera er about - apea mostly of tropical regions, but most 
abundant in South Amer 
Ovary inferior: fruits nut-like, elongate, DE 1. HALESIA. 
Ovary superior: fruits drupaceous, subglobos 2. STYRAX. 
1. HALESIA Ellis. Shrubs or trees. Leaves with thinnish blades, de- 
ciduous. Inflorescence - leafy-braeted. Calyx with relatively large leben: 
Corolla white, with nearly erect lobes. Anthers elliptic. Ovules 4 in each cav- 
ity, 1 pair ascending, 1 pair drooping. [Mohrodendron Britton.]—Three 
species, as follows.—Spr.—SILVERBELL-TREES. BELL-TREES 
Corolla-lobes shorter than the tube: fruit 4-winged. 
ruit ellipsoid or somewhat obovoid: corolla 1-2.5 cm. long. 1. H. carolina. 
Fruit clavate: corolla less than 1 cm. long. 2. H. parviflora, 
Corolla-lobes longer than the tube: fruit 2-winged. 3. H. diptera. 
1. H. carolina L. Small tree with a reddish-brown, ridged and ee Laie 
or shrub, the winter-buds acute: leaf-blades oval, elliptic, or obovate, 
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yx — 
bist ; corolla 15-2 0 mm. long: doc 
gia 
H. monticola (Rehder) Sarg.—The light- 
brown heart-wood is MN grained, but light 
and soft. 
H. parviflora Michx. Small tree with dark-brown or nearly black bark, or 
a e the winter-buds obtuse: leaf- roue i elliptic- ids. Or slightly 
obovate, 3-7 em. long, finely serrate: calyx 2 e m. long, pubescent: corolla 
10-12 mm. long: fruit clavate, mostly 1. 5-3 em. lo Ren Roue inged. '[M. 
Mi Britton |—Woods and fae Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, 
o Miss., Okla., and S Ga.—Early 
H. diptera Ellis. Small tree with brown, fissured and scaly bark, the 
winter -buds obtuse, or a shrub: leaf-blades oval, elliptic, or oe or some- 
t hed: calyx 3—4 on 
times ovate, 4-15 em. long, rather coarsely to m. long, pubes- 
cent: corolla about 2.5 : iously pubescent caer E ments and 
tyle pu ent: fruit narrowly ellipsoid, 4—5 c g, i ged, d 
beaked. " : —Hamm 
and M ara Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. "m Tex., Ark., dad 
. C.—Spr.— The wood is similar to that of H. carolin 
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