OLEACEAE 1037 
2. STYRAX [Tourn.] L. Shrubs or trees. Leaves with thickish blades, 
but deciduous. Inflorescence leafy-bracted. Calyx with minute lobes. Corolla 
white, with recurved petals or lobes. Anthers linear. Ovules several, ascending. 
—About 75 species, American and Eurasian.—Spr.—SToRAXES, 
Corolla-lobes valvate in the bud. 1. S. americana. 
oe d imbricate a: convolute in the bud. 
Bra of the orescence mostly leaf-like: leaf-blades 
na o ani beneath. 2. S. pulverulenta. 
Bracts of the inflorescence only leaf-like at the base of the 
panicle or raceme: leaf-blades densely pubescent beneath. 3. S. grandifolia. 
T; americana d Shrub with sparingly stellate twigs: leaf-blades oval 
Or a iptie, varying to ovate or ped Fa m. long, entire or distinctly and 
shallowly toothed: n els glabrou 
nearly so: ealyx much shorter than the e 
cel:  eorolla-lobes elliptic anceolate- 
elliptie, acute: drupe 6-8 m diamet 
S nd stream-banks, Coastal Plain 
and adj. provinces, Fla. to La., Ill, an 
Va.—The flowers are fragrant. 
ulverulenta Michx. Shrub with 
densely stellate Hib leaf-blades ovate, 
val, or obovate, 2-8 cm. long, sharply ser- 
rate or pod pedicels eanescent or 
hoary: calyx about as long as the pedicel 
corolla-lobes elliptic or elliptic. -lanceolate, 
Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex., Ark., and S Va 
3. S. grandifolia Ait. Shrub or small tree, Vis dcus stellate twigs: leaf- 
blades ovate, oval, or sometimes elliptie, 9—20 long, e d toothed or 
nearly entire: ir E canescent: corolla- lobes ellipt ie: drupes 8-10 mm. in 
diameter.—W oods, sandy river-banks, and hammocks, Coastal Plain and adj. 
provinces, Fla. to La. and S Va. 
ORDER OLEALES—OrEAL ORDER 
Shrubs, trees, undershrubs, or partially herbaceous plants. Leaves 
opposite, or rarely alternate or whorled: blades simple or compound. 
Flowers perfect, polygamous, or dioecious. Calyx of 4 or more partially 
united sepals, or wanting. Corolla of 2-6 distinct or partially united 
petals, or wanting. Androecium of 2-4 stamens partially adnate to the 
corolla when it is present. Gynoecium of 2 united carpels, the ovary 
superior. Fruit a capsule, a samara, or a berry, usually 1-celled by 
suppression. 
Famity 1. OLEACEAE — Orivk FAMILY 
Woody or partially woody plants with erect or elimbing n. 
Leaves DEA opposite : Bs. simple and entire or toothed, 
pinnately compound.—About 22 -i and 525 species, widely distributed 
in temperate and tropical regions 
