208 ORDER 76. STYRACACE^E. 



4 I. Cassine Walt. Cassena Tea. Smooth ; Ivs. small (1018"), elliptical, obtuse, 



crcnate, thick, shining; ped. about C-flowered. Coastward, S. : common. 6 15f, 

 bushy. March, April. Was used as a tea by the Creek Indians. 



5 I. deczdua Walt. Nearly smooth; Ivs. thin, 12', lance-oval, pointed, blunt-sep 



*ate ; ped. short as the petioles, the $ clustered ; seeds obtusely ribbed. S. 6 9f, 

 /3. urban*. Lvs. 2 S', oval, obtuse, tapering to the base. 111., and S. May. 



6 I. Amelancliier Curt. Leaves (variable) ovate, oblong to lanceolate, acute 01 



pointed, serrulate, thin, downy beneath ; ped. short as the petioles, $ clustered, ? 

 solitary ; drupe red. Hills and mts.. N. Y. to S. Car. (Prinos ambiguus Ph.) 



p. monticola. Lve. large (35'), glabrous, the short ped. and cal. some downy. 



7 I. ambigua Chapm. Lvs. oval or elliptical, acute (scarcely pointed), serrulate or 



nearly entire, smoothish ; <j ped. much longer than the pet., clustered, ? short, soli- 

 tary. Wet grounds, S. 4 8f. March, April. (Prinos ambiguus MX.) 



2. NEMOPANTHES, Raf. Parts of the flower in 4's or 5's. Calyx 

 very small. Petals linear-oblong, shorter than the stamens. Stig. sessile 

 Drupe globular, red, with 4, rarely 5, smooth, horny nutlets (seeds). J> 

 Lvs. entire, smooth, thin. Fls. white, small, on slender pedicels, $ $ . 

 N. Canadengis DC. N. Eng. to Mich. Shrub 4 Gf. Lvs. 2'. Ped. 912'. May, Jn. 



3. PRINOS, L. WINTER-BERRY. Fls. small, habitually 6-parted and 

 perfect, but often fruitless. Calyx 6-cleft. Cor. monopetalous, subrotate, 

 6-parted. Sta. 6 (in the sterile flowers rarely fewer, in the fertile rarely 

 more). Berry 6-seeded, seeds with a smooth, cartilaginous testa. > ^> 

 With alternate Ivs., small white fls., and red or black berries. (See Addenda.) 



Leaves deciduous, thin. Berries red. (No. 3a, p. 446, and) Nos. 1 3 



Leaves evergreen, thick, shining. Berries black Nos. 4, 5 



1 P. vertleillatus L. Black Alder. Lvs. oblanceolate or elliptical, acuminate, mu- 



cronate-serrate, small ; pedicels shorter than the petioles ; berries scarlet, in close 

 bunches as if verUcillate, all Winter. Low woods. 8f. Leaves 1 H'. July. 



2 P. laiiceolatus Ph. Lvs. lanceolate, long-acuminate, sharp-serrate, glab., 1 3' ; 



fls. subsessile, the sterile 3-androus ; berries large, red. Swamps, S. (Dr. J. Hale.) 



3 P. Isevigatus Ph. Leaves lanceolate, appressed-serrulate, glabrous, shining above, 



short-acuminate ; ped. longer than the pet., in 2's or 3's. Swamps, Can. to Va. 7f. Jn. 



4 P. glaber'L. Ink Berry. Lvs. coriaceous, cuneate-lanceolate, glabrous, serrate at 



the end ; ped. longer than the pet., 1-3-flowered. Swamps, Ms. to La. 3 4f. Jn., Jl. 



5 P. corlaceus Ph. Lvs. thick, obovate, serrate at the end, glabrous, shining ; fls. 



all solitary, on very short peduncles, 6-8-parted. Woods, S. 4 6f. Lvs. 2'. May. 



ORDER LXXVI. STYRACACE^. 



Trees or sfirubs with alternate, simple leaves, destitute of stipules. Flow- 

 ers or racemes solitary, axillary, bracteate. Calyx 5-, rarely 4-lobed. Corolla 

 5-, rarely 4- or 6-lobed, imbricated in bud. Stamens definite or oo, unequal 

 in length, usually cohering. Anthers innate, 2-celled. Ovaries adherent, 

 2-5-celled, the partitions sometimes hardly reaching the centre. Fruit 

 drupaceous, generally with but one fertile cell. Seeds 5 1. 



TRIBE I. SYMPLOCINE.E. Calyx 5-cleft. Anth. OO . innate, globular. Fls. yellow STMFLOCOS. 1 



TKIBK II. STYRACE^E. Calyx mostly truncate. Anthers 812, linear-oblong, adnate. 



Flowers white, a 5-parted. Fruit wingless, 1-seeded STTRAX 2 



a 4-pnrted. Fruit winged, 2- or 3-soeded HALKSIA. S 



