ORDER 77. EBENACE.E. 200 



1. SYMPLOCOS, Jacq. Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. 5-parted, spreading. Sta. 



00 , in 5 clusters, one attached to the base of each petal. Fil. slender. Anth. 

 globular. Ovary 3-celled, half-adherent. Drupe dry, with a 3-celled, mostly 

 1-seeded nut. +> ^ With clusters or racemes of small yellow flowers. 



S. tliictoria L'Her. Lvs. oval or elliptical, acuminate, acute at base, thick ; fls. ses- 

 eile, in axillary, dense clusters of 612 ; calyx lobes ovate, obtuse. Va., and S. 10 20f. 

 Drupe ovoid, &". The dried leaves dye yellow. March, April. 



2. STYRAX, Tourn. Cor. deeply 5-parted, much longer than the cam- 

 panulate calyx. Sta. 10, joined to the base of the corolla, fil. united- into 

 a short tube at base. Anth. linear, erect. Ov. adherent at base. Fr. cori- 

 aceous, 1-celled, mostly 1-seeded. *> With alternate leaves and axillary 

 racemes of white, drooping, showy flowers. March May. 



1 S. pnl verulenta MX. Pulverulent-downy; Ivs. broadly oval, obtuse, glaudular- 



semilate ; fls. axillary and terminal. Va. to Fla. 2 3f. Petals 6". 



2 S. Americiiia Lam. Plant glabrous ; Ivs. oblong or elliptical, acute at each end ; 



rac. leafy, lew-flowered, cor. often downy. Swamps, Va., and S. 4 8f. 



3 S. grandifolla Ait. Lvs. ample, broadly obovate, acute or short-acuminate, hoary- 



tomentous beneath ; racemes leafless, longer than the leaves. Va. to Fla. 6 12f. 



3. HALE SLA, Ellis. SNOWDROP TREE. Cal. obconic, briefly 4-lobed. 

 Cor. inserted into the calyx, campanulate with a narrow base, 4-parted. 

 Sta. 8 12, connate into a tube below. Sty. filiform. Fr. dry, 2-4-winged. 

 Sds. 1 3. J> ^> Lvs. alternate, abruptly acuminate, finely denticulate or 

 entire. Flowers in advance of the leaves, pendulous, in lateral clusters 

 of 3 5, white, showy. 



1 H. tetraptera L. Lvs. oblong-ovate ; fls. 6" long ; pet. half-united ; stam. 12 ; fr. 



equally 4-winged. Woods, Va. to Ky., and S. Shrub 10 20f. April. 



2 H. diptera L. Lvs. oblong-ovate ; fls. 1' long ; pet. slightly united ; stam. 8 ; fruit 



2-winged. Woods, S. Tree 15 30f, often 50f. Lvs. 6'. Pods near 2'. April, Mav. 



ORDER LXXVII. EBENACE^E. EBONADS. 



Trees or shrubs without milky juice and with a heavy wood. Leaves al 

 ternate, exstipulate, coriaceous, entire. Inflorescence axillary. Flowers by 

 abortion dioecious, seldom perfect. Calyx free, 3-6-cleft, divisions nearly 

 equal, persistent. Corolla regular, 3-6-cleft, often pubescent, imbricate in 

 aestivation. Stamens twice or 4 times as many as the lobes of the corolla. 

 Fruit a fleshy, oval, or globous berry. Seeds large, suspended, albuminous. 



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DIOSPYROS, Dalesch. PERSIMMON. Fls. $ ? . Cor. tubular or cam- 

 panulate, convolute in bud. $ Sta. mostly 16. Fil. shorter than the 

 anthers. Style 0. ? Sta. mostly 8, without anthers. Style 2-4-cleft. 

 Berry ovoid or globous, 4-12-, mostly 8-celled, cells 1-seeded. *> 5 A 

 large genus, mostly tropical. 



I>. Vlrgiiiiiiiia L. Lvs. elliptic, abruptly acuminate, entire ; racemes axillary, 3-1. 

 flowered, pedicels shorter than the flowers ; calyx 4-parted ; stamens 8. Woods, lat, 

 42, and S. 10 30f. Berry large as a plum, sweet after frost. 



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