as distinguished from the Symplocacese. 399 



summo persistente ovarii coronatus, 2-4-alatus, alis amplis^ 

 sequalibus, vel alternatim minoribus, e nervis calycinis ori- 

 undis, Nux ossea, fusiformis^ 8- sulcata, centre 1-locularis, 

 parieti interno (e locellis modo supradicto translatis et clausis) 

 1-3-locellata, locellis monospermis. Semen erectum vel sus- 

 pensiim, exarillatum, cyMndixicixm) funiculus brevis; testa cuti- 

 cularis, ad pericarpium laxe adhserens, raphide simplici sub- 

 laterali notata; integumentum internum tenuissimum, versus 

 hilum filamento brevi donatum, et ad alteram extremitatem 

 chalasa lineari transversali signatum. Embryo in albuminem 

 carnosum parcum paullulo longiorem inclusus, subteres ; ra- 

 dicula teres, cotyledonibus vix latioribus linearibus fere sequi- 

 longa. 

 Frutices Americce septentrionalis, aspectu Styracis ; folia alterna, 

 ovata, acuta, integra vel glanduloso-denticulataj decidua ; floras 

 latemles, ex axillis annotinis aphyllis orti, solitarii, vel scepius 

 ternit fasciculatij pilis stellatis tomeniosi, pedicellis elongatis, 

 nutantibus. 



1. Halesia tetraptera, Ellis, Phil. Trans, li. p. 931. tab. 32 ; 

 Linn. Sp. 636; Cav.Diss. vi. p. 338. tab. 186; Gaertner, Pruct. 

 i. 160. tab. 32. fig. 2 ; Bot. Mag. tab. 910; Lam. 111. t.404; 

 Mich. PL Bor. ii. p. 40; Pursh, PI. N. Amer. ii. p. 449; 

 Lod. Bot. Cab. 1. 1173 ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. p. 269 ;— ramulis 

 subangulatis, cortice in fibrillis solubili ; foliis ellipticis, acu- 

 minatis, serrulatis, dentibus glandulosis, membranaceis, reti- 

 culatis, junioribus pubescentibus, adultis fere glabris, costa 

 nervis venisque moUiter subpilosulis, laete viridibus, subtus 

 pallidioribus, nervis stramineis ibi prominulis, petiolo sub- 

 tenui, tereti, canaliculato, puberulo; floribus 3-4-fasciculatis, 

 ex axillis aphyllis annotinis, cum pedicellis articulatis ; pedi- 

 cello flori sequilongo, nutante, tomentoso ; calycis tubo glabro, 

 dentibus obtusiusculis, pubescentibus; petalis late obovatis, 

 glabris ; staminibus 12, filamentis late membranaceis, demum 

 canaliculatis, molliter puberulis, imo cum petalis brevissime 

 agglutinatis ; stylo glabro, staminibus Ion gi ore, stigmate fere 

 obsoleto ; fructu 4-ptero. — In Carolina, Georgia, et Plorida. 

 ?. V. in hart, Kew. 



The above diagnosis, diff*ering in some respects from that 

 given by Prof. DeCandolle, is drawn from my own observation 

 upon a tree that has been growing in Kew Gardens from the 

 time of Aiton. The leaves are 4|^-5i inches long, 2-2| inches 

 broad, upon a petiole 6 lines in length. The peduncles are 

 from 4-6 lines long. The calyx here is distinctly articulated 

 upon the peduncle, and is always glabrous, though its teeth and 



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