246 STYRACEAE • OLEACEAE 



HALESIA — continued 



with star-shaped hairs. Fls. f. Fruit up to i|, 4-winged. South-east 



United States. (Fig. 104 a.) 

 H. diptera. 15. May. D. Ls. 5, nearly hairless. Fls. |, deeply lobed. Fruit 



1 1, 2-winged. South-east United States. (Fig. 104 B.) 

 H. monticola. 100, May. D. Ls. 5, nearly hairless. Fls. i. Fruit 2, 4-winged. 



South-east United States. (Fig. 104 c.) 



Pterostyrax (Halesia) hispida. Asagara, Epaulette Tree. 40. June-July. D. 

 Branchlets hairless. Ls. alternate, ov., 8, tapering base, pointed, minutely toothed, 

 downy below or nearly hairless. Fls. \, white, fragrant in drooping axillary panicles, 

 K (5), C (5), Aid, G. Fruit \, dry, spindle-shaped, 5-10-ribbed, calyx persistent. 

 China and Japan. (Fig, 104 d.) 



STYRAX. Buds with one outer scale. Ls. alternate, ov., minutely toothed, 

 very shortly stalked. Fls. i, white, in racemes or clusters at end of short side twigs, 

 K (5), C (5), Aio, G. Fruit egg-shaped, enclosed in persistent calyx. 



S. americanum. American Storax. 8. June-July. D. Ls. ov., lane, 3, wedge- 

 shaped base, nearly hairless. Fls. in few-flowered racemes. Fruit \. 

 South-east United States. 

 S. Hemsleyamim. 30. June. D. Ls. obov., 5, nearly hairless. Fls. in many- 

 flowered racemes. China. 

 S.japonicum. 25. June-July. D. Ls. ov., 3, distantly toothed, hairless except 

 for tufts in vein-axils. Fls. hanging vertically in few-flowered clusters. 

 Fruit |. China and Japan. (Fig. 104 g.) 

 S. Ohassia. 30. June. D. Ls. roundish ov., 8, toothed in outer half, downy 

 below, stalk swollen. Fls. drooping, in many-flowered racemes. Fruit f , 

 velvety. Japan. (Fig. 104 e.) 



Symplocos paniculata (S. crataegoides). 30. May. D. Branches slender, 

 spreading. Ls. alternate, ov., 3, pointed, sharply toothed, conspicuously veined 

 and downy below. Fls. |, white, fragrant, in dense terminal or axillary panicles, 

 K (5), C (5), A 00, G (2), stamens in five bundles. Fruit ^, egg-shaped, blue, 

 containing a i -seeded stone. Himalaya to Japan. (Fig. 103 j.) 



Family 66. OLEACEAE. K (4), C (4-6) or o, A 2, G (2) 



Abeliophyllum distichum. 3. May. D. Branchlets with chambered pith. 

 Ls. opposite ov., 3, entire, hairy, short-stalked, in two opposite rows. Fls. |, 

 white, in small axillary racemes. Fruit i, flat, winged. Corea. (Fig. 70 c.) 



CHIONANTHUS. Fringe Tree. Ls. opposite or sub-opposite, ov., entire, 

 tapering base. Fls. white, with four strap-shaped petals ; in loose panicles. Fruit 

 a dark blue i -seeded berry. 



C. retiisa. Chinese Fringe Tree. 30. June. D. Ls. ov., 4, pointed, blunt or 



notched at end. Petals f . China and Japan. 

 C virginica. Fringe Tree. 30. June. D. Ls. ov., oblong, 8, pointed. Petals 

 I long. East United States. (Fig. 69 a.) 



Fontanesia phillyreoides. id. June. D. Branchlets 4-angled. Ls. opposite 

 ov., lane, 2, entire, pointed, hairless. Fls. very small, greenish white, in terminal 

 panicles. Fruit \, dry, flat, winged, 2-seeded. Asia Minor. (Fig. 69 B.) 



