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FAMILIES OF FLOWEEING PLANTS 



adnate to the ovary, 6-lobed above. Corolla 5-parted. Stamens very 

 numerous, the filaments somewhat united at the base of each corolla- 

 lobe. Ovary 2-5-celled, becoming a small 1-seeded drupe. The family 

 consists only of the genus Symplocos, with about 175 species, natives of 

 tropical regions and particularly abundant in tropical America. A single 

 species, 8. tincforia, occurs in the southern United States ; it is a pretty 

 shrub, with large green leaves and bright yellow flowers. In Brazil an 

 infusion of the leaves of some species is used as tea ; nearly all contain 

 a coloring matter or dye, as may be seen by the fact of the leaves turn- 

 ing yellow in drying. 



Family Styracaceae. Storax Family. These also are shrubs or trees 

 with regular, mostly perfect flowers, the calyx-tube partly adnate to the 

 ovary and 4-5-cleft. Corolla 4-8-lobed, the lobes sometimes distinct, 

 making it polypetalous. Stamens 8-10 or more, borne on the corolla, 

 the filaments united at base. Ovary 2-5-celled, becoming in fruit a 

 berry or a dry drupe, occasionally winged. The family contains about 

 7 genera and 75 species, mainly of the tropics. 



Mohrodendron contains two species of exceedingly ornamental small 



Fig. 187. 



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The Silver-bell Tree {Mohrodendron CaroHnum), showing flowers 

 and fruit, reduced one-half. Original. 



