450 MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Halesia. 



In shady woods, on the banks of rivers : Carolina. Tj . 

 April, May. v. v. A handsome small tree ; flowers 

 white, resembling those of Snow-drops, from which 

 it has been called Snow-drop Tree or Silver-bell Tree, 

 diplera. 2. H. foliis oblongo-ovatis obtuse-acuminatis membranaceis, 



Horibus octandris, fructu subelliptico, alls alternis ma- 

 joribus. — IVilld. sp. pi. 1. p. 849. 

 Icon. Cavan. diss. 6. t. I87. 



In shady forests of Georgia. Tj . April, May, v. v. s. 

 Jl. ; V. s. in Herb. Lyon. Flowers larger than the 

 preceding species. 

 parvijlora. 3. H. fructu in.-equaliter subtetraptero clavato floribusque 

 parvulis. — Mich.fl. amer. 2. p. 40. 

 In Florida near Matanza. Michaux. J^ • +• 



548. STYRAX. Gen. pi. 753. 



^randifo- 1, S. foliis lato-obovatis acuminatis subtus tomentosis, ra- 



lium. cemis multifloris elongatis, pedunculis inferioribus 



axillaribus solitariis unifloris. — IVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 622. 



S. officinale. fFalt. ft. car. 140. 



S. grandiflorum. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 41. 



In woods, on the banks of rivers : Virginia to Georgia. 

 Pj . June — Aug. v. v. A fine ornamental shrub, as 

 the two following likewise are ; flowers white. 

 pulverukn- 2. S. foliis subsessilibus ovalibus s. obovatis obtusis subtus 

 lum. pulverulento-tomentosis, floribus axillaribus et sub- 



terno-terminalibus brevissime pedicellalis. — Mich.fl. 

 amer. 2. p. 41. 



S. laevigatum. Bot.vfag.g2]. 



Jn woods of Virginia and Carolina. Tj . June — Aug. 

 v.v. Resembles the foregoing one.' The figure re- 

 ferred to represents the present species, S. laeviga- 

 tum or the following species has to my knowledge 

 not yet been introduced into Europe. 

 glalrum. 3. S. foliis ovali-lanceolatis utrinque acutis glabris, pedun- 



culis axillaribus unifloris solitariis binisve. — Cavan. 

 di<s. 6. t. 188./. 1. 



S. laevigatum. IVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 624. 



S. americanum. Lam. encycl. 1. p. 82. 



S.lseve. mUt. J. car. 140. 



In the swamps of Virginia and Carolina. Tj . July, Aug. 

 V. V. Not above three or four feet high ; the number 

 of stamina is from six to ten. 



