450 



diptera. 2. 



parviflora. 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Hale&ia, 



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-hell Tree. 

 H. foliis oblongo-ovatis obtuse-acuminatis membranaceis, 



floribus octandris, fructu subelliptico, alls alternis ma- 



joribus.— /-F///J. sp. pi. 2. p. Mg. 

 Icon. Cavan. diss. 6. t. IS/. 

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



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



preceding species. 

 3. H. fructu insqualiter subtetraptero clavato floribusque 



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

 In Florida near Matanza. Michaux. T2 • + • 



548. STYRAX. Gen. pi 753. 



grandifo- 1. S. foliis lato-obovatis acuminatis subtus toraentosis, ra- 



lium. cemis multifloris elongatis, pedunculis inferioribus 



asillaribus solitariis unirtoris. — IVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 622. 

 S. officinale. JValt. fl. car. 140. 

 S. grandiflorum, Mich.Ji. avier. 2. p. 41. 

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

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

 the two following likewise are ; flowers white. 



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

 turn. pulverulento-tomentosis, floribus axillaribus et sub- 



terno-terminalibus brevissime pedicel lalis. — Mich.Ji. 

 amer. 1. p. 41. 

 S.lsevigatum. Bot. mag. Q21. 



In woods of Virginia and Carolina. Pj . June' — Aug. 

 V. V. Resembles the foregoing one. The figure re- 

 ferred to represents the present species, 5. Iceviga- 

 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. ]88./. 1. 



S. Isevigatum. IFlUd. sp. pi. 2. p. 624. 



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



S. Iseve. IFalt.Ji. car. 140. 



In the swamps of Virginia and Carolina. T^ ■ J'-iiy> Aug. 

 V. V. Not above three or four feet high 5 the number 

 of stamina is from six to ten. 



