270 STYRACACEJE&. (STORAX FAMILY.) 
tuse, ciliate. (I. monticola, Gray?) — Sandy margins of swamps, Florida, and 
northward, April. — A shrub or small tree. Leaves 1/—4' long. l 
6. I. Amelanchier, M. A. Curtis. Leaves oblong, barely acute at each 
end, serrulate, pubescent and finely reticulate beneath ; fruiting pedicels solitary, 
as long as the petioles ; drupe large, red ; nutlets strongly 3-ribbed on the back; 
calyx-teeth acute. — Swamps, Society Hill, South Carolina, Curtis. — Leaves 
about 2/ long, 1' wide. Drupe 3 — 4" in diameter. 
$3. Prinos.— Parts of the flower mostly 6 — 9 : nutlets smooth and even on the back. 
* Leaves deciduous : drupe red. 
7. I. verticillata, Gray. Leaves (thick) oval, obovate, or wedge-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, rather coarsely serrate, paler and pubescent beneath ; flowers all ' 
clustered, 6-parted, on short pedicels; fruit abundant. (Prinos verticillatus, L) 
— Low ground, West Florida, and northward. April. — A large shrub. Leaves 
about 2’ long. Pedicels shorter than the petioles. i 
8. I. lanceolata. Leaves lanceolate, finely and remotely serrate, acute at 
each end, smooth on both sides, membranaceous ; fertile flowers scattered qu 
ally in pairs, 6-parted ; sterile ones clustered, triandrous ; drupes small. (Prinos 
lanceolatus, Pursh.) — Lower districts of Georgia and South Carolina, Pursh. 
June. (*) : 
* * Leaves smooth, evergreen: drupe black. 
9. I. glaber, Gray. Leaves wedge-oblong or obovate, crenately a= 
toothed near the apex ; sterile peduncles many-flowered ; the fertile, 1-flowered ; 
flowers all 6-9-parted. (Prinos glaber, L.)— Low pine barrens, Florida to 
Mississippi, and northward. May. — Shrub 29 - 49 high. 
10. I. coriacea. Leaves oval or oblong-obovate, entire or with sharp scat 
tered teeth, viscid when young; peduncles 1-flowered, the sterile ones mostly 
clustered, the fertile solitary ; flowers 6 — 9-parted. (Prinos coriaceus, Ell.) — 
Wet thickets, Florida, Georgia, and westward. May.— Shrub 49 — 8° high. 
Orver 79. STYRACACEM. (Srorax Fawr.) 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, without stipules. Flowers perfect. 
— Calyx 4~8-toothed, or entire, free, or adherent to the 2- 
ovary. Corolla hypogynous, or inserted on the calyx, 4 — 8-lobed or As 
petalous. Stamens inserted on the base of the corolla, twice as many 28 
its divisions, or more numerous, separate, or monadelphous or polyadel- 
phous at the base. Style single. Fruit capsular or drupaceous, 1T 
celled. Seeds anatropous, mostly solitary in each cell. Embryo nearly 
aslong asthe albumen. Cotyledons flat. Radicle slender. i3 
Tame L STYRACEJE. Calyx4-8-toothed, or entire: 
