STYRACACEE. (STORAX FAMILY.) 271 
Taos. SYMPLOCINEJE. Calyx 5-cleft: stamens indefinite: ovules pendulous: 
pubescence simple. 
8. SYMPLOCOS. Flowers in sessile clusters. Fruit baccate. 
1, STYRAX, Tourn. Srorax. 
Calyx 5 - 8-toothed, free, or partly adherent to the 3-celled ovary. Corolla 
deeply 5-parted, with spreading or reflexed lobes, hypogynous or perigynous. 
Stamens 10, free or adnate to the tube of the corolla. Style filiform. Ovary 
completely or partly 3-celled. Capsule globose, 3-valved, 1-seeded. — Shrubs, 
. With a downy or scurfy stellate pubescence. Leaves entire or toothed. Flowers 
white, in leafy racemes. 
1. S, pulverulentum, Michx. Leaves small (1'- 1j! long), elliptical 
or obovate, entire or toothed, the lower surface and branches scurfy ; racemes 
lateral, 3-7-flowered, often by pairs, hoary; calyx-teeth subulate. — Pine- 
barren swamps, Florida and Georgia. April and May. — Shrub 2°-12° high. 
Racemes l'-2'long. Flowers fragrant. 
2. 8. grandifolium, Ait. Leaves large (2/— 4! long), oval or obovate, 
acute, mostly entire; the lower surface, like the branches and many-flowered 
racemes, hoary; calyx furrowed, with triangular acute teeth. — Rich woods, 
Florida to North Carolina, and westward. April and May.— Shrub 4°-6° 
high. Racemes 3! — 5/ long. i c 
3. S. Americanum, Lam. Leaves thin, obovate, or oblong-obovate, 
Acute, smooth ; racemes scurfy, not hoary, 4 —6-flowered, terminal; calyx-teeth 
short, subulate. (S. glabrum and S. læve, Ell.) — Banks of streams, in the 
middle and upper districts, Mississippi to North Carolina. May.— Shrub 
49-80 high. Leaves 1/-2!/ long. Racemes 1! long. 
2. HALESIA, Ellis.  Sxowpnor-TnEr. 
' Calyx obconical, slightly 4-8-toothed, adnate to the 3-4-celled ovary. 
Corolla inserted on the calyx, 4-lobed or 4-petalous. Stamens 8 - 16, separate 
or united below, free from the corolla: anthers linear. Qvules 4 in each cell, 
2 of them erect, and 2 pendulous. .Drupe dry, 2-4-winged, 1 — 3-seeded. 
Seeds cylindrical. — Shrubs or small trees. Leaves ample. Flowers in short 
racemes, appearing with the leaves, white, drooping. pe coe 
* Ovary 3-celled : corolla 4-petalous : stamens mostly 8, distinct : drupe 2-winged. j 
i H. diptera, L. Leaves oval, coarsely serrate, pubescent, 4/— 5! long ; 
Tacemes 2-4-flowered, the flowers on long pedicels ; corolla 1/ long ; anthers 
Spreading ; drupe compressed, 1! long.— Rich woods, Florida and Georgia. 
March and April. b meg 
* * Ovary 4-celled : corolla 4-lobed : stamens mostly 12, united below the middle: ee 
iv e ae drupe 4-winged. me a " M T. : Le a 
. .* H. tetraptera, L. Leaves oblong, finely serrate, at length smoothish, = 
Medii long; flowers 2—4 in a cluster, 8'/—10/ long; anthers erect. — Ris : 
