NT C CYRILLACEM, (CYRILLA FAMILY.) 
3. H. parviflora, Michx. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, pubescent on both — 
sides, glaucous beneath, slightly toothed, when young entire; racemes somewhat — 
compound, 4 — 5-flowered, leafy ; pedicels longer than the flowers ; calyx tomen- 
tose ; the teeth ovate, acute; corolla small, tomentose, 4-parted ; stamens 8; 
drupe slightly and unequally winged. — In Florida, Michaux. — Leaves 2' long. 
Corolla 10" long. (*) 
3. SYMPLOCOS, Jacq. 
Calyx 5-cleft, more or less adherent to the 2 —5-celled ovary. Corolla 5-10- 
petalous. Stamens 15 or more, monadelphous or polyadelphous, inserted at 
the base of the corolla: anthers roundish. Ovules 2 —4 in each cell, suspended, 
anatropous. Style slender: stigma entire or 3—5-parted. Berry 1-5-seeded. — 
— Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, serrate. Flowers axillary, in racemes or 
clusters. 
1. S. tinctoria, L'Her. Leaves smooth, coriaceous, oblong, partly per- 
sistent ; clusters sessile, 6 — 12-flowered ; calyx smooth, top-shaped, the lobes 
obtuse ; corolla yellow; stamens in 5 sets; stigma entire, berry 1-seeded.— 
Low woods and banks of streams, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. 
March. — A small tree. Leaves 3'—4' long, sweetish. Flowers very numerous. 
Orper 80. CYRILLACE. (Cyrrmra FAMILI.) 
Trees or shrubs, with alternate evergreen leaves, without stipules, and 
perfect white flowers in lateral or terminal racemes. — Calyx of 4—5 sepals. 
Petals 5 — 8, hypogynous, imbricated in the bud, Stamens 5 — 10, inserted 
with the petals: anthers introrse, opening lengthwise. Ovary 2- 
with a single suspended ovule in each cell. Stigma entire or 2 - 4-lobed. 
Fruit 2—4-seeded. Embryo straight in the axis of fleshy albumen. 
Radicle superior. | : 
l CYRILLA, Garden. 
Calyx small, 5-sepalous, persistent. Corolla 5-petalous, spreading, decidu- 
ous. Stamens 5, opposite the sepals, subulate, spreading: anthers oval. 
persistent: stigma 2-lobed. Drupe ovate, 2-celled, 2-seeded; the pericarp 
spongy. — A smooth shrub or small tree. Leaves entire. Racemes clustere! 
. at the base of the branches of the season, rigid, spreading. Flowers small, Oh 
. |. C. racemiflora, Walt. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong e ef 
long), on short petioles ; racemes straight, many-flowered ; drupe dry, ovale, 
tipped with the conspicuous slender style, mostly 1-seeded. — Varies with smaller 
_____(1'~1}!) oblanceolate and more rigid leaves, and the nearly globose drupe tippet 
~ With the short and thick style. — Shady banks, and (the variety) in pine-ba 
