272 CYRILLACEiE. (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-fiowered, leafy ; pedicels longer than the flowere ; calyx tomen- 

 tose ; the teeth ovate, acute ; corolla small, tomentose, 4-parted ; stamens 8 ; 

 drupe slightly and unequally winged. — In Florida, Micliaux. — Leaves 2' long. 

 Corolla 10" long. ( * ) 



3. SYMPLOCOS, Jacq. 



Calyx 5-cleft, more or less adherent to the 2 - 5-ccllcd ovary. Corolla 5 - 10- 

 pctalous. Stamens 1.') or moi-c, 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. 



Order 80. CYRILLACE^E. (Cyrilla Family.) 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate evergreen leaves, Avithout 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 2-4-ceIled, 

 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. 



1. CYRILLA, Garden. 



Calyx small, 5-sepalous, persistent. Corolla 5-petalous, spreading, decidu- 

 ous. Stamens 5, opposite the sepals, subulate, spreading : anthers oval. Stjde 

 persistent : stigma 2-lobed. Drupe ovate, 2-celled, 2-seeded ; the pericarp 

 spongy. — A smooth shrub or small tree. Leaves entire. Racemes clustered 

 at the base of the branches of the season, rigid, spreading. Flowers small, on 

 short 2-bracted pedicels. 



1. C racemiflora, Walt. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong (2' - 4' 

 long), on short petioles ; racemes straight, many-flowercd ; drupe dry, ovate, 

 tipped with the conspicuous slender style, mostly 1 -seeded. — Varies with smaller 

 (1'- 1^') oblanceolate and more rigid leaves, and the nearly globose drupe tipped 

 with the short and thick style. — Shady banks, and (the variety) in pine-barren 

 ponds, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. July. — Racemes 3' - 6' long. 



