270 STYRAC.\.CE.*:. (STOKAX FAMILY.) 



tusc, ciliatc. (I. monticola, Gray?) — Sandy margins of swamps, Florida, and 

 nortlnvaid. April. — A slirub or small tree. Leaves l'-4' long. 



6. I. Amelanchier, M- A. Curtis. Leaves oblong, barely acute at earh 

 end, serrulate, |)ut)escent and finely reticulate beneath ; fruitinj; pedicels solitary, 

 as long as the petioles; drupe large, rcd ; nutlets stron;ily .^-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 mosllij G - 9 : nvtbts smooth and even on thclnuk. 

 * Leaves dtciduous : di-upe red. 



7. I. verticillata, Gray. Leaves (thick) oval, obovatc, or wedge-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, rather coarsely serrate, paler and pubescent beneath ; flowers all 

 clustered, G-parted, on short pedicels; fruit abundant. (Trinos vcrticillatns, L.) 

 — Low ground, West Florida, and northward. April. — A large shrub. Leaves 

 about 2' long. Pedicels shorter than the petioles. 



\f 8. I. lanceolata. Leaves lanceolate, finely and remotely serrate, acnte at 

 each end, smooth on both sides, memliranaccous ; fertile flowers scattered gener- 

 ally in pairs, 6-parted ; sterile ones clustered, triandroiis; drupes small. (Prinos 

 lanccolatus, Pursh.) — Lower districts of Georgia and South Carolina, Pursh. 

 June. (*) 



* * Leaves smooth, evergreen : dnipe black. 



9. I. glaber, Gray. Leaves wedge-oblong or obovate, crenatcly 2-4- 

 toothed near the apex ; sterile peduncles many-flowered ; tlie fertile, 1-flowered ; 

 flowers all 6-9-partcd. (Prinos glaber, L.) — Low pine barrens, Florida to 

 Mississijijii, and northward. May. — Shrub 2° - 4° high. 



10. I. coi'iacea. Leaves oval or oblong-obovatc, entire or with sharp scat- 

 tered teeth, viscid when yqung ; peduncles 1-flowered, the sterile ones mostly 

 clustered, the fertile solitary; flowers 6-9-parted. (Prinos coriaceus, Eli] — 

 Wet thickets, Florida, Georgia, and westward. May. — Slirub 4° - 8° high. 



OitDKR 79. STYRACACE^. (Storax Family.) 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, without stipules. Flowers perfect 

 — Calyx 4 - 8-toothed, or entire, free, or adherent to the 2 - 5-eelled 

 ovary. Corolla hypogynous, or inserted on the calyx, 4 - 8-lobed or 4 - 8- 

 petalous. Stamens inserted on the base of the corolla, twice as many as 

 its divisions, or more numerous, separate, or nionadclphous or pblyadel- 

 phous at tlie base. Style single. Fruit capsular or drupaceous, 1-5- 

 celled. Seeds anatropous, mostly solitary in each cell. Embryo nearly 

 as long as the albumen. Cotyledons flat. Radicle slender. 



Tribe L STYRACE.*:. Calyx4-8-toothcd,or ontiro : otampim 2 -4 tlmos ft.i mnny m 

 the dlvlHionn of tbccorolla: ovules partly erect or sprcadiag, and partly pendulous : pu- 

 bcHccnco Htellatc. 



1. 8TYHAX Fruit cnpnulnr, l-ccUod. Ovary free from the calyx, or partly adhorent. 



2. IIALKSTA. Fruit druparcous, 2 -4-wlugcd, 2-4 colled. Ovary wholly uuitcd with the 



calyx. 



