270 STYRAC.VCK.-K. (STORAX FAMILY.) 



tusc, ciliate. (I. nioiilioola, (]rnij?) — Sandy niarf,nns of swainps, Florida, and 

 nortliward. April. — A shrub or small tree. Leaves l'-4'long. 



6. I. Amelanchier, M. A. Curtis. Leaves ohlonf;, barely acute at caeli 

 end, serrulate, jiuhescent and finely rctieulatc beneath ; frnitinj^ pedieels solitary, 

 as long as the j)etioles ; drupe larj^ e^-ed ; nutlets stron^xly 3-ril)bc(l on the baek ; 

 calyx-teetli acute. — Swaujps, Society Ilill, South Carolina, Curtis. — Leaves 

 about 2' long, 1' wide. Drupe 3" -4" in diameter. 



^ 3. Pkixos. — Parts of the flower mostly 6 - 9 : nntlrts smooth and evni on the back. 

 * Leaves deciduous : drupe red . 



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

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

 clustered, 6-partcd, on short pedicels; fruit abundant. (Prinos veiticillatus, L.) 

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

 about 2' long. Pedicels sliorter than the petioles. 



8. I. lanceolata. Leaves lanceolate, finely and remotely scn-ate, acute at 

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

 ally in paire, 6-parted; sterile ones clustered, triandrons; drupes small. (Prinos 

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

 June. (*) 



* * Leaves smooth, evergreen : drupe blac k. 



9. I. glabra, Gray. Leaves wedge-oblong or obovatc, crcnately 2-4- 

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

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

 Mississippi, and northward. May. — Skrub 2° - 4° high. 



10. I. COriacea. Leaves oval or oblong-obovate, entire or Avith sharp scat- 

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

 clustered, the fertile solitary; flowers 6-9-partcd. (Prinos coriaceus, Ell.) — 

 "Wet thickets, Florida, Georgia, and westward. Slay. — Shrub 4° - 8° high. 



Order 79. STYRACACEiE. (Storax Family.) 



Trees or shrubs. Loaves alternate, without stipules. Flowei-s perfect. 

 — Calyx 4 - 8-tootlied, or entire, free, or adherent to the 2-5-celled 

 ovary. Corolla hypogynous, or inserted on the calyx, 4 - 8-lol)ed or 4 - 8- 

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

 its divisions, or more numerous, separate, or monadelphous or polyadel- 

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

 celled. Seeds anatropous, mostly solitary in each cell. P3rabryo nearly 

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



Tribe I. STYRACE.flE. Calyx 4 -Stoothed, or entire : stamens 2 - 4 times a.s many as 

 the divisions of the corolla: ovules partly erect or spreading, and partly pendulous : pu- 

 bescence stellate. 



1. STYHAX Fruit capsular, l-celled. Ovary free from the calyx, or partly adherent. 



2. UALESIA. Fruit drupaceous, 2-4-wlnged, 2-4 celled. Ovary wholly united with the 



calyx. 



