272 CYUILLACK-E. (CYUILLA FAMILY.) 



3. H. parviflora, Midix. Leaves ovate-ol)loni,', acute, j)ulK's<c<it on l)otli 

 sides, glaucous beneath, slightly tootlied, when young entire ; racemes somewhat 

 compound, 4 - 5-flowered, leafy; pedicels longer than the flowers; calyx tomen- 

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

 dru])e slightly and unequally winged. — In Florida, Michuux. — Leaves 2 long. 

 Corolla 10" long. ( • ) 



3. SYMPLOCOS, Jacq. 



Calyx 5-cleft, more or less adherent to the 2 -5-cclled ovarj'. Corolla 5-10- 

 pctalous. Stamens I.') or more, monadelphous or polyadelphous, inserted at 

 the base of the corolla: anthers roundish. Ovules 2-4 in each cell, suspended, 

 anatruj)(nis. Style slender: stigma entire or 3-5-parted. Berry 1-5-sccded. 

 — 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-flowercd ; 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 verv numerous. 



Order 80. CYRILLACE^. (Cyrilla Family.) 



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 2-4-celled, 

 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 albiuuen. 

 Badicle superior. 



1. CYRILLA, Garden. 



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

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

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

 spongy. — A smooth shrub or small tree. Leaves entiic. Kaccmcs 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-flowered ; 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 dnipe 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. 



