CHAP. LXXII. HALESI A CEZ. HALE‘SIA. 1189 
from 6—10. (Don’s Mill., iy. p.4.) A shrub, from 
3 ft. to 4ft. high ; a native of South Carolina and Vir- 
ginia, in swamps. It is stated to have been introduced 
in 1765, and it flowers in July and August. It bears 
a close general resemblance to S. officinale, but is “& 
smailer in all its parts. Whether a species or a variety 
is a matter of the less consequence in a gardening —.s 
point of view ; as few plants of the woody kind better , 
deserve a place against a wall, on account of the beauty SX \ 
of its white blossoms, which resemble those of the jas- SS 
mine, and are produced in the greatest abundance, on — 
almost every part of the plant. In fine seasons, these 
are succeeded by fruit about the size of a red currant, 
or of the fruit of the nettle tree. Price, in the London 
nurseries, 2s. each ; and at New York, 50 cents. 

SS 


% 4, S. PULVERULE’NTUM Miche. The powdery Storax. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 41.; Wats, Dend. Brit., t.41.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 4. 
Synonyme. S. levigatum Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 921. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 921.; Wats. Dend. Brit., t.41.; and our fig. 1011. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves almost sessile, : 
ovate or obovate, obtuse, clothed with 
powdery tomentum beneath. Flowers 
axillary, and nearly terminal by threes, 
on short pedicels. (Don’s Mill., iv. p. 
4.) A shrub, from 4 ft. to 6 ft. high; a 
native of Virginia and Carolina, in woods. 
It was introduced in 1794, and flowers 
from June to August. According to 
Pursh, it bears a close general resemblance to S. grandifolium. 


CHAP. LXXII. 
OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER HALES/A‘CEZ. 
Genus I. 
caret 
Ba 
HALE‘S/A Ellis. Tue Haxesia, or SNowprop TREE. Lin. Syst. 
Dodecandria Monogynia. 
Identification. Ellis in Lin.’Gen., No. 596.; Gertn. Fruct., 1. p. 160. t. 32.; Juss. Gen., 156.; Lindl. 
Nat. Syst. Bot., p. 228. ; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 6. 
Synonyme. Halésie, Fr. and Ger. 
Derivation. Named by Ellis in honour of the learned and venerable Stephen Hales, D.D. F.R.S., 
author of Vegetable Statistics. 
Gen. Char., Sc. Corolla monopetalous, ventricosely campanulate, with a 
4-lobed erect border. Stamens 12 to 16. Filaments combined into a tube 
at the base, and adnate to the corolla. Anthers oblong, erect, 2-celled, de- 
hiscing lengthwise. Ovarium inferior. Style 1. Stigma simple. Drupe 
dry, corticate, oblong, with 2—4-winged angles, terminated by the perma- 
nent style, containing a 2—4-celled putamen, which is acute at both ends. 
Cells 1-seeded. Seeds attached to the bottom of the cells. Testa of seeds 
simple, very thin. Eméryo the length of albumen, with linear-oblong cotyle- 
dons, and a long, linear, compressed, inferior radicle. Albumen fleshy.— | 
Trees, with alternate serrated leaves, and lateral fascicles of pedicellate 
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