ORDER 75. STYRACACE^E. 



1. SYM'PLOCOS, Jacq. (Gr. (TVjUTAoffo^, connected; referring to tte 

 stamens.) Calyx 5-clet't ; corolla 5-parted, spreading, imbricated in 

 bud ; stamens GO, in 5 clusters, one attached to the base of each petal, 

 filaments slender, anthers globular ; ovary 3-celled, the lower half ad- 

 herent ; drupe dry, with a 3-celled, mostly 1-secded nut. Shrubs or 

 trees, with axillary clusters or racemes of small yellow fls. 



S. tinctoria L'Her. Lvs. oval or elliptical, acuminate, acute at base, thick, ob- 

 scurely denticulate, puberulent beneath ; fls. sessile, in axillary, dense clusters of 

 6 to 12 ; cal. lobes ovate, obtuse. Va. to Fla. and La. A small tree 10 to 20f 

 high. Lvs. mostly evergreen, crowded near the ends of the branches, 3 to 5' 

 long, sweet to the taste, turning jvllowish in drying, and affording a useful yellow 

 dye. Fr. oblong-ovoid (5 to G' long), crowned with the calyx teeth. Mar., Ape. 



2. STY' RAX, Tourn. Calyx campanulate, truncate or 5-toothed } 

 corolla deeply 5-parted, much longer than the calyx ; stamens 10, 

 joined to the base of the corolla, filaments united into a short tube at 

 ba^e; anthers linear, erect; ovary adherent at base", fruit coriaceous^ 

 1 -celled, mostly 1 -seeded. Shrubs with alternate Ivs, and axillary 

 racemes of white, drooping, showy fls. 



1 S. pulverulenta MX. Branchlets, pedicels, and calyx pulacruknt-downtj ; 

 Ivs. broadly oval, obtuse, glandular-serrulate, rust-downy beneath ; fls. axillary and 

 2 or 3 together at the end of the branchlets. Vo, to Fla. Shrub 2 to 3f 'high,- 

 growing in clumps, wet places. Branches virgate. Lvs. small, about 1' by 8 to 

 9", nearly sessile. Fed. 2 to 3" long. Cal. hoary, with minute, sharp teeth. 

 Pet. 6 ' long. Mar., Apr. 



2 S. Americana Lam. Plant glabrous ; Ivs. oblong or elliptical acute at each end, 

 wavy or remotely denticulate at edge ; rae. leafy, few-flowered ; pedicels shorter 

 than or about as long as the flower; cal. turbinate, short. Shrub with slender, 

 straggling branches, 4 to 8f high, in swamps, Va. to Fla. and La. Lvs. 1 to 3' 

 long. Rae. 3 to 5-flowered. Fls. 6 to 7" long, axillary, and partly naked. Cal. 

 1" long. Apr. (S. glabrum MX.) 



/?. LEVE. Lvs. thicker; pedicels shorter than the flower; corolla downy,- 

 Car. to La. The Ivs. aw often ovate. (S. leve Walt.) 



3 S. grandifolia Ait. Lvs. ample, broadly obovate, acute at base, short-acumV 

 nate or acute, entire or dentate, hoary-tomentous beneath; roc. tomentous, naked, 

 longer than the Ivs., oo-flowered. Va. to Fla.. common. Shrub 6 to 12f high. 

 Lvs. 3 to 6' by 2 to 5', the petioles only 3 to 4". Rae. often branched, 5 to 8' ; 

 cor. imbricated in bud, wide bell-shaped, longer than the pedicels. Apr., May. 



ft. GRAXDIDE.VTATA (Feay). Lvs. strongly dentate, smaller (2 to 3' by 1 to 2'), 

 pet, nearly as broad as long. Ga. 



3. HALE'SIA, Ellis. SNOWDROP TREE. (To the learned and ven : 

 crable Stephen Hales, D.D., F,R.S., 1730.) Calyx obconic, briefly 

 4-lobed ; corolla inserted into the calyx, campanulate, with a narrow 

 bas?, 4-cleft or 4-parted ; stamens 8 to 12, connate into a tube below ; 

 style filiform, pubescent ; fruit dry, 4-wingcd, wings equal or alternately 

 smaller ; seeds 1 to 3. N. Am. shrubs or trees. Lvs. alternate, abruptly 

 acuminate, finely denticulate or entire. Fls. in advance of the Ivs. pen- 

 dulous, in lateral clusters of 3 to 5, white, showy. 



1 H. tetraptera L. Lvs. oblong-ovate ; cor. (G" long) petals united more than 

 halfway; sty. much exserted, twice longer than the 12 stamens; fil. slightly 

 united ; fr. equally 4- winged. Va. to Ky. to Fla. Shrub or small tree 10 to 2 Of 

 high. Lvs. downy beneath, at length ample (2 to 5' by 1 to 3 ). Fls. in clusters 

 of about 3, shorter than the pedicels. Apr., May. 



2 H. diptera L. Lvs. oblong-obovate ; oor. (t'long), petal* slightly united ntbas(\ 

 oblong-obovate, style hot exsert. as iong as the 8 stamens; 111. united half way 

 up; fr. 2- winged. Woods, Car. to Fla,. W. to Aik. h'inaU <:r large tree, usually 



