XLIV. STYRA CEJE I STY RAX. 



619 



S. (o, ) grandifoliu 



woods, on the banks of rivers, from Virginia 

 to Georgia. Height 8 ft. to 10 ft. Intro- 

 duced in 1765. Flowers white ; June to 

 August. 

 Halesza diptera, the leaves of which closely 



resemble those of Styrax grandifolium, but 



differ from it in not being downy beneath, is 



frequently sold for it in the nurseries. 



j* 3. S. (o.) L/EVIGA*TUM Ait. The smooth- 

 leaved Storax. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kevv., 2. p. 72. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 



2. p. 624. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 4. 

 Synonyncs. S. octfindrum L'Htlrit. Stirp. Nov. 2. t. 17. ; 



,!?. giabrum Cav. Diss. 6. p. 340. t. 188. f. 1. ; S. laeVe 



Walt. Fl. Carol. 140.; S. americanum Lam. Diet. 1. 



p. 82. 



Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 960. ; Dend. Brit., t. 40. ; our 

 Jig. 1201., and fig. 1202. from a plant in Messrs. Lod- 



diges's collection. 



Spec. Cliar.y $c. Leaves oval-lanceolate, acute at both ends, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, toothed. Peduncles axillary, or twin, 1-flowered. Stamens from 

 6 to 10. (Don's Mill.) 

 A deciduous shrub, 

 bearing a close resem- 

 blance to S. officinale, 

 but smaller in all its 

 parts. South Carolina 

 and Virginia, in swamps. 

 Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. 

 Introduced in 1765. 

 Flowers white ; July 

 and August. 



In fine seasons, the 

 flowers are succeeded by 

 fruit about the size of a red 

 currant, or of the fruit of 

 the nettle tree. 



1201. S. (o.) laevigJitum. 



1202. S. (o.) laeTigitum. 



3fe 4. S. (o.) PULVERULE'NTUM Michx. The powdery Storax. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 41. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 4. 



Synonyme. S. laevigatum Bot. Mag. t. 921. 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 921. ; Dend. Brit., t. 41. ; and our fig. 1203. 



Spec. Char., fyc. 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.) A 

 deciduous shrub, bearing a close resem- 

 blance to S. grandifolium. Virginia and 

 Carolina, in woods. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. 

 Introduced in 1794. Flowers white ; 

 June to August. 



1203. S. (o.) pulvtiu'^tum. 



ORDER XLV. 



ORD. CHAR. Calyx 4-toothed. Corolla campanulate, 4-lobed. Stamens 12 

 16; monadclphous at the base, and adnate to the corolla. Ovarhim inferior. 

 Style and Stigma simple. Drupe dry, with 2 4 winged angles, contain- 



