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2. H. (T.) PARVIFLO X RA Michx. The small-flowered Halesia, or 

 Snowdrop Tree. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 40. ; Pursh Sept, 2. 



p. 450. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 6. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 952. ; and our fig. 1206. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate, oblong, acute, nearly 

 entire. Flowers octandrous. Fruit clavate, 

 slightly winged. Leaves downy, glaucous be- 

 neath. Racemes panicled. Flowers white, 

 drooping. Calycine teeth ovate. (Don's Mill.) 

 A low deciduous tree. Florida. Height 10ft. 

 Introduced in 1802. Flowers white ; May. Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Garden. 

 Obviously a seminal variety of the preceding 



Species. 1206. H. (t.) parvifl&ra. 



2 3. H. DI'PTERA L. The two-winged-/nwferf Halesia, or Snowdrop Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL. 636. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 7. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 1172.; and our fig. 1207. 



Spec. Char. y fyc. Leaves ovate, acute, serrated. Petioles 

 smooth and even. Pedicels elongated. Fruit with 2 

 large opposite wings, and 2 obsolete ones. Flowers 

 octandrous. Leaves much larger than those of either 

 of the preceding species. (Don's Mill.) A low deciduous 

 tree. Georgia and Carolina, in shady places, on banks 

 of rivers. Height 10ft. Introduced in 1758. Flowers 

 white ; April and May. 

 The leaves of this species are broad, resembling those 



