XLIV. 5TYRA CE.E 



^TY^RAX. 



619 



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. 



Halcsirt 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. 



3. 5. (o.) l.evigaVum AU. 

 leaved Storax. 



The smooth- 



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



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

 Symmi'nes- S. octandrura VHirit. Stirp. Nov. 2. t. 17. ; 



5. giibrum Cav. Diss. 6. p. 340. t. 1S8. f. 1. ; S. Ise've 



IVall. Fl. Carol. 140.; S. americinura Latn. Did. 1. 



p. S2. 

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



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



diges's collection. 



1200. S. (o. ) grandifolium. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Leaves oval-lanceolate, acute at both ends, glabrous 

 surfiices, toothed. Peduncles axillary, or twin, 1-flowered. Stam 

 6 to 10. (Do?i'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. 



on both 

 ens from 



r-;(;l. A. (o.) laevigktum. 



1202. S. (o.) IffiYigatum. 



^ 4. S. (o.) pulverule'ntum Michx. The powdery Storax. 



Idcntijication. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 41. ; Don's Blill., 4. p. 4. 



Sjinonyme. S. Isvigatura Bot. Mag. t. 921. 



JEiigravings. Bot. Mag., t. 921. ; Dend. Brit., l. 41. ; and our^. 1203. 



Sj)ec. Char., Sf-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.) 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. 



1205. S. (o.) pulTeruI^r.tym. 



Order XLV. HALES/JT^. 



! Orh. Ch.ir. Ca/y.r 4-toothed. Co?W/rt campanulate, 4-iobed. Stamens I~ 

 16; monadelphous at the base, and adnate to the corolla. Ovarium inferior. 

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



