XLV. HALESI^ CEJE : HALE SIA. 



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! S 2. H. (t.) parviflo^ra Michx. The small-flowered Halesia, or 

 I Snoivdrop Tree. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 40. ; Pursh Sept, 8. 

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

 I Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 952. ; and onr fig. 1206. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves ovate, oblong, acute, nearly 

 entire. Flowers octandrous. Fruit clavate, 

 I slightly winged. Leaves downy, glaucous be- 

 neath. Racemes panicled. Flowers white, 

 (.Irooping. Calycine teeth ovate. (Don'.9 Mill.) 

 A low deciduous tree. Florida. Height 10 ft. 

 Introduced in 1802. Flowers white ; May. Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Garden. 



Obviously a seminal variety of the preceding _ 



species. ,205. H. (t.) parrifltra. 



5f 3. H. Di'pTERA L. The two-winged^/ ui^erf Halesia, or Snowdrop Tree. 



I ^'j^'tification. Lin. Sp. PI., 63G. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 7. 

 i-ngravings. Bot. Cab., t. 1172. ; and oar fig. 1207. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, acute, serrated. Petioles 

 smooth and even. Pedicels elongated. Fruit with 2 

 large opposite wings, and 2 obsolete ones. Flowers 

 I 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 10 ft. Introduced in 1758. Flowers 

 white ; April and May. 



The leaves of this species are broad, resembling those 



1207. H.dipUrn. 



