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 Botani al C ar len VVm Treleise 



STYL6PH0EUM (Greek, style and 

 bearint), in reference to the persistent 

 style). Papaverctcae. A genus of prob- 

 ably 3 species of perennial herbs, one 

 American and the others from southeast- 

 ern Asia and Japan. Herbs with stout 

 rootstocks and yellow sap: Ivs. lobed or 

 .•111 : il-. M li'iv Ml rrd, rather 



si I. ••■ : II i or ,-lustered ; ! 



■_' : I I I . Il- niiincrous; placentae 



2- I ; ~iii - 1 ; >ti-nia 2-4-lobed, 



railiiiif . i-iip^iile linear or ovoid, dehis- 

 cent to the base. 



diph^Uum, Nutt. {Papdver Styld- 

 phorum. Hort.). Celandine Poppy. 

 Pig. 2438. A hardy perennial about 1 ft. 

 high, forming large clumps: stem with 

 2 Ivs. at the summit: Ivs. light green, 

 pinnately parted : fls. yellow, 2 in. 

 across, in clusters of 3-5. May, June. 

 Moist shade, W. I'm, to Wis. and Tenn. 

 B.B. 2:1(12. .1.11. 111. :i4:475. -An attrac- 

 tive plant •■( r;isy culture in any rich, 

 rather loose, uku^^i >.u1 in either shade or t 

 erably in partial shade. 



ST'JEiX (ancient Greek name of Styrax oflicinalis). 

 Styraciceie. Storas. Ornamental deciduous or ever- 

 green trees or shrubs, with alternate, simple, serrate or 

 entire leaves and white often pendnliuis riowcrs iu ax- 

 illary clusters or terminal racemes, full.. we. 1 by ilru- 

 paceous dry or fleshy fruits. ,S'. Ohus.-<i,i. A un rim iia 

 and Japonica are the hardiest and siau.l llu- wiiit.r in 

 sheltered positions as far north as Massachusetts; S. 

 yrandifolia is hardy about Philadelphia and S. Cali- 

 fornica only south. The Storaxes are handsome shrubs 

 of graceful habit, usually loose and sj.readiug. Tlu-ir 

 flowers are numerous, white and ui.i-iK ri:i-r:ii;. Tin y 



are well adapted for borders of sbi-ulii mul.- 



specimens on the lawn, and thrh. i - uht, 



porou.s soil. Prop, by seeds sown s ii i ii ui; 



and by layers; sometimes grafted on //..;. ... ,.;./.(. 



About 60 species in the tropical, ^ul.! f.i| i- al and 

 warmer temperate regions of Amerii-a, .\sia ami iair.ii.e. 

 Trees or shrubs: Ivs. short-stalked, cxst i|.ulai.-, in.u-i- or 

 less covered, like the inflorescence, wiih siillatc hairs: 

 fls. white; calyx campanulate, obscurely 5-toothed or 

 truncate; petals 5, connate only at the "base; stamens 



Barclay 



quickly disappearing : 



bicular to broadly obovate or oval, abruptly i 

 usually rounded at the base, remotely dentate above the 

 middle and sometimes triouspidate at the apex, glabrous 

 above, pubescent beneath, 6-10 in. long: fls. fragrant, 

 in racemes 5-7 in. long; rachis glabrous; pedicels and 

 calyx finely tomentose; corolla % in. long, with slightly 

 spreading obovate-oblong petals: fr. % in. long, ovoid, 

 pointed. May. Japan. S.Z. 1:46. B.M. 7039. G.C. III. 

 4:131 (not correct in regard to habit). A.F. 12:30. 

 M.D.G. 1898:16. 



AA. Pis. in few-fid. clusters or sliort racemes: Ivs. 



1-S in. long. 



B. Petals 5S: branchlets and Ivs. beneath pubeseent. 



Califdmica, Torr. Shrub, 5-8 ft. high : Ivs. broadly 

 oval or ovate, obtuse, entire, stellate pubescent, at 

 least when young, 1-2'.^ in. long: fls. in few-fld. to- 

 mentose clusters; pi-.licels about as long as calyx; 

 corolla % in, Luiir, wiili ."-S oblanceolate petals; sta- 

 mens 10-16, Willi 111.! lilaiiM.iits pubescent and connate 

 about one-thin 1. Aju-il, (.'alifornia. 



BE. Pildisi: li:t. utmost glabrous, acute. 

 c. Pedicels about OS long as calyx, puberulous. 



AmericS-na, Lam. (/S. gl&brum, Cav. S. Icevightum, 

 Ait.). Shrub, l-s ft, lii;;li: Ivs. oval to oblong, acute at 

 both ends .n- n ni-iin .n , . ntire or serrulate, bright 



green and a 1 ' 1 :: in. long; fls. nodding, in 



few-fld. clust. ' 1 ' ' :il...ut as long as calyx or 

 little longer, | .-, . ..r.illa about >a in. long, al- 

 most glabrou.s. with ,s|.icailiiiK or reflexed, lanceolate- 

 oblong petals; calyx-teeth minute, acute. ApriWune. 

 Va. to Fla., west to Ark. and La. B.M. 921. L.B.C. 

 10:900. B.R. Il:il52 (as Balesia parciflora). 



