Voi,. II.] 



STORAX FAMILY. 



Foliage and inflorescence glabrous; calyx glandular-scurfy. 



Lower surfaces of the leaves and inflorescence canescent or tomentose. 



Leaves oblong or oval, z'-aH' long. 



Leaves obovate or oval, 2' -6' long. 



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1. 5. Americana. 



2. S. pulverulenta. 



3. 5. grandifolia. 



i. Styrax Americana L,am. 



Sty rax A mericana Lam. Encycl. i : 82. 1783. 

 A shrub, 4-io high, the foliage gla- 

 brous or very nearly so throughout. 

 Leaves green on both sides, oblong, oval 

 or obovate, acute or obtuse at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base, entire, or toothed, 

 i '-3' long, ^'-ij^' wide; petioles 2 // -4 // 

 long, often scurfy when young; flowers 

 few in the mostly short racemes or 

 sometimes solitary, 4 // -7 // long, about the 

 length of their pedicels; calyx and pedi- 

 cels glandular-dotted; petals oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, puberulent on the outer 

 surface or glabrous, valvate or but slightly 

 overlapping in the bud; fruit subglo- 

 bose, puberulent, about 3" in diameter. 



In moist thickets and along streams, Vir- 

 ginia to Florida, west to Arkansas and 

 Louisiana. March-April. 



Smooth Storax. (Fig. 2834.) 



2. Styrax pulverulenta Michx. 

 Downy Storax. (Fig. 2835.) 



Styrax pulverulenta Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 



2:41. 1803. 



Similar to the preceding species, but 

 the lower surfaces of the leaves, the calyx 

 and pedicels are densely stellate-pubes- 

 cent or scurfy. Leaves oval or oblong, 

 usually acute at each end and denticulate, 

 short-petioled, I'-a^'long, pale beneath; 

 flowers in short terminal racemes and of- 

 ten in pairs in the axils, 4 / '-7 // long, usu- 

 ally longer than their pedicels; petals 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, puberulent on 

 both sides or only on the exterior, convo- 

 lute or imbricated in the bud; fruit glo- 

 bose, puberulent, about 3" in diameter. 



In moist pine-barrens, Virginia to Florida 

 and Texas. March-April. 



3. Styrax grandifolia Ait. Large- 

 leaved Storax. (Fig. 2836.) 



Styrax grandifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 75. 1789. 

 A shrub, 5-i2 high. Leaves obovate or 

 oval, dentate, denticulate or entire, short- 

 petioled, tomentose or canescent and pale be- 

 neath, green and glabrous above, 2 / -6 / long, or 

 on young shoots much larger; flowers 5 // -8 // 

 long, longer than their pedicels, mostly several 

 in loose sometimes elongated racemes; rachis, 

 pedicels and calyx stellate-tomentose; petals 

 oblong, acutish, imbricated or convolute in the 

 bud, puberulent without and often also within; 

 fruit obovoid, puberulent, about 4" long. 



In woods, Virginia to Florida and Georgia. 

 March-May. 



