,XXIJ. 



1189 



from 6 10. (Don's Mill. y \v. p. 4.) A shrub, from 

 3 ft. to 4 ft. high ; a native of South Carolina and Vir- 

 ginia, in swamps. It is stated to have been introduced 

 in 1765, and it flowers in July and August. It bears 

 a close general resemblance to S. officinale, but is 

 smaller in all its parts. Whether a species or a variety 

 is a matter of the less consequence in a gardening 

 point of view ; as few plants of the woody kind better 

 deserve a place against a wall, on account of the beauty 

 of its white blossoms, which resemble those of the jas- 

 mine, and are produced in the greatest abundance, on 

 almost every part of the plant. In fine seasons, these 

 are succeeded by fruit about the size of a red currant, 

 or of the fruit of the nettle tree. Price, in the London 

 nurseries, 2s. each ; and at New York, 50 cents. 



s 4. S. PULVERULE'NTUM Michx. 



1010 



The powdery Storax. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 41. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 41. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 4. 



Synonyme. S. laevigatum Curt. Sot. Mag., t. 921. 



Engravings. But. Mag., t. 921. ; Wats. Dend. Brit, t. 41. ; and our fig. 1011. 



Spec. Char., See. 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., iv. p. 

 4.) A shrub, from 4 ft. to 6 ft. high ; a 

 native of Virginia and Carolina, in woods. 

 It was introduced in 1794, and flowers 

 from June to August. According to 

 Pursh, it bears a close general resemblance to S. grandifolium. 



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CHAP. LXXII. 



OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER HALES/^COfi. 



GENUS I. 



HALE x S/yf Ellis. THE HALESIA, or SNOWDROP TREE. Lin. Syst. 

 Dodecandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Ellis in Lin.'Gen., No. 596. ; Gaertn. Fruct., 1. p. 160. t. 32. ; Juss. Gen., 156.: LindL 



Nat. Syst. Bot., p. 228. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 6. 

 Si/nonyme. Halsie, Fr. and Gcr. 

 Derivation. Named by Ellis in honour of the learned and venerable Step/ten Holes, D.D. F.R.S., 



author of Vegetable Statistics. 



Gen. Char., fyc. Corolla monopetalous, ventricosely campanulate, with a 

 4-lobed erect border. Stamens 12 to 16. Filaments combined into a tube 

 at the base, and adnate to the corolla. Anthers oblong, erect, 2-celled, de- 

 hiscing lengthwise. Orarhim inferior. Style 1. Stigma simple. Drupe 

 dry, corticate, oblong, with 2 4-winged angles, terminated by the perma- 

 nent style, containing a 2 4-celled putamen, which is acute at both ends. 

 Cells 1-seeded. Seeds attached to the bottom of the cells. Testa of seeds 

 simple, very thin. Embryo the length of albumen, with linear-oblong cotyle- 

 dons, and a long, linear, compressed, inferior radicle. Albumen fleshy. 



Trees, with alternate serrated leaves, and lateral fascicles of pedicellate 



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