as distinguished from the Symplocacese. 399 



summo persistente ovarii coronatus, 2-4-alatus, alis amplis, 

 sequalibus, vel alternatim minoribus, e nervis calycinis ori- 

 undis. Nux ossea, fiisiforniis^ 8-sulcata, centro 1-locularis, 

 parieti interuo (e loccllis modo supradicto translatis et clausis) 

 1-3-locellata, locellis monosperniis. Semen erectum vel sus- 

 pensum, exarillatum, cylmdYicnni; funiculus brevis; testa cuti- 

 culaiis, ad pericarpiuni laxe adhserens, raphide simplici sub- 

 laterali uotata ; integumentum internum tenuissimuin, versus 

 hilum filamento brevi donatuiu, et ad alteram extremitatem 

 chalaza lineari transversali sigiiatum. Embryo in albuminem 

 carnosiim parcum paullulo longiorem inclusus, subteres ; ra- 

 dicula teres^ cotyledonibus vix latioribus linearibus fere aqui- 

 longa. 

 Frutices America septentrionalis, aspectu Styracis ; folia alterna, 

 ovata, acuta, integra vel glanduloso-denticulata, decidua ; flores 

 laterales, ex aooilUs annotinis aphyllis orti, solitarii, vel scepius 

 ierni, fasciculati, pilis stellatis tomentosi, pediccllis elongatis, 

 nutantibus. 



1. Halesia tetraptera, Ellis, Phil. Trans, li. p. 931. tab. 22 ; 

 Linn. Sp. 636; Cav.Diss. vi. p. 338. tab. 186; Gaertner, Fruct. 

 i. 160. tab. 32. fig. 2 ; Bot. Mag. tab. 910; Lam. 111. t.404; 

 Mich. Fl. Bor. ii. p. 40 ; Pursh, Fl. N. Amer. ii. p. 449; 

 Lod. Bot. Cab. 1. 1173 ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. p. 269 ;— ramulis 

 subangulatisj cortice in fibrillis solubili ; foliis ellipticis, acu- 

 minatis, serrulatis, dentibus glandulosis, membranaceis, reti- 

 culatis, junioribus pubescentibus, adultis fere glabris, costa 

 nervis venisque molliter subpilosulis, Isete viridibus, subtus 

 pallidioribus, nervis stramineis ibi prominulis, petiolo sub- 

 tenui, tereti, canaliculato, puberulo ; floribus 3-4-fasciculatis, 

 ex axillis aphyllis annotinis, cum pedicellis articulatis ; pedi- 

 cello fieri Eequilongo, nutante, tomentoso ; calycis tubo glabro, 

 dentibus obtusiusculis, pubescentibus; petalis late obovatis, 

 glabris ; staminibus 12, tilamentis late membranaceis, demum 

 canaliculatis, molliter puberulis, inio cum petalis brevissirae 

 agglutinatis ; stylo glabro, staminibus longiore, stigmate fere 

 obsoleto ; fructu 4-ptero. — In Carolina, Georgia, et Florida. 

 — V. V. in hort. Kew. 



The above diagnosis, difiering in some respects from that 

 given by Prof. DeCandoUe, is drawn from my own observation 

 upon a tree that has been growing in Kew Gardens from the 

 time of Aiton. The leaves are 4i-5i inches long, 2-2| inches 

 broad, upon a petiole 6 lines in length. The peduncles are 

 from 4-6 lines long. The calyx here is distinctly articulated 

 upon the peduncle, and is always glabrous, though its teeth and 



