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cle," therefore probably composed of vrjfM, a thread, irovs, a foot, and avQos, 

 a flower.) 



1. W. Canadensis, DC. (Hex Canadensis, Michx.) Damp cold 

 woods, from the mountains of Virginia to Maine, Wisconsin, &c., chiefly north- 

 ward. May. 



ORDER 65. STYRACACE^E. (STORAX FAMILY.) 



Shrubs or trees, with alternate simple leaves destitute of stipules, and per- 

 fect regular flowers ; the calyx either free or adherent to the 2 - 5-celled ova- 

 ry ; the corolla of 4 - 8 petals, commonly more or less united at the base ; the 

 stamens twice as many as the petals or more numerous f monadelphous or poly- 

 adelphous at the base ; style 1 ; fruit dry or drupe-like, 1 - 5-celled, the cells 

 commonly l-seeded. Seeds anatropous. Embryo nearly the length of the 

 albumen : radicle slender, as long as or longer than the flat cotyledons. 

 Corolla hypogynous when the calyx is free : the stamens adherent to its 

 base. Ovules 2 or more in each cell. A small family, mostly of warm 

 countries, comprising two very distinct groups or tribes. 



TRIBE I. STYRACEJE. Calyx 4 - 8-toothed or entire. Stamens 2 - 4 times as many as 

 the petals : anthers linear or oblong, adnate, introrse. Ovules or part of them ascend- 

 ing. Flowers white, handsome. Pubescence soft and stellate. 



1 STYRAX. Calyx coherent only with the base of the 3-celled ovary. Corolla mostly 6- 



parted. Fruit 1-celled, l-seeded. 

 2. HALESIA Calyx coherent with the whole surface of the 2 - 4-celled ovary, which is 2 - 4- 



winged and 2 - 4-celled in fruit. Corolla 4-lobed. 



TRIBE II. SYMPI4OCINE.E. Calyx 5 cleft. Stamens usually very numerous: an- 

 thers short, innate Ovules pendulous. Flowers yellow. Pubescence simple. 

 8. SYMPLOCOS. Calyx coherent. Petals 5, united merely at the base. 



1. STYRAX, Tourn. STORAX. 



Calyx truncate, somewhat 5-toothed, the base (in our species) coherent with 

 the base of the 3-celled many-ovuled ovary. Corolla 5-parted (rarely 4-8- 

 parted), large ; the lobes mostly soft-downy, various in the bud. Stamens twico 

 as many as the lobes of the corolla : filaments flat, united at the base into a short 

 tube : anthers linear, adnate. Fruit globular, its base surrounded by the per- 

 sistent calyx, 1-celled, mostly l-seeded, dry, often 3-valved. Seed globular, 

 erect, with a hard % coat. Shrubs or small trees, with commonly deciduous 

 leaves, and axillary or leafy-racemed white and showy flowers on drooping 

 peduncles. Pubescence scurfy or stellate, (rj 2rvpo, the ancient Greek name 

 of the tree which produces storax.) 



1. S. grandifolia, Ait. Leaves obovate, acute or pointed, white-lomen- 

 tose beneath (3' -6' long) ; flowers mostly in elongated racemes; corolla (J' long) 

 convolute-imbricated in the bud. Light soils, Virginia and southward. April. 



2. S. pulverulenta, Michx. Leaves oval or obovato (about 1' long), 

 above sparingly puberulent, and scurjy-tomentose beneath ; flowers (' long) 1 -3 to- 



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