208 ORDEK 76. STYRACACE^E. 



4 I. Cassine Walt. Caxstno. Tea. Smooth ; Ivs. small (10-18"), elliptical, obtnsc 



trcnate. thick, shining; ped. about S-flowered. Coastward. S. : common. G 15f, 

 busliy. Match, April. Was used as a tea by the Creek Indians. 



5 I. dec-'dua Walt. Nearly smooth; Ivs. thin, 1 2', lance-oval, pointed, blunt-ser 



rate: ped. short as the petiole?, the i clustered; seeds obtusely ribbed. S. (i !)i 



p. i.rlitiiia. Lvs. 28'. oval, obtuse, tapering to the base. 111., and S. May. 

 <> 1. Anielanc'liler Cnrt. Leaves (variable) ovate, oblong to lanceolate, acuu: oi 

 pointed, serrulate, thin, downy beneath; ped. short as the petioles, i clustered. * 

 solitary ; drupe red. Hills and mts.. N. Y. to S. Car. (Prinos ambigmis Ph.) 



p. montifola. Lvs. large (35'), glabrous, the short ped. and cal. some dowry. 

 7 I. ambigua Chapm. Lvs. oval or elliptical, acute (scarcely pointed), serrulate or 

 nearly entire, smoothish ; i ped. much longer than the pet., clustered, 9 short, soli 

 Ury. Wet grounds, S. 4 Sf. March, April. (Priuos ambiguus MX.) 



2. NEMOPANTHES, Raf. Parts of the flower in 4's or 5's. Calyx 

 very small. Petals linear-oblong, shorter than the stamens. Stig. sessile 

 Drupe globular, red, with 4, rarely 5, smooth, horny nutlets (seeds). J> 

 Lvs. entire, smooth, thin. Fls. white, small, on slender pedicels, 695. 

 N. Canadensis DC. N. Eng. to Mich. Shrub 4 Cf. Lvs. 2'. Ped. 912'. May, Jn 



3. PRINOS, L. WINTER-BERRY. Fls. small, habitually 6-parted and 

 perfect, but often fruitless. Calyx 6-cleft. Cor. monopetalous, subrotatc, 

 6-parted. Sta. 6 (in the sterile flowers rarely fewer, in the fertile rare!} 

 more). Berry 6-seeded, seeds with a smooth, cartilaginous testn. J) ^ 

 With alternate Ivs., small white fls., and red or black berries. (See Addenda.) 



Leaves deciduous, thin. Berries red. (No. 3a. p. 440, ind> Nos. 13 



Leaves evergreen, thick, shining. Berries black Nos. 4. 5 



1 P. verticlllatiis L. Black Alder. Lvs. oblanceolate or elliptical, acuminate, mil 



cronate-serrate, small; pedicels shorter than the petioles; berries scarlet, in close 

 bunches as if veri?cillate, all Winter. Low woods. 8f. Leaves 1 H'. July. 



2 P. lanceolatiis Ph. Lvs. lanceolate, long-acnrninate, sharp-serrate, glab., 1 3' ; 



fls. subsessile, the sterile 3-androus ; berries large, red. Swamps, S. (Dr. J. Hale.) 



3 I*. Isevlgatus Ph. Leases lanceolate, appressed-serrulate. glabrous, shining above, 



short-acuminate ; ped. longer than the pet., in 2's or 3's. Swamps. Can. to Va. 7f. Jn. 



4 P. glaber L. Ink Berry. Lvs. coriaceous, cuneate-lanceolate, glabrous, serrate at 



the end ; ped. longer than the pet., 1-3-flowered. Swamps, Ms. to La. 3 4f. ,In.,Jl. 



5 P. corlacens Ph. Lvs. thick, obovate, serrate at the end, glabrous, shiniug; fls. 



all solitary, on very short peduncles, 6-8-parted. Woods, S. 4 6f. Lvs. 2'. May. 



ORDER LXXVI. STYRACACE^. 



Trees oi shrubs with alternate, simple leaves, destitute of stipules. Flow- 

 ers or racemes solitary, axillary, bracteate. Calyx 5-, rarely 4-lobe/' Corolla 

 5-, rarely 4- or G-lobed, imbricated in bud. Stamens definite or oo, unequal 

 in length, usually cohering. Anthers innate, 2-celled. Ovaries adherent, 

 2-3-eelled, the partitions sometimes hardly reaching the centre. Fruit 

 drupaceous, generally with but one fertile cell. iSeeds 5 1. 



TRIBE I. SYMPLOCINE.B. Calyx 5-cleft. Anth. 00 . innate, globular. Fls. yellow... .SYMPLOCOS. 1 

 TRIBF II. STYRACEjE. Calyx mostly truncate. Anthers 8 12, linear-oblong, actuate. 



Flowers white, n 5-parted. Frail wingless, 1-seeded STTRAT. 1 



u 4-parted. Fruit winged, 2- or 3->pedcd H ALESI A. S 



