272 CYRILLACE^E. (CYRILLA FAMILY.) 



3. H. parviflora, Michx. Leaves ovate-oblong, acute, pubescent on both 

 sides, glaucous beneath, slightly toothed, when young entire ; racemes somewhat 

 compound, 4 - 5-flowered, leafy ; pedicels longer than the flowers ; calyx tomen- 

 tose ; the teeth ovate, acute ; corolla small, tomentose, 4-parted ; stamens 8 ; 

 drupe slightly and unequally winged. In Florida, Michaux. Leaves 2' long. 

 Corolla 10" long. ( * ) 



3. SYMPLOCOS, Jacq. 



Calyx 5-cleft, more or less adherent to the 2 -5-celled ovary. Corolla 5-10- 

 petalous. Stamens 15 or more, monadelphous or polyadelphous, inserted at 

 the base of the corolla: anthers roundish. Ovules 2-4 in each cell, suspended, 

 anatropous. Style slender: stigma entire or 3-5-parted. Berry 1 -5-seeded. 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, serrate. Flowers axillary, in racemes or 

 clusters. 



1. S. tinctoria, L'Her. Leaves smooth, coriaceous, oblong, partly per- 

 sistent ; clusters sessile, 6 - 12-flowered ; calyx smooth, top-shaped, the lobes 

 obtuse; corolla yellow; stamens in 5 sets ; stigma entire, berry 1 -seeded. 

 Low woods and banks of streams, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. 

 March. A small tree. Leaves 3' - 4' long, sweetish. Flowers very numerous. 



ORDER 80. CYRILLACE^. (CYRILLA FAMILY.) 



Trees or shrubs, with alternate evergreen leaves, without stipules, and 

 perfect white flowers in lateral or terminal racemes. ^Calyx of 4 - 5 sepals. 

 Petals 5-8, hypogynous, imbricated in the bud. Stamens 5-10, inserted 

 with the petals : anthers introrse, opening lengthwise. Ovary 2 - 4-celled, 

 with a single suspended ovule in each cell. Stigma entire or 2 - 4-lobed. 

 Fruit 2-4-seeded. Embryo straight in the axis of fleshy albumen. 

 Radicle superior. 



1. CYRILLA, Garden. 



Calyx small, 5-sepalous, persistent. Corolla 5-petalous, spreading, decidu- 

 ous. Stamens 5, opposite the sepals, subulate, spreading : anthers oval. Style 

 persistent : stigma 2-lobed. Drupe ovate, 2-celled, 2-seeded ; the pericarp 

 spongy. A smooth shrub or small tree. Leaves entire. Racemes clustered 

 at the base of the branches of the season, rigid, spreading. Flowers small, on 

 short 2-bracted pedicels. 



1. C. racemiflora, Walt. Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong (2' -4' 

 long), on short petioles ; racemes straight, many-flowered ; drupe dry, ovate, 

 tipped with the conspicuous slender style, mostly 1-seeded. Varies with smaller 

 (!'-!') oblanceolate and more rigid leaves, and the nearly globose drape tipped 

 with the short and thick style. Shady banks, and (the variety) in pine-barren 

 ponds, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. July. Racemes 3'- 6' long. 



