216 FAMILIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS 
adnate to the ovary, 5-lobed above. Corolla 5-parted. Stamens very 
numerous, the filaments somewhat united at the base of each corolla- 
lobe. Ovary 2-5-celled, becoming a small 1-seeded drupe. The family 
consists only of the genus Symplocos, with about 175 species, natives of 
tropical regions and particularly abundantin tropical America. A single 
species, 9. tinctoria, occurs in the southern United States; it is a pretty 
shrub, with large green leaves and bright yellow flowers. In Brazil an 
infusion of the leaves of some species is used as tea; nearly all contain 
a coloring matter or dye, as may be seen by the fact of the leaves turn- 
ing yellow in drying. 
Family Styracaceae. Storax Family. These also are shrubs or trees 
with regular, mostly perfect flowers, the calyx-tube partly adnate to the 
ovary and 4-5-cleft. Corolla 4-8-lobed, the lobes sometimes distinct, 
making it polypetalous. Stamens 8-10 or more, borne on the corolla, 
the filaments united at base. Ovary 2-5-celled, becoming in fruit a 
berry or a dry drupe, occasionally winged. The family contains about 
7 genera and 75 species, mainly of the tropics. 
Mohrodendron contains two species of exceedingly ornamental small 
Fic. 187, The Silver-bell Tree (Mohrodendron Carolinum), showing flowers 
and fruit, reduced one-half. Original. 
