STORAX FAMILY. 665 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Metamorphic hills. Rich banks 
of streams. Lauderdale County (M. C. Wilson), Cullman County, 800 feet. Talla- 
dega County, Chandler's Springs, 1,000 feet. Flowers white, April; fruitripe Septem- 
ber and October. Tree 40 to 60 feet high and from 12 to 24 inches in diameter. 
Frequent throughout the lower Mountain region. 
Economic uses: An ornamental tree. 
Type locality not given. Locality of H. tetraptera: ‘Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Mohrodendron dipterum (L.) Britton, Gard. & For. 6:463. 1893. 
SOUTHERN SILVER-BELL TREE. SNOWDROP TREE. 
Halesia diptera Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1:636. 1762. 
Z ee 1:508. Chap. F1.271. Gray, Syn. FI.N,A.2,pt.1:71. Sargent, Silv.N. A. 
: 1. 251. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida to eastern Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Upper division Coast Pine belt to the Coast plain. Swampy river 
banks. Clarke County (Dr. Denny). Mobile County. Flowers white, March to first 
week in April, appearing with the leaves just unfolding; fruit ripe July. Tree 20 
to 25 feet high, 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Most frequent in the Coast plain. 
Economic uses: Ornamental. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina. D. Garden.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
STYRAX L. Sp. Pl. 1:444. 1753. 
About 70 species, warmer temperate and tropical regions of both hemispheres, 
Asia and America. North America, 5. Small trees or shrubs. 
Styrax americana Lam. Encycl.1:82. 1783. AMERICAN STORAX. 
Styrax laevis Walt. Fl. Car. 140. 1788. 
S. glabrum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:41. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1:506 or 507. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 334. Chap. Fl. 271. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 
pt.1:71. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Florida, west to Louisiana, Ar- 
kansas, and southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Coast plain. Swampy thickets and alluvial forests. 
Dekalb County, Lookont Mountain, 1,600 feet. Cullman County. Lee County, 
Auburn (Earle §* Underwood). Baldwin County, Stockton, in swampy forests of the 
river ae Flowers white, fragrant; March, April. Notrare. Slender shrub, 4 to 
6 feet high. 
Type locality : ‘‘Cette arbrisseau croit dans Amérique septentrionale.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Styrax pulverulenta Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:41. 1803. PowpeErY SToRAX. 
Ell. Sk. 1:506. Gray, Man. ed. 6,334. Chap. F].271. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:258 Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt.1:72. 
Louisianian area. Southeastern Virginia and North Carolina, along the coast to 
Florida, west to eastern Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Pine-barrenswamps. Washington, 
Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers white, April. Frequent in the Coast plain. 
Low, rarely over 24 feet high. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in sylvis Carolinae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Styrax grandifolia Ait. Ilort. Kew. 2:75. 1789. LARGE-FLOWERED STORAX. 
Styrax grandiflorum Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 2:41. 1803. 
EIL Sk.1:505. Gray, Man. ed.6, 334. Chap. Fl. 271. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1:72. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Virginia (?) and North Carolina, 
south and west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Coast Pine belt. Shady bor- 
ders of woods. Lee County, Auburn (Baker J Earle, 342). Choctaw County, Mount 
Sterling. Clarke County (Dr. Denny). Monroe and Baldwin counties. Mobile 
County, Mount Vernon. Flowers white, April. Not infrequent. Shrub 10 to 12 
feet high. 
Hoonvante uses: Ornamental like the o:hers of the same genus. 
Type locality: ‘Native of South Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
