XLIV. STYRA'CEE ! STY‘RAX. 619 
woods, on the banks of rivers, from Virginia 
to Georgia. Height 8ft. to 10 ft. Intro- 
duced in 1765. Flowers white; June to 
August. 
Halésia diptera, the leaves of which closely 
resemble those of Styrax grandifolium, but 
differ from it in not being downy beneath, is 
frequently sold for it in the nurseries. 
x 3, S.(o.) Levica‘rum Ait, The smooth- 
leaved Storax. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p.72.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 
2. p. 624.; Don’s Mill., 4. P 4. C 
Synonymes. S.octéndrum L’Heérit. Stirp. Nov. 2. t.17.; 
S. glabrum Cav. Diss. 6. p. 340. t. 188. f. 1.3 S. lee 
Walt. Fl. Carol. 140.3; S. americanum Lam. Dict. 1. 
p. 82. 
Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 960.; Dend. Brit., t. 40.; our 
.1201., and jig. 1202. from a plant in Messrs. Lod- 4 
diges’s collection. 1200. S. (o.) grandifolium. 
Spec. Char. §c. Leaves oval-lanceolate, acute at both ends, glabrous on both 
surfaces, toothed. Peduncles axillary, or twin, 1-flowered. Stamens from 
; 6 to 10. (Don’s Mill.) 
A deciduous — shrub, 
bearing a close resem- 
blance to S. officinale, 
but smaller in all its 
parts. South Carolina 
and Virginia, in swamps. 
Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. 
Introduced in 1765. 
Flowers white; July 
and August. 
In fine seasons, the 
flowers are succeeded by 
fruit about the size of ared 
currant, or of the fruit of \ 
1401. S.(o.) levigatum. the nettle tree. 1202. S. (o.) levightum. 
se°4, S.(0.) PULVERULE’NTUM Michz. The powdery Storax. 
pean, Tie ee 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 921.5 Dend. Brit., v. 41. ; and our jig. 1203, 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves almost sessile, 
ovate or obovate, obtuse, clothed with 
powdery tomentum beneath. Flowers 
axillary, and nearly terminal by threes, 
on short pedicels. (Don’s Mill.) A 
deciduous shrub, bearing a close resem- 
blance to S. grandifolium. Virginia and 
Carolina, in woods. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. 
Introduced in 1794. Flowers white; 
June to August. 
1203. S. (0.) pulverui{ntum. 
Orper XLV. HALESIACEA, 
Orv. CHAR. Calyx 4-toothed. Corolla campanulate, 4-lobed, Stamens 12— 
16; monadelphous at the base, and adnate to the corolla. Ovarium inferior. 
Style and Stigma simple. Drupe dry, with 2—4 winged angles, contain- 
