498 Obdee V5.— STTEAOACB^. 



but often abortive ; calyx 6-cleft ; corolla monapetalous, subrotate, 6- 

 parted ; stamens 6 (in the sterile flowers rarely fewer, in the fertile 

 rarely more) ; berry 6-seeded, seeds with a smooth, cartilaginous testa. 

 — Shrubs with alternate Ivs,, small white fls., and red or black 

 berries. 



§ Leaves deciduous, thin. Berries red Nos. 1, i 



§ Leaves evergreen, thick, shining. Berries black Nos. 3, 4 



1 P. verticillatus L. Black Aldeb. Lvs. lance-oval, serrate, acuminate, pu- 

 bescent beneath ; fls. axillary, the fertile ones aggregate, the barren snbumbel- 

 late. — Thia shrub is found in moist woods or swamps, Can. and most of the States, 

 usually growing about 8f high. Leaves narrowed at base into a short petiole, 

 uncinately serrate, with prominent, pubescent veins beneath. Mowers white, 

 dioecious, small, the pedicels scarce more than 1" in length. Berries scarlet, in 

 little bunches (apparently vertioillate), roundish, B-ceUed and 6-seeded, permanent 

 JL (P. Gronovii Mx.) 



2 P. laevigatus Ph. Lus. lanceolaie, appressed-serrulate, glabrovs on both sides, 

 shining above, minutely pubescent on tlie veins beneath ; fls. hexamerous, the 

 fertile axillary, subsessile, 3 glomerate, on slender peduncles. — Swamps and 

 marshes, K and Mid. States. Shrub 6 to 9f high, with grayish and warty 

 branches. Lvs. 2 to 3' by 8 to 12'', pointed at each end ; petioles 6 to 10" long. 

 Ms. mostly solitary, the sterile on pedicels 6" long, the fertile pedicels scarcely 

 2''. Berries, large, red. Jn. 



p. LANOEOLATUS. " Sterile fls. triandrous." Pursh. — Dr. Hale sent specimens 

 from La. labelled P. lanceolatus. The lvs. and berries accord well with our 

 specimens of No. 3, and also with Pursh's L lanceolatus. The fruit is 6- 

 seeded. 



3 P. glaber L. Ink Behet. Z/us. coriaceous, cuneate-lanceolate, glabrous, shin- 

 ing, serrate at the end. — A beautiful shrub, 3 to 4f high, found in swamps, Mass., 

 E. L to N. Y. and Car. Lvs. very smooth, leathery, shining, 1 to 1^' by 5 to 1", 

 broadest above the middle. Pedicels - subsolitary, 1 to 3-flowered. Fls. white, 

 mostly 6-parted. Berries roundish, black and shining. Jn., JL 



4 P. ooriaoeus Ph. Jjos. oiovate, acute at base, short-acuminate, sharply serrate 

 near the apex, very thick, shining above, iplnutely black-dotted beneath ; fls. 

 6 to 8-parted, sterile aggregated, fertile solitary ; berry black, with 6 to 8 smooth 

 seeds. — .4. shrub 4 to Gf high, in wet woods, Savannah (Pond) to Bainbridge, Ga^ 

 and Fla. Lvs. remarkably thick and leathery, about 2' long and 1' wide, with 2 

 to 4 muoronate, appressed teeth. Berries large, astringent ; seeds lens-shaped. 

 May. (P. atomarius Nutt.) 



Okdbr LXXy. STYRACACE.^. 



Trees or shrubs with alternate, simple leaves, destitute of stipules. Fla. or ra- 

 cemes solitary, axillary, bracteate. Oal. 5 -rarely 4-lobed, imbricated in aestivation. 

 Cor. 5-rarely 4 or 6-lobed, imbricated in sestivation. Sta. definite or oo, unequal in 

 length, usually cohering. Anih. innate, 2-cellGd. Ova. adherent, 2 — 5-celled, the 

 partitions sometimes hardly reaching tho center. Fr. drupaceous, generally with 

 but one fertile cell. Sds. 5 — 1. 



G&nera_ 6, spieies 115, sparinarly distributed through the tropical and subtropical regions of 

 both continents, only a few in colder latitudes. Storax and Seixaoin^ two fragrant gum resins, 

 regarded as stimulant and expectorant, are the products of %vo species of Styrax, viz. of S. oflBci- 

 nale, a Syrian tree, .%nd S. benzoin, native of Malay and tho adjacent Islands. 



TRIBES AND GENERA. 

 L SYMrLOCINE.a:. Anthers numerous, innate, globular. Caly.i 5-olcft. 



Flowers yellow Stmplocos 1 



II. STYEACE.S). Anthers 8 to 12, linear-oblong, adnate. Calyx mostly truncate. 



Flowers white (a). 



a Flowers pentamerous. Fruit wingless, l-seeded ^ Styrax. 3 



a Flowers tetromerous. Fruit winged, 9 to S-seeded Halksia. 8 



