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wavy and spiny on the margins ; sterile flovjers cymose, on 

 slender peduncles; calyx-lohQS acute. — A small tree. 



I. Cassine, L. ( Yaupon,) Leaves small (^-1' long), 

 oval or oblong, obtuse, crenate; chcsters very numerous, 

 nearly sessile; c«Z^ir-lobes minute, obtuse. Light sandy 

 soil along the coast. — Shruh, 8°-12° high, slender, the 

 short spreading branches often spine-like; fruit clustered, 

 abundant. 



Prinoides. Parts of thejiower 4-6 ; drupe red or purple ; nutlets 4-6, ribbed on 

 tlie back ; shrubs ; leaves deciduous. 



I. DECIDUA, Walt. Leaves lanceolate or oblong, ob- 

 tusely serrate, pubescent on the veins beneath, tapering 

 into a short petiole; /oz(;er5 on short pedicels, in sessile 

 clusters; calyz-iQQi]i smooth, acute. (I. prinoides. Ait.) 

 Varies, with the leaves smooth on both sides, and the 

 flowers on longer pedicels. River swamps. — A large slirul) ; 

 leaves thin, l'-2' long; drupe red. 



I. AMBIGUA. Branches slender ; leaves oval or oblong, 

 acute or somewhat acuminate, finely and sharply serrate, 

 smooth on both sides, or rarely, like the branchlets, softly 

 pubescent ; pedicels of the sterile flowers clustered, longer 

 than the petioles ; those of the fertile ones very short, soli- 

 tary ; calyx-iQei\\ obtuse, ciliate ; leaves 1-4' long. — Shrub 

 or tree. 



72. STORAX FAMILY. Order, Styracace^. 



Trees or shrubs; leaves alternate, without stipules; 

 flowers perfect ; calyx 4-8-toothed, or entire, free, or ad- 

 herent to the 2-5-celled ovary ; corolla hypogynous, or in- 

 serted on the calyx, 4-8-lobed or 4-8-petalous ; stamens m- 

 serted on the base of the corolla, twice as many as its divi- 

 sions, or more numerous, separate, or monadelphous or 

 polyadelphous at the base; style single; fruit capsular or 

 drupaceous, 1-5-celled ; seeds anatropous, mostly solitary 



