.374 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



in each cell ; embryo nearly as long as the albumen ; coty- 

 ledons flat ; radicle slender. 



SYNOPSIS. 



Drupe drupaceous, iJ-4-winged, 2-4-celled, Ovary wholly united with the calyx. 



Hale?ia. 

 Flowers in sessile clusters. Fruit baccate Symplocos. 



HALESIA, Ellis. Snowdrop Tree. 



Calyx obconical, slightly 4-8-toothed, adnate to the 3-4- 

 celled ovary ; corolla inserted on the calyx, 4-lobed or 4-pe- 

 taloiis ; stamens 8-16, separate or united below, free from 

 the corolla; anthers linear; ovules 4 in each cell, 2 of 

 them erect, and 2 pendulous ; drupe dry, 2-4-winged, 1-3- 

 seeded ; seeds cylindrical. — Shricbs or small trees j leaves 

 ample ; floioers in short lateral racemes, appearing with 

 the leaves, white, drooping. 



* Ovary Z-celled ; corolla i-petalous ; stamens mostly 8, distinct; drupe 2-winged 



H. DIPTERA, L. Leaves oval, coarsely serrate, pubescent, 

 4-5' long ; racemes 2-4-flowered, the flowers on long ped- 

 icels ; corolla V long; anthers spreading; driqoe com- 

 pressed, 1' long. Kich woods, Florida and Georgia. March 

 and April. 



SYMPLOCOS, Jacq. 



Calyx 5-cleft, more or less adherent to the 2-5-celled 

 ovary ; corolla 5-10-petalous ; stamens 15 or more, mona- 

 delphous or polyadelphous, inserted at the base of the corol- 

 la; anthers roundish; ovules 2-4: in each cell, suspended, 

 anatropous; style slender; stigma entire or 3-5-parted; 

 berry 1-5-seeded. — Ti^ees or shrubs j leaves alternate, ser- 

 rate; flowers axillary, in racemes or clusters. 



S. TiiTCTORiA, L'Her. Leaves smooth, coriaceous, ob- 

 long, partly persistent; clusters sessile, 6-12-flowered ; 

 calyx smooth, top-shaped^ the lobes obtuse ; corolla yellow ; 



