122 DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



ted at the base, cohering to the tube of the corolla. Drupe 

 coriaceous, dry. 



1. S. GRANDiFOLroM. A middle sized shrub, with the young branches pu- 

 bescent. Leaves large, broad ob-ovate acuminate, on short petioles, glabrous 

 on the upper surface, hoary underneath. Flowers in simple axillary racemes, 

 peduncles leafy near the base. Calyx tomentose. Corolla with expanding 

 oblong segments. Drupe adhering to the calyx, many celled. 



White T^ April— May. In rich soils, middle Car. & Ga. 6-12 u. 



2. S, PuLVERULENTUM. A small shrub, growing in dense bunches. Leaves 

 oblong, nearly sessile, acute, serrulate, a Uttle hairy on the upper surface, to- 

 mentose beneath. Flowers on small lateral branches, axillary, terminal, 

 fragrant. 



White. T-2 March— April. In pine barrens. 10-18 in. 



3 S. LiEVE. A small shrub with virgate and slightly geniculate branchem. 

 Leaves varying in size, lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, thick, glabrou.'j. Flow- 

 ers in lateral, leafy racemes- Corolla tomentose. Fruit globular, l-celled- 

 White. I^ April. On the margins of swamps. 4-6 ft. 

 4. S. Glabrum. a shrub with diffuse spreading branches. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, finely serrulate, thin membranaceous, glabrous. Flowers 

 in lateral, leafy racemes. 



White, h April- Margins of rivers. IVIiddle Ga. 6-8 ft. 



Genus II. HALESIA. 



Calyx 4.toothed, attached to the ovary. Corolla 4-cleft, 

 or 4-petaled. Stamens 8-12. Fruit 4-angled, 2-seeded. 



1. H- Tetraptera. a small tree* Leaves ovate-lanceolate, pubescent, 

 acuminate, serrulate, on short petioles, generally glaucous beneath. Flowers 

 in small axillary clusters. CoroWacampanulate, 4-cleft. Stamens 10-12, hairy 

 at the base. Fruit 4-vvinged, oblong. 



White. March— April. Very common. 10-20 ft. 



2. H. DiPTERA. A small tree; Leaves ovate, and broad-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, serrulate. Flowers in axillary clusters, 4-petalled. Stamens 8. Fruit 

 compressed ob-ovate, with 2 large wings. 



White, h March— April. Common. 



Order LXVI. ILICINEiE. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 4-8 cleft. Corolla 4-8 parted, 

 Wpogynous, aestivation imbricate. Stamens 4-8 ; filaments 

 erect. Anthers adnate. Ovary 2-6 celled. Ovules solita- 

 ry. Fruit fleshy, 2-6 seeded, albumen fleshy large ; em- 

 bryo 2-lobed. Trees and shrubs with coriaceous leaves. 

 Flowers small and axillary. 



Genus I. ILEX. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 4 -toothed. Corolla rotate, 4- 

 cleft, in the sterfle flowers stamens 4, alternate with the seg- 

 ments of the corolla, and inserted into it ; in the fertile florets 

 stigmas 4. Style none. Fruit 4-seeded. 



