88 TREES AND SHRUBS 


Halesia tetraptera, Linneus. Native of the States to the south of us, 
characterized by its stamens being plainly united at base and by its 4-winged 
fruit. 
Styrax. SToRAx. Flowers in the axils of the leaves, on the season’s 
growth; the indistinctly toothed calyx united only with the base of the 3-celled 
ovary; the dry fruit with a single cell. 
Styrax Americana, Zamdert. Native shrub with oblong smoothish leaves 
which are acute at either end. 
* Styrax grandifolia, Azton. Leaves 2 to 6 inches long, whitish downy 
on the under surface; flowers usually in clusters. Native shrub. 
Styrax pulverulenta, A/ichawx. Leaves 2 inches long, lower surface 
somewhat scurfy; flowers fragrant and single or few in a cluster. 
Symplocos. Flowers yellow, in short clusters; numerous stamens united 
in bundles, one of which is at the base of each of the 5 petals; fruit small, 
1-celled and 1-seeded. 
Symplocos tinctoria, Z’Héritier. A small native tree or shrub with 
thick oblong leaves, which are sweet-tasted and eaten by cattle: whence the 
common name of SWEET-LEAF or HORSE SUGAR. 
TAMARISCINEA. Tamarix Family. 
Foreign shrubs with scale-like leaves on slender branches, and with flowers 
(white or purplish) having 4 or 5 sepals and petals and as many or twice as 
many stamens, and a 3-styled, 1-celled, small capsule, which contains seeds 
with a tuft of hair at the apex. Our only genus is Tamarix. 
* Tamarix Gallica, Zzmnz@us. FRENCH TAMARISK. Comes from the 
Mediterranean region; “ flowers rosy purple,’’ with 5 stamens and 5 petals. 
Tamarix tetrandra, Pa//as. ‘Has pale-pink flowers,” with 4 stamens 
and 4 petals, and is from near Astracan, in Asia. A manna-like substance, 
much prized by the Arabs, is a product of another species of Tamarisk. 
THYMELEACE, Mezereum Family. 
Shrubs with entire leaves and perfect flowers; no corolla, but with a corolla- 
like calyx; stamens twice as many as the lobes of the calyx; ovary free from 
calyx, 1-celled, with a young seed hanging from the top of the cell. An order 
characterized by tough bark and acrid properties. ‘The so-called Lace Bark 
is a product of the order. 
Daphne. Calyx funnel-shaped or tubular, with a spreading border; style 
and 8 stamens not so long as the flower. 
Daphne Cneorum, Zinneus. GARLAND FLOWER, TRAILING DAPHNE, 
Trailing or spreading shrub from Central Europe, with evergreen, smooth, 

