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H A L E S I A. 
HALESIA, or SILVER-BELL TREE. 
Clafs i o. Order i . Decandria Monogynia. 
'T’HE Empalement is one leaved, very fmall, above, four- 
toothed, and permanent. 
The Corolla is of one petal, bell’d and bellied : with the mouth 
four-lobed, obtufe and fpreading. 
The Filaments are twelve (rarely fixteen) awl-Oiaped, ereft and 
fomewhat ihorter than the corolla. The Anthem are oblong, 
obtufe and ere&. 
The Germen is oblong and beneath. The Style is thread-form 
and longer than the corolla. The Stigma is fimple. 
The Seed-veffel is a nut which is barked, oblong, narrow to- 
wards each end, four cornered with membranaceous angles, 
and two cell’d. 
The Seeds are folitary. 
The Species are, 
1 . Halesia diptera. Two-Binged fruited 
Halefia . 
This grows naturally in Carolina, to the height 
of twelve or fifteen feet. The bark is beautifully 
variegated or {freaked, much like the ftriped Maple® 
The leaves are large and egg-lhaped, having fmooth 
footflalks. The fruit is {harp-pointed, having two 
oppofite, large wings, and two very fmalL 
2. Halesia tetraptera. Four-winged fruited 
Halefia . 
This likewife grows in Carolina, and has much 
the appearance of the former, except the leaves are 
much fmalier, a little fawed on their edges and 
downy 
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