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diptera. 
parviflora . 
grandifo - 
Hum. 
pulverulcn - 
turn. 
glabrum . 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Halesia, 
In shady woods, on the banks of rivers : Carolina. • 
April, May. v. v. A handsome small tree ; flowers 
white, resembling those of Snow-drops, from which 
it has been called Snow-drop Tree or Silver -l ell Tree. 
2. H. foliis oblongo-ovatis obtase-acuminatis membranaceis, 
floribus octandris, fructu subelliptico, alis alternis ma- 
joribus. — Willd. sp. pl. 2. p . 849. 
Icon. Cavan, diss. 6. t. 187- 
In shady forests of Georgia. I? . April, May. v. v. s , 
Jl. 3 v . s. in Herb. Lyon. Flowers larger than the 
preceding species. 
3. H. fructu inaequaliter subtetraptero clavato floribusque 
parvulis. — Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 40. 
In Florida near Matanza. Michaux. • + • 
548. STYRAX. Gen. pl. 753. 
1. S. foliis lato-obovatis acuminatis subtus tomentosis, ra- 
cemis multifloris elongatis, pedunculis inferioribus 
axillaribus solitariis unifloris. — Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 6 22. 
S. officinale. Walt. jl. car. 140. 
S. grandiflorum. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 41. 
In woods, on the banks of rivers : Virginia to Georgia. 
Ij . June— Aug. v.v. A fine ornamental shrub, as 
the two following likewise are 3 flowers white. 
2. S. foliis subsessilibus ovalibus s. obovatis obtusis subtus 
pulverulento- tomentosis, floribus axillaribus et sub- 
terno-terminalibus brevissime pedicellalis. — Mich.Jl . 
amer. 2. p. 41. 
S. lsevigatum. Bot. mag. 92 1 . 
In woods of Virginia and Carolina. Tj . June — Aug. 
v. v. Resembles the foregoing one. The figure re- 
ferred to represents the present species, S. loeviga - 
turn or the following species has to my knowledge 
not yet been introduced into Europe. 
3. S. foliis ovali-lanceolatis utrinque acutis glabris, pedun- 
culis axillaribus unifloris solitariis binisve. — Cavan t 
diss. 6. t. 188./. 1. 
S. laevigatum. Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 624. 
S. americanum. Lam. encycl. l.p.Q2. 
S. laeve. Walt. Jl. Car. 140. 
In the swamps of Virginia and Carolina. . July, Aug. 
v. v. Not above three or four feet high 3 the number 
of stamina is from six to ten. 
