450 
MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Halesia. 
diptera. 
parviflora. 
^randifo'- 
lium. 
piilvemlcn'^ 
turn. 
glair uin . 
In shady woods, on the banks of rivers : Carolina. Tj . 
April, May. v. v. A handsome small tree j flowers 
white, resembling those of Snow*drops, from which 
it has been called Snow-drop Tree or Silver-hell Tree. 
2. H. foliis oblongo-ovatis obtuse-acuminatis membranaceis, 
floribus octandris, frnctu subelliptico, alls altemis ma- 
]onhw^. — Willd. sp. pi. 2. p. 849. 
Icon. Cavan, diss. 6. t. 187* 
in shady forests of Georgia. \ , April, May. v. v. s. 
Ji.) V. s. in Herb. Lyon. Flowers larger than the 
preceding species. 
3. H. fructu inaeqnaliter subtetraptero clavato floribusque 
parvulis. — >Mich.^fi. amer. 2. p. 40. 
In Florida near Matanza. Michaux. I 2 • + • 
548. STYRAX. Gen. pi. 753. 
1. S. foliis latO'Obovatis acuminatis subtus tomentosis, ra- 
cemis multifloris elongatis, pedanculis inferioribus 
‘ axillaribus soiitariis umRoris.— IV illd. sp. pi. 2. p. 622. 
S. officinale. IFalt. fl. car. 140. 
S. grandiflorum. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 41 . 
In woods, on the banks of rivers : Virginia to Georgia, 
. June— Aug. v. v. A fine ornamental shrub, as 
the two following likewise are ; flowers white. 
2. S. foliis subsessilibus ovalibus s. obovatis obtusis subtus 
pulverulento-tomentosis, floribus axillaribus et sub- 
terno-terrainalibus brevissime pedicelialis. — Mich.Ji. 
amer. 2. p. 41. 
S. Isevigatum. Bot. mag. Q21. 
In woods of Virginia and Carolina. T 2 ♦ — Aug. 
V. V. Resembles the foregoing one. The figure re- 
ferred to represents the present species, S. icsviga- 
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 soiitariis binisve. — Cavan, 
diss. 6. t. 188./ 1. 
S. l^£vigatum. IVilid. sp. pi. 2. p. 624. 
S.americanura. Lam. encycl. l.p.32. 
S. Iseve. Walt.ji. car. 140. 
In the swamps of Virginia and Carolina. T 2 . July, Aug. 
V. V. Not above three or four feet high j the number 
of stamina is from six to ten. 
