'450 
dipt era. 
parviflora. 
p'andifo" 
Hum. 
pulverulefi'’ 
turn. 
glair urn. 
MONAtJELPHIA POLYANDRIA. Halcsis. 
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-hell Tree. 
2. H. foliis oblongo-ovatis obtuse-acuminatis membranaceis, 
floribus octandris, fructu subelliptico, alis alternis ma- 
joribus. — IVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 849 . 
Icon, Cavan, diss. 6, t. I 87 . 
In shady forests of Georgia. ’ April, May. v. v. s. 
Jl.’j V. s. in Herh. Lyon. Flowers larger than the 
preceding species. 
. 3 . H. fructu inaequaliter subtetraptero clavato floribusque 
parvulis,-— amer. 2. p. 40. 
In Florida near Matanza. Michaux. ^2 • +• 
548. STYRAX. Gen.pl.*J53. 
1. S. foliis lato-obovatis acuminatis subtus tomentosis, ra- 
cemis multifloris elongatis, pedunculis inferioribus 
axillaribus solitariis unifloris. — Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 622. 
S. oflicinale. IValt. fl. car. 140. 
S. grandiflorum. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 41 . 
In woods, on the banks of rivers : Virginia to Georgia. 
I 2 . June — Aug. v. v. A fine ornamental shrub, as 
the two following likewise are ; flowers white. 
2. S. foliis subsessilibns ovalibus s. obovatis obtusis subtus 
pulverulento- tomentosis, floribus axillaribus et sub- 
terno-terminalibus brevissime pedicellatis.-— 7 ?. 
amer. 2. p. 41. 
S. laevigatum. 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. Iceviga- 
ium 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, 
diss. 6. t. 188. /. l. 
S. laevigatum. JVilld. sp. pl. 2. p. 624. 
S. americanum. Lam.encycl. l.p. 82. 
S'. Ise ve. Walt.Ji. car. 140. 
In the swamps of Virginia and Carolina. \i . July, Aug. 
V. V. Not above three or four feet high j the number 
of stamina is from six to ten. 
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