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Calyx 5-parted, imbricate, persistent. Petals 5, hypogynous, obovate-spatulate, rather erect, deciduous. Filaments united in a 10-toothed tube, slightly cohering with the base of the petals, the 5 teeth opposite the petals naked, the alternate ones shorter and bearing roundish 1-celled anthers, which open across the top. Style short, stigma 3-lobed. Capsule ovoid, 3-celled; columella none. Seeds numerous, the cellular loose coat tapering to each end.--Evergreen herb, with a thick matted tuft of scaly creeping rootstocks, beset with fibrous red roots, sending up round heart-shaped crenate-toothed and veiny shining leaves (about 2' wide) on slender petioles, and a slender naked scape, 1--2 deg. high, bearing a wand-like spike or raceme of small and minutely-bracted white flowers. (Name from [Greek: ga/la], _milk_,--of no conceivable application to this plant.)

1. G. aphylla, L.--Open woods, Va. to Ga. June.

ORDER 60. PLUMBAGINACEAE. (LEADWORT FAMILY.)

_Maritime herbs, with regular 5-merous flowers, a plaited calyx, the 5 stamens opposite the separate petals or the lobes of the corolla, and the free ovary one-celled, with a solitary ovule hanging from a long cord which rises from the base of the cell._--Only the STATICEAE or MARSH-ROSEMARY TRIBE is represented in our region, in gardens by the Thrift (_Armeria vulgaris_), on the coast by a single species of

1. STATICE, Tourn. SEA-LAVENDER. MARSH-ROSEMARY.

Flowers scattered or loosely spiked and 1-sided on the branches, 2--3-bracted. Calyx funnel-form, dry and membranaceous, persistent. Corolla of 5 nearly or quite distinct petals, with long claws, the 5 stamens severally attached to their bases. Styles 5, rarely 3, separate. Fruit membranous and indehiscent, in the bottom of the calyx. Embryo straight, in mealy albumen.--Sea-side perennials, with thick and stalked radical leaves; the naked flowering stems or scapes branched into panicles. ([Greek: Statike/], an ancient name given to this or some other herb, on account of its astringency.)

1. S. Limonium, L. Root thick and woody, very astringent; leaves oblong, spatulate or obovate-lanceolate, 1-ribbed, tipped with a deciduous bristly point, petioled; scape much-branched, corymbose-panicled (1--2 deg. high); spikelets 1--3-flowered; flowers lavender-color; calyx-tube hairy on the angles, the lobes ovate-triangular, with as many teeth in the sinuses. (Eu.)

Var. Caroliniana, Gray, the plant of the Northern States, has more erect branches, rather panicled inflorescence with at length scattered flowers, and very acute or acuminate calyx-lobes.--Salt marshes along the coast, from Lab. to Tex. Aug., Sept.

ORDER 61. PRIMULACEAE. (PRIMROSE FAMILY.)

_Herbs, with simple leaves, and regular perfect flowers, the stamens as many as the lobes of the monopetalous (rarely polypetalous) corolla and inserted opposite them_ (on the tube or base), _and a 1-celled ovary with a central free placenta rising from the base, bearing several or many seeds._--Calyx free from the ovary, or in Samolus partly coherent. (Corolla none in Glaux.) Stamens 4 or 5, rarely 6 or 8. Style and stigma one. Seeds with a small embryo in fleshy albumen. Ovules amphitropous, except in Tribe I.

Tribe I. HOTTONIEAE. Ovary wholly free; ovules anatropous. Aquatic; immersed leaves pectinate.

1. Hottonia. Corolla short salver-form. Flowers verticillate and racemose.

Tribe II. PRIMULEAE. Ovary wholly free.

[*] Stemless, leaves all in a cluster from the root; capsule dehiscent by valves or teeth.

2. Dodecatheon. Corolla reflexed, 5-parted. Stamens exserted, connivent in a cone.

3. Primula. Corolla funnel-form or salver-shaped, open at the throat. Stamens included.

4. Androsace. Corolla short, very small, constricted at the throat. Stamens included.

[*][*] Stems leafy; corolla rotate (none in Glaux); leaves entire.

[+] Capsule dehiscent vertically by valves or irregularly, mostly globose.

5. Trientalis. Corolla mostly 7-parted. Stem leafy only at the summit.

6. Steironema. Corolla 5-parted. Five slender staminodia between the fertile stamens.

7. Lysimachia. Corolla 5--6-parted or 5--6-petalled. Staminodia none. Leaves dotted.

8. Glaux. Corolla none; the calyx petal-like. Flowers axillary.

[+][+] Globose capsule circumscissile, the top falling off as a lid; flowers axillary.

9. Anagallis. Corolla longer than the calyx, 5-parted. Leaves opposite.

10. Centunculus. Corolla shorter than the calyx, 4--5-cleft. Leaves alternate.

Tribe III. SAMOLEAE. Ovary connate at base with the base of the calyx.

11. Samolus. Corolla bell-shaped, with 5 staminodia in the sinuses. Flowers racemose.

1. HOTTONIA, L. FEATHERFOIL. WATER VIOLET.

Calyx 5-parted, the divisions linear. Corolla salver-shaped, with a short tube; limb 5-parted. Stamens 5, included. Capsule many-seeded, 5-valved; the valves cohering at the base and summit. Seeds anatropous.--Aquatic perennials, with pectinate immersed leaves, and the erect hollow flower-stems almost leafless. Flowers white or whitish, whorled at the joints, forming an interrupted raceme. (Named for _Prof. Hotton_, a botanist of Leyden.)

1. H. inflata, Ell. Leaves dissected into thread-like divisions, scattered on the floating and rooting stems, and crowded at the base of the cluster of peduncles, which are strongly inflated between the joints (often as thick as one's finger); pedicels short.--Pools and ditches, Mass. to S. Ind., and south to the Gulf. June--Aug.

2. DODECATHEON, L. AMERICAN COWSLIP.

Calyx deeply 5-cleft, the divisions lanceolate, reflexed. Corolla with a very short tube, thickened throat, and 5-parted reflexed limb; the divisions long and narrow. Filaments short, monadelphous at base; anthers long and linear, approximate in a slender cone.--Perennial smooth herb, with fibrous roots, a cluster of oblong or spatulate leaves, and a simple naked scape, involucrate with small bracts at the summit, bearing an ample umbel of showy flowers, nodding on slender pedicels. Corolla rose-color, or sometimes white. (Name from [Greek: do/deka], _twelve_, and [Greek: theoi/], _gods_, given by Pliny to the primrose, which was believed to be under the care of the superior gods.)

1. D. Meadia, L. (SHOOTING-STAR.) Rich woods, Penn. and Md. to Wisc., south to Ga. and Tex. May, June.--Very handsome in cultivation.

3. PRIMULA, L. PRIMROSE. COWSLIP.

Calyx tubular, angled, 5-cleft. Corolla salver-shaped, enlarging above the insertion of the stamens; the 5 lobes often notched or inversely heart-shaped. Stamens 5, included. Capsule many-seeded, splitting at the top into 5 valves or 10 teeth.--Low perennial herbs, producing a tuft of veiny leaves at the root, and simple scapes, bearing the flowers in an umbel. (Name a diminutive of _primus_, from the flowering of the true Primrose in early spring.)

1. P. farinosa, L. (BIRD'S-EYE PRIMROSE.) Scape 3--10' high; leaves elliptical or obovate-lanceolate, denticulate, _the lower side_ and the 3--20-flowered _involucre, etc., covered with a white mealiness_, at least when young; corolla pale lilac with a yellow eye.--Maine to N. shore of L. Superior, and northward. June, July. (Eu., Asia.)

2. P. Mistassinica, Michx. Scape 2--6' high; leaves spatulate or wedge-oblong, thin and veiny, _not mealy_; involucre 1--8-flowered; lobes of the flesh-colored corolla broadly and deeply obcordate.--Wet banks and shores, northern N. Eng. and N. Y. to L. Superior, and northward. May. (Eu.)

4. ANDROSACE, Tourn.

Calyx 5-cleft; tube short. Corolla salver-shaped or funnel-form; the tube shorter than the calyx, contracted at the throat; limb 5-parted. Stamens and style included. Capsule 5-valved.--Small herbs, with clustered root-leaves, and very small solitary or umbelled flowers. (An ancient Greek name of a polyp, formerly believed to be a plant.)

1. A. occidentalis, Pursh. Smoothish annual; scapes diffuse (2--4' high), many-flowered; leaves and leaflets of the involucre oblong-ovate, entire, sessile; calyx-lobes leafy, triangular-lanceolate, longer than the (white) corolla.--Bare hills, from Minn. to Ill. and Ark., and west to the mountains.

5. TRIENTALIS, L. CHICKWEED-WINTERGREEN.

Calyx mostly 7-parted; the divisions linear-lanceolate, pointed. Corolla mostly 7-parted, spreading, flat, without tube. Filaments slender, united in a ring at the base; anthers oblong, revolute after flowering. Capsule few-seeded.--Low and smooth perennials, with simple erect stems, bearing a few alternate usually minute and scale-like leaves below, and a whorl of thin veiny leaves at the summit. Peduncles one or more, very slender, bearing a delicate white and star-shaped flower. (A Latin name, meaning the third part of a foot, alluding to the height of the plant.)

1. T. Americana, Pursh. (STAR-FLOWER.) Spreading by very slender elongated rootstocks; leaves elongated-lanceolate, tapering to both ends; petals finely pointed.--Damp cold woods, from Lab. to Minn., south to N. Ind., and the mountains of Va. May.--Rootstocks often 1--2 deg. long (_Hitchings_).

6. STEIRONEMA, Raf.

Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, with no proper tube, deeply 5-parted, the sinuses rounded; divisions ovate, cuspidate-pointed, erose-denticulate above, each separately involute around its stamen. Filaments distinct or nearly so on the ring at base of corolla, alternating with 5 subulate staminodia; anthers linear. Capsule 10--20-seeded.--Leafy-stemmed perennials, glabrous except the ciliate petioles, not punctate, the leaves all opposite, but mostly in seeming whorls on the flowering branches. Peduncles slender, axillary, bearing yellow flowers. (From [Greek: stei~ros], _sterile_, and [Greek: ne~ma], _thread_, referring to the staminodia.)

1. S. ciliatum, Raf. _Stem erect_ (2--4 deg. high); _leaves lanceolate-ovate_ (2--6' long), tapering to an acute point, _rounded or heart-shaped at base_, all on long and fringed petioles; _corolla longer than the calyx_. (Lysimachia ciliata, _L._)--Low grounds and thickets, common. July.

2. S. radicans, Gray. _Stem slender, soon reclined_, the elongated branches often rooting in the mud; _leaves ovate-lanceolate, mostly rounded at base, on slender petioles_; corolla about the length of the calyx. (Lysimachia radicans, _Hook._)--Swampy river-banks, W. Va. to Ark. and La.--Leaves and flowers nearly one half smaller than in the last.

3. S. lanceolatum, Gray. _Stem erect_ (10'--2 deg. high); _leaves lanceolate, varying to oblong and linear, narrowed into a short margined petiole_ or tapering base, or the lowest short and broad on long petioles. (Lysimachia lanceolata, _Walt._)--Low grounds and thickets, Ont. to Fla., Dak., and Tex. Polymorphous; the extremes are var. HYBRIDUM, Gray, with cauline leaves from oblong to broadly linear, common north and west,--and var. ANGUSTIFOLIUM, Gray, with stems more branched, a span to 2 deg. high, and the cauline leaves linear, acute at both ends, more sessile, 1--2'' broad; mainly southward.

4. S. longifolium, Gray. _Stem erect_, 4-angled, slender (1--3 deg. high), often branched below; _stem-leaves sessile, narrowly linear, elongated_ (2--4' long, 2--3'' wide), smooth and shining, rather rigid, obtuse, the margins often a little revolute, the veins obscure; the lowest oblong or spatulate; corolla (8--9'' broad) longer than the calyx, the lobes conspicuously pointed. (Lysimachia longifolia, _Pursh._)--Banks of streams, from western N. Y. to Va., Minn., and Iowa. July--Sept.

7. LYSIMACHIA, Tourn. LOOSESTRIFE.

Calyx 5--6 parted. Corolla rotate, the divisions entire, convolute in bud. Filaments commonly monadelphous at base; anthers oblong or oval; staminodia none. Capsule few--several-seeded.--Leafy-stemmed perennials, with herbage commonly glandular-dotted. (In honor of King _Lysimachus_, or from [Greek: ly/sis], _a release from_, and [Greek: ma/che], _strife_.)

Sec. 1. LYSIMACHIA proper. _Corolla yellow, rotate, and very deeply parted, and with no teeth between the lobes; stamens more or less monadelphous, often unequal; leaves opposite or whorled, or some abnormally alternate._

[*] _Flowers (middle-sized) in a terminal leafy panicle; corolla without marks._

L. VULGARIS, L., a coarse and tall European species, pubescent and branching, with ovate-lanceolate distinctly petioled leaves, and glandular filaments united to near the middle.--Naturalized in a few places in E. Mass.

[*][*] _Flowers (small) in a virgate terminal raceme or in the upper axils; corolla dark-dotted or streaked; filaments conspicuously monadelphous, unequal._

1. L. quadrifolia, L. Somewhat hairy; stem simple (1--2 deg. high); _leaves whorled_ in fours or fives (sometimes in twos, threes, or sixes, rarely only opposite or partly alternate), ovate-lanceolate; _flowers_ on long capillary peduncles _from the axils of the leaves_; lobes of the corolla ovate-oblong.--Moist or sandy soil, N. Brunswick to Minn., and Ga. June.

2. L. stricta, Ait. Stems 1--2 deg. high, often bearing oblong or moniliform bulblets in the axils; smooth, at length branched, very leafy; _leaves opposite_ or rarely alternate, lanceolate, acute at each end; _flowers_ on slender pedicels _in a long raceme_ (5--12'), leafy at base; lobes of the corolla lance-oblong.--Low grounds, Newf. to Minn., Ark., and N. Ga. June--Aug.

[*][*][*] _Flowers (rather large) solitary in the axils of ordinary leaves; corolla not dark-dotted nor streaked; filaments slightly monadelphous._

L. NUMMULARIA, L. (MONEYWORT.) Smooth; stems trailing and creeping; leaves roundish, small, short-petioled; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered; divisions of the corolla broadly ovate, obtuse, longer than the lance-ovate calyx-lobes and stamens.--Escaped from gardens into damp ground in some places. July--Sept. (Nat. from Eu.)

Sec. 2. NAUMBURGIA. _Corolla very deeply 5- (or 6--7-) parted into linear divisions (somewhat purplish-dotted), with a small tooth in each sinus; filaments distinct, equal; leaves opposite, the lowest scale-like._

3. L. thyrsiflora, L. (TUFTED LOOSESTRIFE.) Smooth; stem simple (1--2 deg. high); all but the lower leaves lanceolate, the axils of one or two middle pairs bearing short-peduncled head-like or spike-like clusters of small light yellow flowers.--Cold swamps, from Penn. to S. Ill., Iowa, and northwestward. June, July. (Eu.)

8. GLAUX, Tourn. SEA-MILKWORT.

Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft; lobes ovate, petal-like. Corolla wanting. Stamens 5, on the base of the calyx, alternate with its lobes. Capsule 5-valved, few-seeded.--A low and leafy fleshy perennial, with opposite oblong and entire sessile leaves, and solitary nearly sessile (purplish and white) flowers in their axils. (An ancient Greek name, from [Greek: glauko/s], _sea-green_.)

1. G. maritima, L.--Sea-shore of N. Eng. from Cape Cod northward. Also in subsaline soil, Minn. to Neb., and westward. June. (Eu.)

9. ANAGALLIS, Tourn. PIMPERNEL.

Calyx 5-parted. Corolla wheel-shaped, with almost no tube, 5-parted, longer than the calyx; the divisions broad. Stamens 5; filaments bearded. Capsule membranaceous, circumscissile, the top falling off like a lid, many-seeded.--Low, spreading or procumbent herbs, mostly annuals, with opposite or whorled entire leaves, and solitary flowers on axillary peduncles. (The ancient Greek name, probably from [Greek: a)na/], _again_, and [Greek: a)ga/llo], _to delight in_.)

A. ARVENSIS, L. (COMMON PIMPERNEL.) Leaves ovate, sessile, shorter than the peduncles; petals obovate, obtuse, fringed with minute teeth or stalked glands.--Waste sandy fields. June--Aug.--Flowers variable in size, scarlet, sometimes purple, blue, or white, quickly closing at the approach of bad weather; whence the English popular name of "_Poor Man's Weather-glass_." (Nat. from Eu.)

10. CENTUNCULUS, Dill. CHAFFWEED.

Calyx 4--5-parted. Corolla shorter than the calyx, 4--5-cleft, wheel-shaped, with an urn-shaped short tube, usually withering on the summit of the pod (which is like that of Anagallis). Stamens 4 or 5; filaments beardless.--Small annuals, with alternate entire leaves, and solitary inconspicuous flowers in their axils. (Derivation obscure.)

1. C. minimus, L. Stems ascending (2--6' long); leaves ovate, obovate or spatulate-oblong; flowers nearly sessile, the parts mostly in fours.--Low grounds, from Ill. and Minn, to Fla. and Tex., and westward. (Eu.)

11. SAMOLUS, Tourn. WATER PIMPERNEL. BROOK-WEED.

Calyx 5-cleft; the tube adherent to the base of the ovary. Corolla somewhat bell-shaped, 5-cleft, commonly with 5 sterile filaments in the sinuses. True stamens 5, on the corolla-tube, included. Capsule globose, 5-valved at the summit, many-seeded.--Smooth herbs, with alternate entire leaves, and small white racemed flowers. ("According to Pliny, an ancient Druidical name.")

1. S. Valerandi, L. Stem erect (6--12' high), leafy; leaves obovate or spatulate, the basal rosulate; bracts none; slender pedicels ascending, bracteolate in the middle. (Eu.)--Var. Americanus, Gray. More slender, becoming diffuse; racemes often panicled, the pedicels longer and spreading.--Wet places, through the U. S. June--Sept.

ORDER 62. SAPOTACEAE. (SAPODILLA FAMILY.)

_Trees or shrubs, mostly with a milky juice, simple and entire alternate leaves (often rusty-downy beneath), small and perfect regular flowers usually in axillary clusters; the calyx free and persistent; the fertile stamens commonly as many as the lobes of the hypogynous short corolla and opposite them, inserted on its tube, along with one or more rows of appendages and scales (or sterile stamens); anthers turned outward; ovary 4--12-celled, with a single anatropous ovule in each cell; seeds large._--Albumen mostly none; but the large embryo with thickened cotyledons. Style single, pointed.--A small, mostly tropical order, producing the Sapodilla or Star-apple, and some other edible fruits.

1. BUMELIA, Swartz.

Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-cleft, with a pair of internal appendages at each sinus. Fertile stamens 5; anthers arrow-shaped. Sterile stamens 5, petal-like, alternate with the lobes of the corolla. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit small, resembling a cherry, black, containing a large ovoid and erect seed, with a roundish scar at its base.--Flowers small, white, in fascicles from the axils of the leaves. Branches often spiny. Leaves often fascicled on short spurs. Wood very hard. (The ancient name of a kind of Ash.)

1. B. lycioides, Pers. (SOUTHERN BUCKTHORN.) Spiny (10--25 deg. high); _leaves wedge-oblong varying to oval-lanceolate_, with a tapering base, often acute, _reticulated, nearly glabrous_ (2--4' long); _clusters densely many-flowered_, glabrous, fruit ovoid.--Moist ground, Va. to S. Ill., Fla., and Tex. May, June.

2. B. lanuginosa, Pers. Spiny (10--40 deg. high); _leaves oblong-obovate or wedge-obovate, rusty-woolly beneath_, obtuse (11/2--3' long); _clusters 6--12-flowered_, pubescent; fruit globular.--Woods, S. Ill. to Fla. and Tex. July.

ORDER 63. EBENACEAE. (EBONY FAMILY.)

_Trees or shrubs, with alternate entire leaves, and polygamous regular flowers which have a calyx free from the 3--12-celled ovary; the stamens 2--4 times as many as the lobes of the corolla, often in pairs before them, their anthers turned inward, and the fruit a several-celled berry. Ovules 1 or 2, suspended from the summit of each cell._ Seeds anatropous, mostly single in each cell, large and flat, with a smooth coriaceous integument; the embryo shorter than the hard albumen, with a long radicle and flat cotyledons. Styles wholly or partly separate.--Wood hard and dark-colored. No milky juice.--A small family, chiefly tropical.

1. DIOSPYROS, L. DATE-PLUM. PERSIMMON.

Calyx 4--6-lobed. Corolla 4--6-lobed, convolute in the bud. Stamens commonly 16 in the sterile flowers, and 8 in the fertile, in the latter imperfect. Berry large, globular, surrounded at base by the thickish calyx, 4--8-celled, 4--8-seeded.--Flowers dioeciously polygamous, the fertile axillary and solitary, the sterile smaller and often clustered. (Name, [Greek: Dio/s], _of Jove_, and [Greek: puro/s], _grain_.)

1. D. Virginiana, L. (COMMON PERSIMMON.) Leaves thickish, ovate-oblong, smooth or nearly so; peduncles very short; calyx 4-parted; corolla pale yellow, thickish, between bell-shaped and urn-shaped, 6--8'' long in the fertile flowers, much smaller in the sterile; styles 4, two-lobed at the apex; ovary 8-celled.--Woods and old fields, R. I. and N. Y. to Iowa, and south to Fla. and La. June.--Tree 20--70 deg. high, with very hard blackish wood; plum-like fruit 1' in diameter, exceedingly astringent when green, yellow when ripe, and sweet and edible after exposure to frost.

ORDER 64. STYRACACEAE. (STORAX FAMILY.)

_Shrubs or trees, with alternate simple leaves destitute of stipules, and perfect regular flowers; the calyx either free or adherent to the 2--5-celled ovary; the corolla of 4--8 petals, commonly more or less united at base; the stamens twice as many as the petals or more numerous, monadelphous or polyadelphous at base; style 1; fruit dry or drupe-like, 1--5-celled, the cells commonly 1-seeded._--Seeds anatropous. Embryo nearly the length of the albumen; radicle slender, as long as or longer than the flat cotyledons. Corolla hypogynous when the calyx is free; the stamens adherent to its base. Ovules 2 or more in each cell.--A small family, mostly of warm countries, comprising two very distinct tribes.

Tribe I. STYRACEAE. Calyx 4--8-toothed or entire. Stamens 2--4 times as many as the petals, in one series; anthers linear or oblong, adnate, introrse. Cotyledons flat.--Flowers white, handsome. Pubescence soft and stellate.

1. Styrax. Calyx coherent only with the base of the 3-celled ovary. Corolla mostly 5-parted. Fruit 1-celled, 1-seeded.

2. Halesia. Calyx coherent with the whole surface of the 2--4-celled ovary, which is 2--4-winged and 2--4-celled in fruit. Corolla 4-lobed.

Tribe II. SYMPLOCINEAE. Calyx 5-cleft, imbricate. Stamens in several series; anthers short, innate. Embryo terete. Flowers yellow. Pubescence simple.

3. Symplocos. Calyx coherent. Petals 5, united merely at the base.

1. STYRAX, Tourn. STORAX.

Calyx truncate, somewhat 5-toothed, the base (in our species) coherent with the base of the 3-celled many-ovuled ovary. Corolla 5-parted (rarely 4--8-parted), large, the lobes mostly soft-downy. Stamens twice as many as the lobes of the corolla; filaments flat, united at the base into a short tube; anthers linear, adnate. Fruit globular, its base surrounded by the persistent calyx, 1-celled, mostly 1-seeded, dry, often 3-valved. Seed globular, erect, with a hard coat.--Shrubs or small trees, with commonly deciduous leaves, and axillary or leafy-racemed white and showy flowers on drooping peduncles; produced in spring. Pubescence scurfy or stellate. (The ancient Greek name of the tree which produces _storax_.)

1. S. grandifolia, Ait. Shrub 4--12 deg. high; leaves obovate, acute or pointed, _white-tomentose beneath_ (3--6' long); _flowers mostly in elongated racemes_; corolla ({1/3}' long) convolute-imbricated in bud.--Woods, S. Va. to Fla.

2. S. pulverulenta, Michx. Shrub 1--4 deg. high; leaves oval or obovate (1 or 2' long), _above sparingly puberulent, and scurfy-tomentose beneath; flowers_ (1/2' long) _1--3 together in the axils_ and at the tips of the branches, fragrant.--Low pine barrens, S. Va. to Fla. and Tex.

3. S. Americana, Lam. Shrub 4--8 deg. high; leaves oblong, acute at both ends (1--3' long), _smooth, or barely pulverulent beneath; flowers axillary or in 3--4-flowered racemes_ (1/2' long); corolla valvate in the bud.--Along streams, Va. to Fla., La., and Ark.

2. HALESIA, Ellis. SNOWDROP or SILVER-BELL-TREE.