. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Halesia Carolina L. Syst. Ed. lo. 1044. I759. Halesia tetraplera L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2. 636. 1762. Mohrodendron caroliniim Britton, Gard. & For. 6: 463. 1893. A small tree with maximum height of about 45° and trunk diameter of about 20'. Leaves oval, ovate or ovate-oblong, denticulate, acuminate at the apex, mostly narrowed at the base, dark green and glabrous above when old,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . Halesia Carolina L. Syst. Ed. lo. 1044. I759. Halesia tetraplera L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2. 636. 1762. Mohrodendron caroliniim Britton, Gard. & For. 6: 463. 1893. A small tree with maximum height of about 45° and trunk diameter of about 20'. Leaves oval, ovate or ovate-oblong, denticulate, acuminate at the apex, mostly narrowed at the base, dark green and glabrous above when old, pale green and stellate-pubescent beneath, 2'-6' long, i'-3' wide; flowers in lateral fascicles of 1-5 appearing with the leaves; pedicels filiform, i'-i4'long; calyx at flowering time about 2" long; corolla 6"-9" long; ovary 4-celled; fruit nblong-ellipsoid. 4-winged. I'-ii' long, usually longer than its pedicel, several times longer than the per- sistent style. In woods and along streams, Virginia to Illinois, south to Florida and Alabama. Wood soft, light brown ; weight per cubic foot 35 lbs. Calico-wood. Shittim- or Tiss- wood. Bell- or wild olive-tree. March-April. 2. STYRAX [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 444- I753- Shrubs or small trees, with alternate leaves, deciduous in our species, and rather large mostly with drooping flowers, in lateral or terminal fascicles or leafy racemes, appearing before or with the leaves. Calyx persistent, nearly inferior, its tube campanulate, adnate to the lower part of the ovary, its limb minutely 5-toothed. Corolla 5-parted or s-divided, the seginents or petals imbricate, convolute or valvate in the bud. Stamens twice as many as the corolla lobes or petals (rarely fewer) ; filaments flat, monadelphous below or rarely separate, inserted on the base of the corolla; anthers linear Ovary nearly superior, mostly 3-celled at the base; ovules several in each cavity, ascending; stigma 3-toothed. 3-Iobed or capitate. Fruit globose or oblong,
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