. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. Fig. 4G9. —Connmon White Jasmine. what bell-shaped white flowers. The petals are somewhat united at base. The fruit is a one- or two-sided dry- drupe ^ to nearly 1 inch long in the different species. All the species are loose and spreading in habit. Broad-leaved Stoeax (463) — Sty- rax Obissia — has broad rounded abruptly sharp-pointed leaves 6 to 10 inches long with coarse notches beyond the middle. The fragrant drooping flowers are inches long, May. I inch long. Japanese Storax (464) — Styrax jap6nica — has smaller leaves,
. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. Fig. 4G9. —Connmon White Jasmine. what bell-shaped white flowers. The petals are somewhat united at base. The fruit is a one- or two-sided dry- drupe ^ to nearly 1 inch long in the different species. All the species are loose and spreading in habit. Broad-leaved Stoeax (463) — Sty- rax Obissia — has broad rounded abruptly sharp-pointed leaves 6 to 10 inches long with coarse notches beyond the middle. The fragrant drooping flowers are inches long, May. I inch long. Japanese Storax (464) — Styrax jap6nica — has smaller leaves, 1 to 3 inches, and the smaller flowers, J inch long, are in fewer (3- to 6-) flowered clusters, June, July. Both of these species from Japan form occa- sionally small trees growing to the height of 30 feet. The other species, given below, are only shrubs usually less than 8 feet high. American Storax (465) — Styrax americana — has small, 1 to 3 inches long, slightly notched smooth leaves and often solitary flowers in the axils, April to June. The rounded fruit is only about ^ inch in size. Large-leaved American Storax— Styrax grandifblia — has large leaves, 2 to 6 inches long, with the lower surface light colored and velvety with hairs, and the fragrant flowers in loose clusters 3 to 6 inches long, May; the individual flowers are fully J inch long with broadly spreading petals. California Storax— Styrax califdr- nica. The species so far described have their petals almost always 5 in number, but this California species has 5 to 8 nar- row petals forming blossoms f inch long, April. The leaves are usually notched has small, 1 to 2J inches long, entire- [Fresh seeds; layers.]. Fig. 470. — RoyalJasmine. in the other species, but this edged Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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