588 XCI. STYRACEX, (C. B. Clarke.) [ Symplocos. 
want of peduncles ; considered a var. of S. pendula by Beddome (For. Man. 152), but 
ranked as a species by Benth. (Gen. Pl. ii. 669). 
65. S. Henscheli, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 669; leaves elliptic-oblong 
narrowed at both ends subentire ultimately nearly glabrous, racemes small ashy 
silky, corolla-tube -+ in. subglabrous. Cordyloblaste Henscheli, Moritzi in 
Bot, Zeit, 1848, 606. 
Maracca ; Mt. Ophir, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3644), Lobb. 
Branchlets sparsely pilose. Leaves 4 by 1% in. sometimes obscurely pubescent 
beneath, coriaceous ` nerves irregular, indistinct; petiole ¢ in, Racemes 4-4 in. 
diam., 1-5-flowered ; bracts minute; pedicels 0-4 in. Calya-tube b in., grey-silky, 
lobes scarcely J in. Corolla in bud 4 by 4 in. Stamens 40-60; staminal tube 
qo İn., free, Disc villous; style 4-3 in., glabrous, stigma large capitate. Fruit not 
seen, 
wi Var. hirtistylis; flowers rather larger, style hirsute.— Mt. Ophir; Maingay 
(n. 2586, herb. prop.). 
64. S. Maingayi, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 669 ; leaves elliptie narrowed at 
both ends sparsely pum beneath, racemes dense ferruginous hairy, corolla- 
tube 1 in. silkily white-tomentose without. 
Maracca; Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 961). 
Branchlets stout, rusty-hirsute. Leaves 44 by 2 in,, subentire, coriaceous ; nerves 
irregular, indistinct; petiole } in. Racemes 1 in., stout; bracts & in., ovate, ferrugi- 
nous-hairy ; pedicels 0-5 in.; bracteoles minute,  Calya-tube 3 in., hairy, teeth 4; in. 
Corolla-tube narrow, glabrous within; lobes lin, elliptic. Stamens 40-60, staminal 
tube 2 in., free, dividing into 20 ligulate lobes. Disc and style hairy. Ovary 3-5- 
celled with 1 pendulous ovule in each cell (Maingay). Fruit 13 by 1} in., obovoid, 
obtuse, glabrescent ; endocarp very thick, woody ` calyx-rim à in. wide, less than one- 
tenth the width of the upper part of the fruit. 
2. STYRAX, Linn. 
Trees and shrubs. eaves elliptic-lanceolate. Flowers in lax little-divided 
axillary and terminal racemes, or subsolitary axillary ; bracts inconspicuous. 
Calyx campanulate, free or slightly adnate to the base of the ovary, truncate 
or 5-toothed.  Corolla-tube short, lobes 5, elliptic-oblong, imbricate (in the 
Indian species). Stamens 10, 1-seriate at the summit of the corolla-tube, fila- 
ments din: anthers large, linear. Ovary nearly free, at first 3-celled, later 
often 1-celled ; style subulate, stigma capitate; ovules few in each cell. Fruit 
globose or ellipsoid, seated on the eupuliform or patelliform calyx, toughly 
chartaceous (in the Indian species), breaking up irregularly. Seeds web 2 
(many in S. polysperma), erect, testa chartaceous or indurated, albumen plenti- 
ful fleshy; embryo straight, cotyledons broad.—Species 60, in the warmer 
regions of Eastern Asia and America. 
S. Finlaysonianum, Wall. Cat. 4403, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 261, with subentire nearly 
glabrous leaves (S. odoratissimum, Champ. in Hook. Kew. Journ. iv. 304) was col- 
lected probably in Cambodia, and is not known as an Indian plant, 
l. S. serrulatum, Roxb. Fl, Ind. ii, 415; leaves elliptic acuminate 
serrulate glabrous or with scattered stellate hairs beneath, pedicels and calyx 
closely white-tomentose, corolla 3 in., style glabrous, Wall. Cat. 4402 ; A, DC. 
Prodr. viii. 267 ; Hk. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5950, syn. excl. ; Kurz in Journ. As. 
"Soe. 1877, pt. ii. 237, and For. Fl. ii. 142. S. Porterianum, Wall. Cat. 4401 $ 
A, DC. le. S. floribundum, Grif. Notul. iv. 287. 
Eastern Inp1a; alt. 3-7000 ft., frequent; from Nipal and Bhotan to Pegu and 
Penang. 
