590 XCI. styracen. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Styraa. 
dulous ; peduncle A. in.; bracteoles linear, sometimes } in. Calyx rusty floccose- 
tomentose, subspathaceous, irregularly lobed and often serrate. Corolla closely 
tomentose without. Filaments villous. Fruit not seen. 
6. S. polysperma, Clarke; leaves broadly oblong acute obscurely 
crenate glabrous, corymbs many-flowered scabrous, corolla }-ẹ in., fruit 5-6- 
seeded. 
Kuasta Mrs. ; Griffith ; Mahadeo, alt. 3000 ft., H. f. & T. 
Branches glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2} in., base cuneate or rhomboid; petiole } in. 
Corymbs subterminal, repeatedly dichotomous, flowers nearly sessile. Corolla densely 
tomentose without. Style obscurely 3-lobed. Fruit 4 by } in., ellipsoid, subacute, 
imperfectly 3-celled ` cells 2-1-seeded ; testa stoutly chartaceous.—A most remark- 
able plant ; the glabrous leaves and compound dichotomous inflorescence have caused 
fruiting examples to be referred to Cordia. The fruit is altogether unlike that of any 
other Styrax, and may indicate a new genus. 
Orpen XCII. OLEACEIE. (By ©. B. Clarke,) 
Trees, or scandent or erect shrubs, unarmed. Leaves opposite (in a few 
Jasminums alternate), simple 3-foliolate or pinnate, entire or toothed ; stipules 
0. Inflorescence mostly in trichotomous cymes or anicles, terminal or axillary, 
rarely fascicled or racemose. Flowers betrieb, often dimorphous, some- 
times polygamous or diccious, regular. Calyx small, truncate or 4- (sometimes 
5-9-) Lot rarely 0. Corolla monopetalous, rarely 4-9-petalous or 0, tube long 
or short, imbricate or valvate in bud. Stamens 2 (in Indian species), inserted 
on the corolla, or (in the polypetalous or apetalous genera) hypogynous, filaments 
usually short; anthers dehiscing usually on the margin or subextrorsely. Ovary 
free, 9-celled ; style short or long, stigma simple or 2-lobed ; ovules 1-2 (rarely 
3-4) in each cell, attached to the inner angle near the apex or base. Fruit a 
loculicidal capsule, or indehiscent, or a berry or drupe. Seeds solitary (or 2) 
in each cell, erect or pendulous ; testa thin or bony, albumen fleshy horny or 0; 
embryo straight, bis superior or inferior.—DrsTRIB. Species 280, in the 
tropical and temperate regions. 
A shrub, collected by Helfer in Tenasserim or the Andamans (Kew Distrib. n, 
3694) is supposed to belong to this Order; the imperfect specimens are here described, 
Branches round; wood loose, soft; bark white, smooth. Leaves opposite, 10 by 
34 in, cuneate at both ends, entire, softly hairy on the nerves beneath, coriaceous, 
whitened beneath, primary nerves 12 on each side the midrib, prominently inarching; 
petiole + in., hairy, very turgid. Panicles 1 in., axillary, reduced almost to racemes, 
minutely pubescent ; bracts 0 or minute; pedicels hardly any, Ovary (in young 
fruit) superior, 2-celled ; cells 2-ovuled ?, 
TRIBE I. Jasmáinese.  Corolla-lobes much imbricate. Seeds erect; albu- 
men 0; radicle inferior. 
Seandent shrubs; fruit baecate . . . . e s . e:e e,» « I, JASMINUM, 
Erect small tree; capsule bipartite. . . e . . . . . . . 2 NvcrawTHES, 
Tre II. Syringese. Fruit dry, loculicidal. Seeds pendulous, winged, 
radicle superior. 
Corolla-lobes imbricate ; fruit woody, pyriform. . . . . . .. 3. SCHRERERA, 
Corolla-lobes valvate; fruit small, cylindric. . e . . . . . 4 SYRINGA, 
"frt III. Fraxinese. Fruit samaroid, Petals valvate or 0. 
Trees; leaves pinnate . e e « + + «e © «© © o. o o D. FBAXINUR 
