Tas. 8339. 
STYRAX HEMSLEYANUS, 
Central China. 
STYRACACEAE, 
Strrax, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 669; Perkins in Engl. 
Ljlunzenr., Styracaceae, p. 17. 
Styrax Hemsleyanus, Diels in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxix. p.530; Perkins 1. ¢. 
p. 70; affinis S. glabrescenti, Benth., sed foliis saepe denticulatis floribus 
minoribus plerumque in paniculis dispositis differt. 
Arbor 6-10 m. alta, cortice albo insigne instructa (fide A. Henry); rami sub- 
teretes, primum stellato-tomentelli, demum glabri et cinereo-fusci. Folia 
alterna vel subopposita, ambitu polymorpha, plerumque late obovato- 
elliptica vel oblique ovata, apice obtusa vel subacuta, interdum breviter 
acuminata, basi rotundata vel subeuneata, 7-13 cm. louga, 4-10 em. lata, 
tenuiter chartacea vel membranacea, denticulata, supra glabra, subtus 
costa nervisque parce stellatim pilo:a ceterum glabra, nervis lateralibus 
5-8 prope marginem anastomosuntibus, nervis t:ansversis subparallelis, 
Inflorescentia 8-15 cm. longa, racemosa vel pauiculata, axillaris vel 
terminalis, 8—20-flora ; rhachis adpresse stellatim ru:o-tomentella, demum 
subglabra; bracteae minutae, tomentellae, caducae. flores 1°5-2 cm. 
longi, 2-3 cm. diametro; pedicelli ad 5 mm. longi, stellato-tomentelli. 
Culycis tubus cupuliformis, 5-6 mm. altus, 4 mm, diametro, 5-6-dentatus, 
leviter costatus, extus rufo-stella‘o-tomentellus, dentibus acutis 1-2 mm. 
longis. Corolla alba, 5-partita; tubus 4-5 mm. longus, lobis imbricatis 
elliptico-lanceolatis 1-1°5 em. longis 5~7 mm. latis submembranaceis 
utrinque adpresse albido-stellato-towentellis. Stamina 10, corollae lobis 
breviora, filamentis complanatis cum antheris parce stellato-pilosis. 
Ovarium ovoideum, den-e albo-tomeutosum, triloculare. multiovulatum ; 
stylus glaber, corollae lobis paulo brevior. #ructus obovoideus, 2 em. 
longus, 1°3 cm. diametro, exocarpio tomentello, stylo basi persistente 
breviter mucronatus, calyce persistente. - J. HurcHrson. 
The Styraz here figured was discovered by Mr. A. Henry 
in Szechuan and Hupeh in 1888, and again met with in 
Szechuan by Mr. E. H. Wilson, who sent seeds to Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons. From a plani raised from these seeds, now a 
vigorous small tree of slender pyramidal form and about 9 feet 
high, in the Coombe Wood Nursery, which flowered in June, 
1909, the material for our figure was derived. The leaves are 
of a pale bright green, and of striking size. Henry notes 
this species as being, in a wild state, 30 feet high, with 
white, fragrant flowers and remarkable white bark. It bears 
a general resemblance in habit and flower to S. Obassia, Sieb. 
& Zuce., a Japanese species sometimes met with in collections, 
figured at t. 7039 of this work, but differs from that species in 
Ocrozer, 1910. 
