as distinguished from the Symplocacese. 279 



nulatis, fere integris, superne viridibus, glaberrimis (juniori- 

 bus tomentellis), nervis parum eminentibus, venis transversis 

 reticulatis, subtus pallidis, sparse et obsolete stellato-pilosis ; 

 racemis paucifloris, simplicibus, quam folium dimidio breviori- 

 bus, floribus stramineo-tomentellis, pedicellis calyce sub-bre- 

 vioribus, calyce subhemisphserico, 5-denticulato. — India 

 Orient. — v. s. in hh. Wall. 



Folia 3-4^ poll, longa, 1^-2 poll, lata, petiolus 3 lin. longus ; 

 racemi in ramulis imo foliosis terminales, circiter 6-flori. 



3. Cyrta luculenta. Cyrta agrestis, Ham.f non Lour, Styrax 

 serrulatum, Wall, var, /3 ; — -foliis ovalibus vel ellipticis, utrin- 

 que acutis, glaberrimis, irregulariter denticulatis, dentibus 

 glandulosis, superne fusco-viridibus nervis stramineis, inferne 

 interdum pallidioribus, nervis venisque transversis promi- 

 nentibus, in areolis (rudimento pilorum) punctulatis, petiolo 

 tenui canaliculato, subtus tomentoso; racemis terminalibus 

 et axillaribus floribusque pallide tomentellis. — Assam. — v. s, 

 in hh. Hook. (Griffith, 286.) 



Species valde distincta ; folia 24-4^ poll, longa, 14-16 lin. 

 lata, petiolus 2-3 lin. longus ; racemus 2-2^ poll, longus, 

 6-8-florus ; fructus ovatus, calyce cupuliformi suffultus, to- 

 mentosus, 5 lin. longus, 4 lin. diam., styli vestigio apiculatus, 

 pericarpio crasso lignoso e basi trivalvatim rimante, abortu 

 monospermus. 



4. Cyrta Japonica. Styrax Japonica, Sieb. ^ Zuccar, FL Jap. 

 i. 53. tab. 23; DC. Prodr. viii. 266.— Japonia. 



5. Cyrta dealhata, n. sp. ; — foliis oblongis, acuminatis, imo ob- 

 tusis, crassiusculis, subintegris, margine irregulariter crenu- 

 lato-recurvo, superne glaberrimis, nervis rachique sulcato- 

 impressis, subtus cano-pruinosis, nervis venisque transversis 

 reticulatis prominulis, petiolo tereti, canaliculato, tomentoso ; 

 racemis multifloris, axillaribus et terminalibus, stramineo-al- 

 bidis, pruinoso-tomentellis, calyce hemisphserico, fere integro, 

 petalis 5, linearibus, acutis. — Malacca. — v. s. in hb. Hook. 

 (Griffith.) 



Folia 2|-3 poll, longa, \\-\\ poll, lata, petiolus 4 lin. 

 longus j racemus 1 j poll, longus ; flores parvi, vix 5 lin. longi ; 

 calyx 1| lin. longus ; petala crassiuscula, linearia, intus fusca, 

 glabra, parallele nervosa, vix linea lata, sestivatione valvata, 

 demum reflexa. 



6. Cyrta suberifolia. Styvax suheviiolium, Hook. ^ Am., Beechey 

 Voy. 196, tab. 40; DC. Prodr. viii. 261 ; Hook. Jo. Bot. iv. 

 304. — Ad char. opt. in DC. Prodr. adde : fructu ovato, avellani 

 magnitudine, in valvibus 3 ab apice ad basin hiante, semine 



