280 Mr. J . Miers on the Styracese, 



subgloboso. — China. — v. s. inhb. Hook. Hong-Kong {Cham- 

 pion). 



Fructus subsphsericus, 6 lin. diam., calyce persistente suf- 

 fultus. 



7. Cyrta virgata. Styraxvirgatum, ^«//.; DC Proir. viii. 267- 

 — India orient. — v,s. inhb. Wall. [Cat. 4400), Sylhet. — inhb. 

 Hook. Khasya {Griffith, Lo6Z>).— Bootan {Griffith, 2268). 



8. Cyrta serrulata. Styrax serrulatum, Roxb. Flnr. Ind. iii. 415 ; 

 DC. Prodr. V\\\. 267 (excl. synon.). — India orient. — v.s.in 

 hb. Wall. {Cat. 4400 b.)— m hb. Hook. Garhutty {Simon, 66). 



Species prsecedenti valde similis ; in utraque, folia valde 

 pallida, glabra, textura tenui, in C. serrulata apice longius- 

 cule acuminata, dentibus magis perspicuis glandula tereti 

 elongatis. 



3. Strigilia. 



In a preceding page my reasons are given for separating this 

 genus from Styrax. The well-marked differences in character 

 are quite in accordance with the geographical distribution of the 

 species, which are all confined to the tropical parts of the South 

 American continent, both on the western and eastern sides. It 

 differs from Styrax in its more fleshy, almost coriaceous, and 

 narrower petals, which are always acuminated and valvate in 

 aestivation. The stamens are nearly the length of the petals ; and 

 the anther-lobes, which are parallel and linear, are attached by 

 their entire length upon the filament, which exceeds them in 

 breadth and around their apex ; they are separated from one an- 

 other by a narrow interval, and are only in a small degree shorter 

 than the filaments, which hence appear extremely abbreviated, and 

 which below the lobes are covered by a tuft of long, stiff, spread- 

 ing hairs : the margins of the filaments are very laxly coherent, 

 and loosely attached, for a very short interval, to the base of the 

 petals. The fruit is oblong, sub-baccate, half enveloped by the 

 free persistent calyx ; the endocarp is easily separated from the 

 rest of the thin indehiscent pericarp, and is thin, polished, and 

 horny, and easily sectile into three valves, which are marked in 

 the manner before described. Its testa is not so thick as in 

 Styrax and Cyrta, and its embryo is longer and more erect. It 

 agrees with Cyrta in the form and aestivation of its petals, but 

 differs in its much longer anthers and in its indehiscent pericarp. 



Strigilia, Cav. Foveolaria in parte, R. ^ P. Tremanthus, 

 Pers. Epigenia, Veil. Styrax in parte, A. DeCand. et ali- 

 orum. — Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx tubulosus, obconicus, 

 5-carinatus, margine obsolete 5-denticulatus, demum paullo 

 accrescens, omnino liber, persistens, et fructum laxe cingens. 

 Petala 5, lineari-oblonga, crassiuscula, tomentosa, sestivatione 



