Ebenacee.)} THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS. 261 
Hopea, Styrax, and Halesia, are found in Carolina and Florida; so we have species of 
Symplocos both at the base and at moderate elevations in the Himalayas. 
The Indian species of Styrar and Symplocos extend from the islands of the Indian 
Archipelago along the Malayan Peninsula to the forests of Silhet; Styrax (Litho- 
carpus. Blume) Benzoin being found in Sumatra, S. serrulata near Chittagong, and S. 
virgata on Chirraponjee. The species of Symplocos are also found in the Indian 
Peninsula, and extend from Silhet to Nepal and Sirmore. S$. racemosa, found near 
Burdwan and Midnapore, occurs also in Nepal and Kemaon. 5S. Hamiltoniana, a nearly 
allied species, is found on the Central Range, and S. paniculata, which varies so much 
as to seem to include more than one species, is common at Mussooree, Urrukta, and 
every where in the mountains. 
As we have seen that there is no exact analogy of structure, so are we without 
general correspondence in properties. Storax, known in India by the name wsteruk, is 
afforded by Styrax officinale in the Oriental region, and Benzoin by S. Benzoin in the islands 
of Borneo and Sumatra. This in Bengal is called Jooban, but in Northern India this 
name is applicable only to the produce of Boswellia thurifera. Benzoin is in Persian 
works on Materia Medica distinguished by the names Hussee-ool-jawee (Java?) and 
Hussee-looban (an Asa’), The species of Symplocos are remarkable for becoming yellow 
in drying, and some are used in dyeing; as S. racemosa, called lodh, much in demand 
in Calcutta, according to Dr. Roxburgh, as a mordant in dyeing red with munyeeth, 
Rubia (munjista, Roxb.) cordifolia. In northern India the same name lodh is applied to 
the bark of Symplocos paniculata, which is substituted for that of SS. racemosa, 
106. ILICINEA. 
The Jlicinee, separated from Celastrinee by M. Ad. Brogniart, as mentioned at p. 167, 
q. v., are placed here on account of their close relation to Ebenacee. To the Indian 
species ought probably to be added a large dizcious tree common at Mussooree and 
other parts of the mountains, 
107. EBENACEZ. 
This order, named from the black and heavy wood for which the principal genus is so 
celebrated, is allied to the foregoing and the following order, as well as to Oleacee, and 
as has been stated at p. 132, also to Guttifere. They are chiefly found within the tropics 
of Asia and America, with a few species spreading north; as Diospyros Lotus to the 
N. of Africa and S. of Europe, and some species into the United States. Southwards 
we have Royena at the Cape of Good Hope, and species of Cargillia, Diospyros, and 
Maba, in New Holland. In India there are only species of the two last genera. The 
species of Diospyros, with Maba buxifolia, are found in the islands of the Indian 
Archipelago, and in both the Indian and Malayan Peninsulas ; Diospyros extends to the 
mountains of the Central Range, and from Silhet, along the foot of the mountains to 
Nepal, and the Deyra and Kheree forests. 
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