Symplocos 



SYMPLOCACEAE-STYRACACEAE 



Styrax 



5. Symplocos lancifolia Sieb. & Zucc. (Mak.F. 226). Shrub or tree, to 8m.; fls. 

 white, V; fr. black, X. Japan, China; locally in Che., Hun., Hup., Ki. Forest. 



6. Symplocos confusa Brand (E.P.IV. 242:88). Shrub or tree, to 10m.; fls. white, 

 VII; fr. X. Southeastern Asia, Malaya; locally in Che., Ki. Forest. 



7. Symplocos setchuensis Brand (E.P.IV. 242:31). Shrub or tree, to 10 m.; fls. 

 cream-white, III; fr. black, IX. Central and western China; locally in An., Che., 

 Hun., Ki., Ku. Forest. 



8. Symplocos stellaris Brand %Wjk (Lao Shu Shih) (E.P.IV. 242:68). Shrub or tree, 

 to 10m.; fls. cream-white, V; fr. IX. Central and southern China; locally in 

 An., Che., Ki., Ku. Forest. 



141. STYRACACEAE Storax Family ^#fcf (Yeh Mo Li K'o) 

 Shrubs or trees with watery sap, alternate simple estipulate Ivs. and usually with 

 stellate pubescence: fls. perfect and regular; calyx 4-5-cleft; corolla 4-8-lobed nearly 

 to the base; stamens 2xthe corolla lobes; ovary superior or inferior, 3-5-celled below, 

 often one-celled above: fr. dry or drupaceous. 8 genera with 120 species, in the 

 northern hemisphere and South America; 6 genera and 36 species in China. 



Key to the Genera 



A. Ovary superior or partly so. 



Fr. ovoid to globose, with 1-2 large seeds 1 • Styrax 



Fr. narrowly oblong and somewhat lobed, with numerous winged 



seec j s 2 . Alniphyllum 



AA. Ovary inferior or nearly so. 



Fr. strongly fluted and densely pubescent; calyx teeth sometimes 



persistent 3 - Pterostyrax 



Fr. smooth, or faintly ribbed, not fluted; calyx teeth deciduous. 

 Fr. faintly ribbed, pubescent when young, about 5 cm. long; 



surface not waxy 4- Melliodendron 



Fr. smooth, glabrous, 2.0-2.5 cm. long; surface waxy 5. Sinojackia 



1. Styrax Linn. Storax K^fijfg (Yeh Mo Li Shu; Wild Jasmine Genus) 

 Trees or shrubs with white fls. in axillary or terminal racemes; stamens 10-16; 

 ovary superior, or only slightly inferior, 3-celled below, one-celled above: fr. a dry 

 or fleshy, ovoid or globose, not lobed, irregularly dehiscent drupe, with 1-2 large seeds. 

 Nearly 100 species, in tropical and warm temperate regions of America and Eurasia; 

 25 in China. (The old Greek name of Styrax officinalis.) 



Key to the Species 



a. Lvs. densely white- or gray-stellate-tomentose beneath. 



Petioles 1-3 mm. long; leaf blades oblong or obovate-oblong: 

 axes of racemes tomentose. 



Racemes few-fid.; fls. 1.5-2.0 cm. long 1. 



Racemes many-fid.; fls. 1 cm. long 3a. 



Petioles 10-15 mm. long, sheath-like at the base and sur- 

 rounding the bud; If. blades sub-orbicular to broad-ovate 

 or elliptic: racemens many-fid.; axes of the racemes 



glabrous 2 . 



aa. Lvs. glabrous or pubescent, not tomentose. 



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S. calvescens 

 S. dasyanthus 



var. cinerascens 



S. obassia 



