Pratt LX. 
STYRAX oFFICINALE, LINN. 
Natural Order STYRACES. 
Gry. Cuar.—Calyx urceolate, campanulate, 5-toothed or nearly en- 
tire. Corolla gamopetalous, 5-partite, rarely and perhaps abnormally 
(monstrositate) 4- or 6-7-partite. Stamens 10, rarely 7-12, united with 
the base of the corolla, opposite to and alternate with its lobes. Fila- 
ments united at the base into a short tube, distinct at the apex, hairy 
on inner side. Anthers erect, adnate, bilocular. Ovary adherent at 
base, ovoid, pubescent, 3-locular, the partial walls (parietibus incom- 
pletis) separating at length from the axis. Ovuwles many. Seeds usually 
solitary. Albwmen fleshy. DC. Prodr. viii. 259. 
Spec. Coar.—Flowers in small axillary or terminal cymes of 2-5 
flowers each, nodding. Calyx tubular, dilated below at the point of 
adhesion with the ovary, having 5 minute teeth, 3-lobed in fruit. Co- 
rolla deeply 5-7-lobed, lobes lanceolate. Stamens 10-12, united at base, 
furnished with stellate hairs on the margins of the anther-cells and the 
filaments. Fruit composed of a pubescent, somewhat fleshy pericarp, 
which splits into three mucronate, wrinkled lobes, and leaves the shin- 
ing orange-brown nut free within. Leaves ovate-orbicular, nearly gla- 
brous on the upper side, densely covered with whitish, tomentose, stel- 
late hairs below, as are the petioles, young branches, and peduncles. 
Growth that of a large shrub, 7-12 feet high. 
Styrax officinale, Linn. Sp. Plant. p. 635; Gren. et Godr. Fl. de Fr. 
ii. 470; Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 244. 
Hasirar. — Base of Mount Coudon, near La Farlede, north of 
Hyéres, where I collected the flowering specimens figured, on May 7, 
1868 ; the fruits represented (Figs. 5-12) were drawn from specimens 
kindly given me by Dr. Shuttleworth, collected at Montrieux; and 
Fig. 4 from a specimen in the Kew Herbarium from Mount Olympus in 
Asia Minor (no. 2544 Aucher-Eloy, Herbier d’Orient). 
Remarxks.—It is well worth while to make a journey to Hyéres in 
the month of May, on purpose to see the bushes of Styrax in full 
flower near La Farlede. When arrived at La Farlede, which is about 
an hour’s drive distant from Hyéres, inquire for the cart-track which 
the inhabitants of the village know as the Pas-de-Galle, and follow 
this till, after about a quarter of an hour’s walk, you reach a stream 
descending from Mount Coudon, where the banks are clothed with 
this beautiful shrub. Styrax officinale, Linn., is widely spread over 
Mount Coudon and the adjacent district towards Toulon and to the 
