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a wall, flowering profusely every year, and ripening fruit. There is also a 
very fine tree against a wall at Messrs. Loddiges’s, which was profusely 
covered with flowers when we saw it, on June 18. 1836; and with fruit, on 
August 18. of the same year. 
Properties and Uses. The Styrax officinale is chiefly useful in a medical 
point of view; the powerful and fragrant balsam called storax being ob- 
tained from it. For this purpose, incisions are made in the bark of the 
trunk and branches, from which incisions the resin issues in a liquid state, and 
is either collected in reeds (whence its ancient Greek name of Sturax kala- 
mités), or left to harden, when it is scraped off in irregular compact masses, 
interspersed with smaller pieces, which are called tears. Storax is stimulant 
and expectorant, and was formerly prescribed for asthma and chronic affec- 
tions of the windpipe; but, according to Dr. Thompson, it is now scarcely 
ever used. In Gerard’s time, there were made from it “sundry excellent 
perfumes, pomanders, sweet waters, sweet bags, sweet washing-balls, and divers 
other sweet chaines and bracelets.” In the present day, itis much used in 
Roman Catholic countries to burn as incense. Chemically, it consists prin- 
cipally of resin, with a small portion of benzoic acid; and it dissolves easily 
in spirits of wine. The common storax of commerce differs from that of the 
apothecaries, and is a liquid balsam, said tc be obtained from Liquidambar 
Styraciflua. 
Soil, Propagation, §c. A light sandy soil, rich rather than poor, suits this 
species best; and it is generally propagated by seeds obtained from the south 
of France. It will also grow by layers, and by cuttings. It is observed in 
the Nouveau Du Hamel, that it does not flower well in pots or boxes; and 
that it does best near Paris when placed against a wall with a southern 
exposure, and protected during winter. In the neighbourhood of London, 
however, it does not require protection. Its rate of growth, for the first ten 
years, is not above Sin. or 9in.a year. Price of plants, in the London 
nurseries, ls. 6d. each. 
% 2. 8. GRANDIFO‘LIUM Ait. The large-leaved Storax. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 75.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 450.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 4 
Synonymes. 8. officinale Walt. Fl. Carol., 140.; S. grandiflorum Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 41. 
Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t.1016.; Wats. Dend. Brit., t.129.; and our fig. 1009. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Leaves broad, obovate, 
acuminated, green above, but clothed with 
hoary tomentum beneath. Lower peduncles 
solitary, 1-flowered. Flowers white. (Don’s 
Miil., iv. p.4.) A shrub or low tree, grow- 
ing from 8 ft. to 10ft. high. A native of 
North America, in woods, on the banks of 
rivers from Virginia to Georgia. Introduced 
in 1765, and flowering from June to August. 
It is a fine ornamental shrub, but not com- 
mon in collections. Halésia diptera, the 
leaves of which closely resemble those of 
Styrax grandifolium, but differ from it in | 
not being downy beneath, is frequently sold 
for it in the nurseries. It requires the same 
treatment as S. officinale, of which it appears 
to us to be only a variety. 

& 3, S. Lavica‘tum Ait. The smooth-leaved Storax. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 72.; Willd. Sp. Pl., 2. p. 624; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 4. 
Synonymes. §S. octandrum L’Hérit. Stirp. Nov., 2. t. 17. : Ss. an Cav. Diss., 6. 7 340. t. 188. f. 1., 
tres Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 450.; S.le‘ve Walt. Fl. Carol., 140.; S. americanum Lam. Dict., 1. 
Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 960. ; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 40.; and our fig. 1010. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval-lanceolate, acute at both ends, glabrous on 
both surfaces, toothed. Peduncles axillary, or twin, 1-flowered. Stamens 
