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STYRACACE^. (STYRAX FAMILY.) 



S. Yalerandi, L. ll'Arideh. Sdbun-'Arab. Semnid-Setem. .3 to 

 . 8, glaucesceut ; stem simple or paniculate. Leaves obovate-spathulate, 

 the lower tapering to a petiole. Racemes leafless; pedicels setaceous, 

 ascending, incurved at bracteolate joint above middle; flowers .002 to 

 .003 long; calyx-teeth erect, triangular; corolla white, a little longer 

 than calyx — Summer — Ditches, pools, and moist places; common 

 throughout. 



Order LXII. STYRACACE^, D. C. (Styrax Family). 



Shrubs or small trees^ with simple^ entire^ alternate^ ex- 

 stipulate leaves, and jperfect, regular flowers, the calyx 

 adnate to Z-h-celled ovary i corolla perigynous, M-jpai^ted, 

 lobes alternating with those of calyx; stamens nionadeljphous 

 or polyadelphous at base; style 1, stigma cap date; frxiit 

 drupe-liJce, green, \-celled by abortion, 1-seeded — Stamens as 

 manv as corolla-lobes, or d )iible their number, or mure, 

 inserted at base of corolla — A family represented with us by 

 one genus. 



STYRAX, Tourn. Styrax. JIauz. 



Calyx cup-shaped, repand-5-deatate. Corolla tube short, with 5- 

 7 lobes, twisted to the cleft in aestivation, or nearly valvular. Stamens 

 6-16, Fruit ovate, leathery, with persistent calyx adnate to its base, 

 and 3 valves dehiscent from base or apex. Seed large, ovate-globular. 

 — Small trees, with white flowers resembling those of the orange. 



S. officinale, L. 5 Styrax. Fig. 244. 



Eauz. Abhar. Lihnafi. 3 to 6, young 

 branches woolly. Leaves petioled, 

 ovate, to round-ovate, glabrescent 

 at upper, tomentellous at lower 

 surface. Cymes few-flowered ; co- 

 rolla .02 to .04 broad, 3-5-times as 

 long as truncate calyx; stamens 

 13 or less; fruit tomentellous, .03 

 in diameter — Summer — Common 

 in thickets and mountains to sub- 

 alpine regions throughout. A very 

 showy shrub in the season of 

 flowers. The oflicinal Storax is the 

 inspissated juice of the bark. 



Order LXIII. JASMINES, R. Br. (Jessamine Family). 



Flowers regular, perfect. Calyx persistent, dentate or 

 lobed. Corolla hypogynous, salver-shaped, with 6-8 lobes, 

 spirally convolute in bud. Stamens 2, inserted on tube, en- 

 closed within it. Ovary destitute of disk, 2-celled, 2-lobed 

 at apex, ovules 1-2 in a cell, erect. Style simple, stigma 2- 

 lobed. Fruit a double berry, or separable into 2 capsules. 

 Albumen little or 0, embrvo straidit. 



Flower of Styrax officinale. 



