588 



xci. STYRACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 



\_Symplocos. 



want of peduncles ; considered a var. of 8. pendula by Beddome (For. Man. 152), but 

 ranked as a species by Benth. (Gen. PI. ii. 669). 



63. S. Henscheli, Benth. in Gen. PL ii. 669; leaves elliptic-oblong 

 narrowed at both ends subentire ultimately nearly glabrous, racemes small ashy 

 silky, corolla-tube %-\ in. subglabrous. Cordyloblaste Henscheli, MoiitzU in 

 Sot. Zeit. 1848, 606. 



MALACCA ; Mt. Ophir, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3644), Lobb. 



Branchlets sparsely pilose. Leaves 4 by If in., sometimes obscurely pubescent 

 beneath, coriaceous ; nerves irregular, indistinct ; petiole % in. Eacemes ^^ in. 

 diam., 1-5-flowered ; bracts minute ; pedicels 0-^ in. Calyx-tube in., grey-silky, 

 lobes scarcely ^ in. Corolla in bud by in. Stamens 40-60; staminal tube 

 jft in., free. Disc villous ; style ^- in., glabrous, stigma large capitate. Fruit not 



VAR. hirtistylis; flowers rather larger, style hirsute. Mt. Ophir; Maingay 

 (n. 2586, herb. prop.). 



64. S. IKaing-ayi, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 669 ; leaves elliptic narrowed at 

 both ends sparsely pubescent beneath, racemes dense ferruginous hairy, corolla- 

 tube 1 in. silkily white-tomentose without. 



MALACCA; Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 961). 



Branchlets stout, rusty-hirsute. Leaves 4^ by 2 in,, subentire, coriaceous ; nerves 

 irregular, indistinct ; petiole \ in. Racemes 1 in., stout ; bracts | in., ovate, ferrugi- 

 nous-hairy ; pedicels 0-| in. ; bracteoles minute. Calyx-tube in., hairy, teeth ^ in. 

 Corolla-tube narrow, glabrous within ; lobes in., elliptic. Stamens 40-60, staminal 

 tube i in., free, dividing into 20 ligulate lobes. Disc and style hairy. Ovary 3-5- 

 celled with 1 pendulous ovule in each cell (Maingay). Fruit 1| by 1|- in., obovoid, 

 obtuse, glabrescent ; endocarp very thick, woody ; calyx-rim in. wide, less than one- 

 tenth the width of the upper part of the fruit. 



2. STYRAX, Linn. 



Trees and shrubs. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate. Floivers in lax little- divided 

 axillary and terminal racemes, or subsolitary axillary ; bracts inconspicuous. 

 Calyx carnpanulate, free or slightly adnate to the base of the ovary, truncate 

 or 6-toothed. Corolla-tide short, lobes 5, elliptic-oblong, imbricate (in the 

 Indian species). Stamens 10, 1-seriate at the summit of the corolla-tube, fila- 

 ments snort; anthers large, linear. Ovary nearly free, at first 3-celled, later 

 often 1-celled ; style subulate, stigma capitate ; ovules few in each cell. Fruit 

 globose or ellipsoid, seated on the cupuliform or patelliform calyx, toughly 

 chartaceous (in the Indian species), breaking up irregularly. Seeds rarely 2 

 (many in S. polyspermd), erect, testa chartaceous or indurated, albumen plenti- 

 ful fleshy; embryo straight, cotyledons broad. Species 60, in the warmer 

 regions of Eastern Asia and America. 



S. Finlaysonianum, Wall. Cat. 4403, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 261, with subentire nearly 

 glabrous leaves (S. odoratissimum, Champ, in Hook. Kew. Journ. iv. 304) was col- 

 lected probably in Cambodia, and is not known as an Indian plant. 



1. S. serrulatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 415; leaves elliptic acuminate 

 serrulate glabrous or with scattered stellate hairs beneath, pedicels and calyx 

 closely white-tomentose, corolla in., style glabrous. Wall. Cat. 4402 ; A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 267 ; Hk. f. in Sot. Mag. t. 5950, syn. excl. ; Kurz in Journ. As. 

 Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 237, and For. Fl. ii. 142. S. Porterianum, Wall. Cat. 4401 ; 

 A. DC. I.e. S. floribunduni, Griff. Notul. iv. 287. 



EASTERN INDIA ; alt. 3-7000 ft., frequent ; from Nipal and Bhotan to Pegu and 

 Penang. 



