590 



xci. STYEACE^;. (C. B. Clarke.) 



[Styrax. 



dulous ; peduncle T T in. ; bracteoles linear, sometimes in. Calyx rusty floccose- 



tomentose, subspathaceous, irregularly lobed and often serrate. 

 tomentose without. Filaments villous. Fruit not seen. 



Corolla closely 



6. S. polysperma, Clarke ; leaves broadly oblong acute obscurely 

 crenate glabrous, corymbs many-flowered scabrous, corolla - in., fruit 6-6- 

 seeded. 



KHASIA MTS. ; Griffith ; Mahadeo, alt. 3000 ft., H.f. $ ?. 



Branches glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2y in., base cuneate or rhomboid ; petiole \ in. 

 Corymbs subterminal, repeatedly dichotomous, flowers nearly sessile. Corolla densely 

 tomentose without. Style obscurely 3-lobed. Fruit ^ by J in., ellipsoid, subacute, 

 imperfectly 3-celled ; cells 2-1-seeded ; testa stoutly chartaceous. A most remark- 

 able plant ; the glabrous leaves and compound dichotomous inflorescence, have caused 

 fruiting examples to be referred to Cordia. The fruit is altogether unlike that of any 

 other Styrax, and ma.y indicate a new genus. 



OBDEE XOII. OLEACEJfE. (By C. B. Clarke.) 



Trees, or scandent or erect shrubs, unarmed. Leaves opposite (in a few 

 .Tasminums alternate), simple 3-foliolate or pinnate, entire or toothed ; stipules 

 0. Inflorescence mostly in trichotomous cymes or panicles, terminal or axillary, 

 rarely fascicled or racemose. Flowers hermaphrodite often dimorphous, some- 

 times polygamous or dioecious, regular. Calyx small, truncate or 4- (sometimes 

 6-9-) lobed, rarely 0. Corolla monopetalous, rarely 4-9-petalous or 0, tube long 

 or short, imbricate or valvate in bud. Stamens 2 (in Indian species), inserted 

 on the corolla, or (in the polypetalous or apetalous genera) hypogynous, filaments 

 usually short ; anthers dehiscing usually on the margin or subextrorsely. Ovary 

 free, 2-celled; style short or long, stigma simple or 2-lobed ; ovules 1-2 (rarely 

 3-4) in each cell, attached to the inner angle near the apex or base. Fruit a 

 loculicidal capsule, or indehiscent, or a berry or drupe. Seeds solitary (or 2) 

 in each cell, erect or pendulous ; testa thin or bony, albumen fleshy horny or 0; 

 embryo straight, radicle superior or inferior. DISTBIB. Species 280, in the 

 tropical and temperate regions. 



A shrub, collected by Heifer in Tenasserim or the Andamans (Kew Distrib. n. 

 3694) is supposed to belong to this Order; the imperfect specimens ar here described. 



Branches round; wood loose, soft; bark white, smooth. Leaves opposite, 10 by 

 3^ in., cuneate at both ends, entire, softly hairy on the nerves beneath, coriaceous, 

 whitened beneath, primary nerves 12 an each side the midrib, prominently inarching; 

 petiole |- in., hairy, very turgid. Panicles 1 in., axillary, reduced almost to racemes, 

 minutely pubescent ; bracts or minute ; pedicels hardly any. Ovary (in young 

 fruit) superior, 2-celled ; cells 2-ovuled ?. 



TEIBE I. Jasmine SB. Corolla-lobes much imbricate. Seeds erect ; albu- 

 men ; radicle inferior. 



Scandent shrubs ; fruit baccate . . . .- , . 1. JASMINUM. 



Erect small tree ; capsule bipartite '2. NYCTANTHES. 



TEIBE II. Syring-ese. Fruit dry, loculicidal. Seeds pendulous, winged, 

 radicle superior. 



Corolla-lobes imbricate ; fruit woody, pyriform 3. SCHEEBERA. 



Corolla-lobes valvate ; fruit small, cylindric . 4. SYBINGA. 



TRIBE III. Fraxineae. Fruit samaroid. Petals valvate or 0. 



Trees ; leaves pinnate 



5. FRAXTNTTS. 



