STYRACINEJE. I. STYRAX. 



in the province of Minas Geraes, about Villa Rica. Corollas 

 yellowish-white. 



Rusty Storax. Shrub 5 feet. 



8 S. CAMPORL'M (Pohl. 1. c. p. 56. t. 135.) leaves oblong, acu- 

 minated, somewhat attenuated at the base, shining and glabrous 

 above, and clothed with greenish hoary tomentum beneath ; ra- 

 cemes axillary, few-flowered; peduncles and calyxes clothed 

 with hoary yellow tomentum. ^ . S. Native of Brazil. Co- 

 rollas yellowish-white. 



Field Storax. Shrub 5 feet. 



9 S. CRYMOPHT'LLUM (Pohl. 1. c. p. 57. t. 137.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, quite glabrous on both surfaces ; racemes 

 axillary, very short, about 4-flowered, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, clothed with white or greenish tomentum. fj . S. 

 Native of Brazil at Rio Janeiro, among bushes, about Agoacin. 

 Corollas yellowish-white. 



- eared Storax. Shrub. 



10 S. PARVIFOLIVM (Pohl. 1. c. p. 53. t. 133.) leaves oblong- 

 ovate, or oblong-elliptic, obtuse, glabrous above, and clothed 

 with greenish canescent tomentum beneath ; racemes axillary, 

 compound ; calyx clothed with yellowish down girding the pe- 

 ricarp to the middle. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, in the province 

 of Minas Geraes. Corollas white. 



Small-leated Storax. Shrub 7 to 8 feet. 



11 S. ACUMIXA'TUM (Pohl. 1. c. p. 58. t. 138.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, glabrous, clothed with greenish hoary tomentum 

 beneath ; racemes axillary, simple ; calyx girding the fruit to 

 the fourth part of its length, and is, as well as the peduncles, 

 clothed with yellowish tomentum. H . S. Native of Rio Ja- 

 neiro, among bushes, about Marambaia. Corollas greenish-white. 



Acuminated Storax. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



1-2 S. CHRTSA'STERVM (Pohl. 1. c. p. 59. t. 139.) leaves 

 oblong, acute, glabrous and shining above, but clothed with 

 greenish hoary tomentum beneath ; racemes axillary, simple, 

 many-flowered ; calyxes and peduncles clothed with white to- 

 rnentum. Jj . G. Native of Brazil, in the province of Goyaz, 

 among bushes, by the edges of rivers and fields. 



Golden-starred Storax. Tree 10 feet. 



13 S. LATIFOLICM (Pohl. 1. c. p. 60. t. 140.) leaves large, oval- 

 ventricose, acute, glabrous above, clothed with rusty tomentum 

 beneath ; racemes axillary and terminal, compound ; calyxes and 

 peduncles clothed with rusty tomentum. Ij . G. Native of 

 Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes, in shady mountain- 

 woods. Corollas yellowish-white, downy. 



Broad-ltared Storax. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



14 S. MACROPHY'LLCM (Pohl. 1. c. p. 61. t. 141.) leaves 

 large, oblong-ovate, acute, rather cordate at the base, glabrous 

 above, clothed with greenish-white tomentum beneath : with 

 reddish-brown villous veins; racemes axillary, short, few- 

 flowered ; calyxes and peduncles clothed with reddish brown 

 villi. '- S. Native of Rio Janeiro, among bushes about Pillar. 

 Corolla yellowish-white. 



Long-leated Storax. Tree. 



15 S. A'LBUM (Mart, in Spreng. syst. 2. p. 284. Pohl. 1. c. 

 p. 62.) leaves oblong-ovate, acute, glabrous above, but clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath, as well as stellate rusty tomen- 

 tum on the veins and nerves ; calyxes and branches clothed with 

 rusty villi. J? . G. Native of Brazil. Flowers whitish. 



White Storax. Shrub. 



16 S. RETICULA'TCM (Mart. reis. bras, ex Linnaea. 5. p. 41.) 

 leaves ovate or obovate-oblong, acute, glabrous above, but 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath, and reticulated with pa- 

 rallel veins and cross nerves ; calyxes clothed with white to- 

 mentum, about equal to the corolla in length. Ij . S. Native 

 of Brazil. Leaves at length repand. 



Reticulated Storax. Shrub. 



17 S. AU'REUM (Mart. 1. c.) leaves ovate, acute, beset with stel- 

 late tufts of tomentum above, but at length shining, clothed 

 with golden yellow tomentum beneath, as well as the branchlets 

 and calyxes, which are a little shorter than the corolla. I? . G. 

 Native of Brazil. 



Golden-leaned Storax. Shrub or tree. 



18 S. TISIFOLTCM ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, hoary 

 beneath ; racemes panicled, terminal, tomentose. V . S. Native 

 of Jamaica. Clethra tinifolia, Swartz. prod. 74. Tinus occi- 

 dentalis. Lin. spec. 530. Volkameria, P. Browne, jam. 

 3U. t. 21. f. 1. Sloan, jam. 2. p. 86. t. 198. f. 2. Leaves 

 dark green above. Fruit containing a sweet mealy pulp and 

 a hard stone. Sloane calls it the bastard Locust tree. 



Tinus-leaved Storax. Shrub 10 to 12 feet. 



* * * * A species native of Africa. 



19 S. GDIKEE'HSE ; glabrous, leaves oblong, entire, ending 

 in an obtuse acumen, on short petioles; peduncles many- 

 flowered, corymbose, axillary ; calyx nearly entire or a litde 

 toothed. Ij . S. Native of Guinea in the island of St. Thomas. 

 Flowers very fragrant, white; anthers combined into a tube. 

 Stigma large ovate. Corolla of 4 and 5 petals. 



Guinea Storax. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



* * * Species natives of Asia. 



20 S. AGRE'STE ; leaves ovate, acuminated, a little serrated ; 

 glabrous ; peduncles many-flowered, almost terminal ; calyx 

 5-toothed. ^ . H. Native of Cochin China, among bushes. 

 Cyrta agrestis, Lour. coch. 278. Tube of corolla equal to the 

 calyx in length. Drupe oblong, curved, containing a furrowed 

 nut. Flowers white. 



Field Storax. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



21 S. VILLOSCM (Blum, bijdr. p. 671.) leaves oblong, acu- 

 minated, acutish at the base, unequal sided, rather villous be- 

 neath ; racemes simple, shorter than the leaves ; flowers with 

 6, rarely with 5 stamens. Ij . S. Native of Java, in woods, on 

 Mount Salak. 



Pillous Storax. Fl. Oct. Shrub. 



22 S. JAVA'NICCM (Blum, bijdr. p. 671.) leaves oblong acute, 

 rounded at the base, glabrous, rather tomentose on the rib be- 

 neath ; racemes crowded, many-flowered, much shorter than the 

 petioles ; flowers hexandrous. J; . S. Native of Java on the 

 Parang mountains, in the province of Tjanjor ; and in woods on 

 Mount Burangrang. 



Java Storax. Fl. Aug. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



23 S. VIRGA'TUM (Wall. cat. no. 4400.) branches downy; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, denticulated ; calyx and co- 

 rolla downy outside. Jj . S. Native of Silhet. Calyx obso- 

 letely 5-toothed. Segments of corolla lanceolate. 



Twiggy Storax. Shrub. 



24 S. PORTERIA'XUM (Wall. cat. no. 4401.) branches, calyxes, 

 corollas, petioles and young leaves, downy ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acuminated, almost quite entire. I? . S. Native of Penang. 

 Calyx entire. Corolla 6-parted, with elliptic-lanceolate acute 

 segments. 



Porter's Storax. Shrub. 



25 S. FixLAYsoNLiVuM ^Wall. cat. no. 4403.) downy like the 

 last ; leaves elliptic-acuminated, quite entire, canescent beneath. 



\j . S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers fasciculated, ter- 

 minal racemose. Leaves, green above. Calyx obsoletely 5- 

 toothed. Corolla 5-6 cleft. 

 Finlayson's Storax. Shrub. 



26 S. SERRULA'TUM (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 415.) leaves oblong 

 acuminated, serrulated, glabrous, racemes terminal, simple, vil- 

 lous; branches pubescent at top, as well as the young leaves 

 beneath. Ij . S. Native of Chittagong. Cyrta, Ham. mss. 



