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Styrax (Styraceae). 



STYRAX AMERICANA and S. PULVERULENTA are not com- 

 monly cultivated, being far less showy than the Japanese 

 species. They bear white flowers. 



S. OBASSIA. Japan, 1888. A beautiful flowering species, 

 with large, rounded leaves, which are often 8 inches 

 across, the sweetly-scented white flowers being plentifully 

 produced in drooping racemes. They are all readily 

 cultivated. 



S. OPFICINALIS. Storax. Levant, 1597. This is a 

 small, deciduous shrub, with ovate leaves, and short 

 racemes of pretty pure-white flowers. A not very hardy 

 species, and only second-rate as an ornamental flowering 

 shrub. 



S. SERRULATA VIRGATA (syn S. japonica). Japanese 

 Storax. Japan. A neat-habited and dense-growing shrub, 

 with pretty white flowers that are neatly set off by the 

 showy yellow stamens. It is an extremely pretty shrub, 

 with long, slender, much-branched shoots, furnished with 

 ovate leaves, and deliciously-scented, snow-white, bell- 

 shaped flowers, produced for nearly the full length of the 

 shoots. So far, this shrub of recent introduction has 

 proved quite hardy. S. serrulata variegata is a well- 

 marked and constant form. A light soil is necessary for 

 their cultivation. 



Symphoria. See Symphoricarpus* 



Symphoricarpus (Caprifoliaceae), 



SYMPHORICARPUS OCCIDENTALS. Wolf Berry. North 

 America. This species has larger and more freely pro- 

 duced pinky-white flowers and smaller fruit than the 

 commonly cultivated plant. 



