65 



Pedaneles long, the cymes often compound ; leaves with obsolete net-veiuation ; berries 

 globular, D. denstflord. 



Flowers short-peduncled, clustered ; leaves indistinctly net- veined ; berries elliptical, i)._;?(-M'as. 



Flowers sessile or nearly so ; leaves with lax but distinct net-veination ; berries globular, 

 rusty-pubescent, D. undulata. 



As former, but ovary glabrous, D. sapotoides. 



+ + Calyx-lohes plain, i. e. the bofders not reflrxi^d nor revolute. 



t All parts except the very young shoots quite glabrous. Flowers almost 



sessile. 



Flowers rusty tomentose ; calyx short, with acute lobes ; leaves strongly net-veined ; berries 

 tawny-tomeutose ; corolla 4-gouous in bud, D. lanceae/olia. 



Male calyx campanulate, with rounded short lobes, tomentose ; leaves strongly net-veined 

 (berriea.rusty tomentose) ; corolla terete in bud 1). pyrrhocarpa. 



Calyx ample, puberulous, with rounded lobes ; male cymes very short and robust ; leaves 

 fitrongly net-veined ; (berries glabrous ?) corolla terete in bud, D. cariegata. 



t t All parts, especially the leaves, more or less pubescent or otherwise 

 hairy. Male flowers in cymes. Berries glabrous. 



Leaves not cordate, softly pubescent beneath ; calyx lobes and bracts acute ; flowers 4- 

 merous, D. striata. 



Leaves not cordate, when full grown almost glabrous and chartaeeous ; calyx-lobes linear- 

 lanceolate ; cymes branched, arising from the stem or older branches ; flowers 5- 

 merous D. Brandisiana. 



Leaves with cordate base, softly pubescent, calyx-lobes and bracts rounded ; cymes short, 

 robust ; flowers 4-merous, i ... .D. dasyphylla. 



MABA. 



Ovary glabrous, 6-celled, M. Merguensis. 



Ovary densely pubescent, 3-celled, M. buxi/olia. 



STYRACEJE. 



Conspectus of genera. 



Calyx tnbnlar with a truncate or minntely toothed border, gomewhat enlarging and enclosing the 



fruit half ways. Corolla usually somewhat twiateJ or almost valvaie in the bud. Anthers elongate- 

 linear. Drupe dry, opening sometimes in ralres. 

 Sttbax Only genus. 



Calyx -wholly or nearly wholly adnate to the ovary. Corolla-lobes imbricate in the bud. Anthers 



oval, short. Fruit a more or less succulent drape. 

 SIXPLOCOS. Only genus. 



STYRAX. 



X All parts more or less tomentose, the underside of the leaves particularly so. 



Leaves white-tomentose beneath; calyx spathaceous-slit, conspicuously subulate-tooth- 

 ed * >S. rugosum. 



X y. Younger parts more or less tomentose ; leaves sparingly and minutely stellate- 

 pubcrulous, glahresccnt and green. 



Calyx 5- or 6-toothed ; corolla-lobes narrow-oblong, about 4 lin. long ; leaves serru- 

 late, 5". serruldtuni. 



Calyx truncate and minutely toothed ; corolla-lobes ovate, nearly! inch long ; leaves remo- 

 tely and minutely toothed, S. virgatum. 



SYMPLOCOS. 



* Ovary ^-celled. Drupes oblong or elliptical, Z-celled. Embryo straight. 



Glabrous ; flowers sessile, in compound puberulous spikes ; drupes terete,. ... S. lucida. 



Young shoots more or less pubescent ; flowers shortly pedicelled, in simple or branched 



viilous-tomentose racemes ; drupes terete, 8. racemosa. 



Young shoots more or less rusty-pubescent ; flowers sessile or nearly so, in simple tomentose 



spikes ; drupes sulcate-ribbed, S. sulcata. 



Ovary 2-rarely 3-celkd. Drupes ovoid with contracted top or turbinate, by abortion 

 usually l-seeded, the mass of the endocarp often protruding inwards so as to cause 

 the seed turning more or less horseshoe-shaped. Embryo curved. 

 O Fiotcers sessile, in simple or compound spikes ; stamens in 2 or more series. 



Young shoots, spikes and leaves beneatli more or less rusty pubescent or tomentose ; drupes 

 turbinate, ribbed, , S. Jaca/iica. 



