30 J- Perkins. — Styracaceae. 



2,5 cm longus, caljce persistente dense flavescenti-brunneo-lepidoto, flavescenti-brunneo- 

 stellato-pilosus, stjlo crasso, piloso brevi coronatus. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Peru: Chinchao, Pozuzu, in Wäldern in den 

 Anden (Ruiz und Pavon). — Herb. Berlin, DC, Boiss., Brüssel. 



Nota. Differt a St. oblongo non soluin foliis glabcrrimis sed etiam nervis tertiariis mino- 

 ribus, secundariis magis arcuatis. 



5. St. lauraceus Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXI. (1902) 4 7 8. — Frutex vel 

 arbor; rami subteretes, fusci, juniores flavescenti-lepidoti, adulti demum glabrescentes ; 

 folia petiolata, petiolo ca. \ cm longo, oblonga, 7 — 8,5 cm longa, 3 — 3,5 cm lata, basi 

 cuneata vel rotundato-cuneata, apice acuta vel rotundata, chartacea, integra, juniora 

 utrinque rarissime hinc inde lepides flavescentes minutissimas gerentia, adulta supra 

 glabra, subtus ad nervös venasque rarissime lepidibus ornata, nervis venisque supra 

 paullo, subtus manifeste prominentibus et inaequaliter reticulatis, nervis 6 — 7-jugis marginem 

 petentibus, domatiis in axillis costae nervorumque manifestis. Inflorescentia multiflora, 

 racemosa; flores \ cm longi, petiolo -1 — 1,4 cm longo; calyx campanulatus, 6 mm longus, 

 extus dense flavescenti-lepidotus, integer; corolla 5-partita, tubo 2 mm longo, lobis 

 8,5 mm longis, lanceolatis, extus flavescenti-lepidotis, papyraceis, in aestivatione valvatis; 

 staraina 1 0, filamentis parte libera 5 mm longis, basim versus pilis flavescentibus ob- 

 sitis; ovarium superum, obovoideum, multiovulatum , pilosum. Fructus 1,6 cm longus, 

 calyce persistente, \ cm longo. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Golumbien: Galipan (Karsten n. 41). — 

 Venezuela: Caracas (Linden n. 48). 



6. St. portoricensis Krug et Urb. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XV. (1893) 337. — 

 Arbor 10 — 20 m alta; ramuli hornotini lepidibus crebris obsiti; folia alterna, petiolata, 

 petiolo 1 — 1,5 cm longo, obovato-oblonga interdum oblonga vel ovata, 7 — 12 cm longa, 

 3 — 5 cm lata, basi plerumque paullo magis cuneato-angustata, apice breviter et obtusius- 

 cule vel obtuse acuminata, plus quam duplo longiora quam lata, chartacea, integra, 

 utrinque reticulato-venosa, supra nitida, subtus hie ilhc praesertim ad nervös parce 

 lepidota vel subglabra, nervis primariis quaque parte 8 — 10 inferioribus etiam sub 

 angulo 60 — 70" abeuntibus, subtus viridibus. Inflorescentia axillaris, 2 — 4 cm longa, 

 racemosa, 3 — 7-flora; bracteae lanceolatae, 1,5 — 2 mm longae, valde deciduae, pedi- 

 celli sub medio prophyllis subalternis 0,5 — 1 mm longis obsiti, ante anthesin recurvati, 

 10 — 15 mm longi, sub fructu superne obconico-incrassati ; flores juniores tantum visi, 

 »albi«, ca. 1 cm longi; calyx cupuliformis , extus dense flavescenti-lepidotus, intus 

 sericeo-pilosus, 4 mm vel ultra longus, margine denticulis 5 minutis praeditus; corolla 

 5-partita, tubo brevissimo, lobis in aestivatione valvatis, papyraceis, linearibus, apice 

 cuneatis, ca. 8 mm longis, 2 mm latis, extus argenteo-lepidoto-stellato-pilosis, intus 

 flavescenti-tomentosis et lineis 2 longitrorsis elevatis notatis; stamina 10, corolla breviora, 

 filamentis parte Hbera planiusculis glabris brevibus, antice ad basim fasciculos pilorum 

 flavescentium gerentibus, antherae ad marginem pilis stellatis adspersae, lineares ob- 

 tuse acuminatae, connectivo producto; Stylus glaber; ovarium ovoideum, superum, multi- 

 ovulatum, parce tomentosum. Fructus ellipticus, 2,5 — 3,5 cm longus, 13 — 15 mm 

 crassus, calyce circiter 8-plo breviore superne ampliato basi circumdatus, subobliquus, 

 acute vel obtuse vel vix acuminatus rugulosus, densissime lepidoto-stellato-tomentosus ; 

 mesocarpium crustaceum, 1,5 mm crassum. Semen hilo amplo oblique basilari erec- 

 tum subanguste ovatum, obtusum circiter 20 mm longum, 10 — 11 mm crassum, 

 lineis 3 longitrorsis unilateraliter notatum. 



Westind. Provinz: Porto-Rico: Sierra de Juncos (Sintenis n. 2661 ; im August 

 blühend u. fruchtend); Sierra de Naguabo in Gebirgswäldern »Siedra pelada« (Sintenis 

 n. 1169, im April fruchtend); Sierra Luquillo in den höheren Gebirgsw^äldern Jimenes 

 (Sintenis n. 1709, im Juli fruchtend). — Herb. Berlin, München, Wien. 



7. St. glabratus Schott in Spreng. Syst. veget. IV. 2. (1827) 40 6; A. DC. in 

 DG. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 266; Seub. in Mart. Fl. brasil. VII. (1868) 187. — Styrax 

 erymophyllum Pohl, PI. Brasil. II. icon. (1 831) 57, t. 1 37; G. Don, Syst. IV. (1837) 5. — 



