34 J- Perkins. — Styracaceae. 



rhachis inflorescentiae fusco-tomentosa vel pilosa; bracteae bracteolaeque minutae, mox 

 caducae, pilosae; flores 1,5 — 1,8 cm longi, pedicello 6 — 9 mm longo, piloso; calyx 

 cupuliformis, truncatus, margine miaute et interdum irregulai'iter denticulatus, 3,5 — S mm 

 altus, 4 — 4,5 mm latus, extus adpresse flavescenti-lepidoto-stellato-tomentosus, intus pilis 

 stellatis unilateralibus instructus, merabranaceus ; corolla 5-partita, tubo 3,5 — 5 mm 

 longo, lobis breviore, lobis in aestivatione valvatis interdum pauce imbricatis, lanceolatis, 

 linealibus, apice longe angusteque acutatis, 1 — 1,4 cm longis, 2,5 mm latis, extus flaves- 

 centi-stellato-pilosis, intus in parte superiore griseo-tomentellis ; stamina 10, filamentis 

 parte libera planis, 4 mm longis, basim versus dilatatis et breviter flavescenti-pilosis, 

 apice glabra, antherae 5 mm longae, margine sparsim pilis stellatis vestitae; Stylus 

 glaber, petala longitudine adaequans; ovarium obovoideum, parcissime inferum, multi- 

 ovulatum, tomentosum. Fructus 8 — 9 mm longus, 6 mm latus, ovoideus, apice trun- 

 cato, stylo basi persistente, breviter mucronatus, calyce persistente, ferrugineo-tomentosus. 



Ostchinesisches Übergangsgebiet: Canton (Wichura n. 1663, blühend im 

 März 1861); in den Gebirgen in der Nähe von Canton (Hance n. 13738, blühend im 

 März 1870); Macao (Callery n. 236, mit Frucht); Tien tai, Mt. Chekiang (Faber). — 

 Herb. Berlin, Paris, Wien. 



Var. acutiserratus Perk. n. var. — Calyce minore, plane quam in typo magis 

 depresso 3 mm alto, 4 mm lato; corollae lobis imbricatis; foliis distincte acute serratis. 



Ostchinesisches Übergangsgebiet: Szechuan(?) oder Hupeh (Faber). — 

 Herb. Berl. 



1 4. St. confusus Hemsl. in Kew Bull. V. (190 6) 162. — Styrax odoratissimum Hemsl. 

 non Champ. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. (1889) 76. — Frutex vel arbor; rami sub- 

 teretes, 5 mm lati, juniores fusco-flavescenti-stellato-tomentosi, demum glabrescentes ; 

 foUa alterna, petiolata, petiolo 1 — 3 mm longo, flavescenti-tomentoso, oblonga vel inter- 

 dum ovalia, 4 — ;6 cm longa, 2 — 2,7 cm lata, apice acuta vel brevissime acuminata, 

 basi cuneata, utrinque minute indistincteque denticulata, membranacea vel subpapyracea, 

 supra praecipue ad nervös medianos piUs minutissimis stellatis flavescentibus parcissime 

 vestita, subtus pilis stellatis flavescentibus praecipue ad nervös venasque vestita, supra 

 nervis venisque paullo subtus manifeste prominentibus, nervis lateralibus 7 — 8 marginem 

 petentibus. Flores in racemum 3,5 — 4 cm longum, 5 — 6-florum terminalem vel axil- 

 larem dispositi vel in foliorum axillis fasciculati; rhachis inflorescentiae dense flavescenti- 

 vel fusco-stellato-tomentosa ; bracteae minutae, 2 mm longae, lineales flavescenti-tomen- 

 tosae, mox caducae; flores 1,7 cm longi, pedicello 7 — 8 mm longo, flavescenti-stellato- 

 tomentoso; calyx cupuliformis, papyraceus, 7 mm altus, 5 mm latus, extus fusco-flaves- 

 centi-tomentosus, pilis lanatis stellatis vestitus, intus marginem versus sparsim pilosus 

 ceterum glaber, margine truncato, denticulis 5 distinctis praeditus; corolla 5-partita, 

 tubo 4 mm alto, utrinque glabro, lobis multo breviore, lobis in aestivatione valvatis, 

 membranaceis, 12 mm longis, 3,5 mm latis, extus flavescenti-stellato-pilosis, intus apice 

 sparsim pilosis ceterum glabris; stamina 10, fdamentis parte libera planis, 2,75 mm longis 

 basi fasciculos pilorum flavescentium gerentibus, apice glabris, antherae 6,5 mm longae, 

 margine pilis stellatis vestitae; ovarium superum, multiovulatum ovoideum, dense flaves- 

 centi-tomentosum ; Stylus glaber quam corollae lobi brevior. 



Ostchinesisches Übergangsgebiet: Kwantung, Lantao-Inseln (Mr. Ford's 

 einh. Sammler, im Mai 1889 blühend). — Herb. Kew. 



Var. microphyllus Perk. n. var. — Folia anguste-oblonga vel interdum obovata, 

 utrinque glabra. Flores 1,5 cm longi; calyx 3 mm altus. 



Gentralasiat. Gebiet, Prov. Szechuan: Ichang (Faber, ohne Nummer, Henry 

 n. 3450, im Oktober 1887 blühend). 



4 5. St. Matsumuraei Perk. n. sp. — Styrax rugosum Kurz var. formosanum 

 Mats. in Tokyo Bot. Magaz. XV. (1901) 76. — Frutex; rami subteretes, juniores 

 stellato-fulvo-tomentosi, 1,5 mm lati; folia alterna, petiolata, petiolo circiter 3 mm longo, 

 late elliptica vel suborbicularia, 3,5 — 5,5 cm longa, 2,5 — 4 cm lata, apice obtusa vel 

 interdum acuta, basi rotundata vel acuta, membranacea, margine indistincte irregulariter 



