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minute denticulata, supra ad nervös medianes hie illic pilis stellatis obtecta, subtus 

 pilos fuscos stellatos praecipue ad nervös venasque gerentia, nervis venisque supra 

 paullo subtus distincte prominentibus, nervis lateralibus 5 — 6, marginem petentibus. 

 Inflorescentia subracemosa, axillaris (ex Matsumura); rhachis inflorescentiae fusco- 

 stellato-tomentosa; bracteae minutae, lineales, tomentosae; flores circiter 4,5 cm longi, 

 pedicellatij pedicello 3 — 4 mm longo, fusco-stellato-tomentoso ; calyx cupuliformis, 8 mm 

 altus, 4 mm latus, extus fulvo-stellato-tomentosus praecipue parte inferiore, intus albido- 

 pilosus, margine truncatus, distincte 5-denticulatus, dentibus lanceolatis, 1,3mmlongis, 

 membranaceus; corolia 5-partita, tubo 3 mm longo, lobis breviore, lobis in aestivatione 

 valvatis, membranaceis, 8,5 mm longis, 2,5 mm latis, lanceolatis vel oblongis, extus 

 adpresse flavescenti-stellato-pubescentibus, intus in parte Yg inferiore glabris, apice 

 stellato-pubescentibus; stamina 8 — 9, filamentis parte libera 4 mm longis, superne sub- 

 rotundatis, glabris, infra planis dense flavescenti-tomentosis, antherae lineales, margine 

 pilis stellatis parce vestitae, 7 mm longae; stjlus W mm longus, glaber staminibus 

 longior; ovarium obovatum, tomentosum, multiovulatum, parcissime inferum. 



Forrhosa: Byolitsu (Honda!), Taiboho, Taichoo (Y. Satake ex Matsumura). 



Nota. Species a St. rugoso Kurz calycis dentibus longissimis praedito multum abhorret; 

 petala praeterea spathulata in aestivatione imbricata, folia rugosa coriacea subtus indumento 

 densissimo albo vestita. 



16. St. virgatus Wall. Gatal. (1828) 4400A; G.Don, Gen. Syst. IV. (1837) 5; 

 A.DG. in DG. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 267; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. (1877) pt. II. 237; 

 For. Fl. II. (18 77) 14 2. — Styrax serrulatum Roxb. var. virgatum G. B. Clarke in 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. III. (1882) 589. — Gyrta virgata Miers, Contrib. Bot. I. (1851 — 1861) 

 182. — Frutex ca. 3-metralis (ex Glarke); rami subteretes 3 — 4 mm lati, juniores 

 parce stellato-pilosi, adulti, demum glabrescentes; folia alterna, petiolata, petiolo 3 — 5 mm 

 longo, parce stellato-piloso, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, 5 — 1 3 cm longa, 1,50 — 3,50 cm 

 lata, apice longe anguste acuminata, apice ipso acuta, basi cuneata vel interdum 

 rotundato-cuneata, papyracea, margine in parte Ys superiore minutissime sed distincte 

 denticulata, costa utrinque hinc inde pilis stellatis ornata, ceterum glabra, nervis late- 

 ralibus 5 — 7, marginem petentibus, venis dense reticulatis. Inflorescentia racemosa, 

 axillaris vel terminalis, 7 — 10 cm longa, 8 — 12-flora; rhachis inflorescentiae flavescenti- 

 stellato-tomentosa; bracteae minutae, caducae, tomentosae, lanceolatae; flores albi (ex 

 Glarke) 1,2 cm longi, pedicello 2 — 3 mm longo, flavescenti-tomentoso; caljx cupuli- 

 formis, 3 mm altus, 3 mm latus, membranaceus, extus flavescenti-stellato-tomentosus, 

 intus glaber, margine truncatus, minute 5-dentatus; corolia 5-partita, tubo 3 mm longo, 

 glabro, lobis multo breviore, lobis linealibus, apice anguste acuminatis, in aestivatione 

 valvatis vel interdum paucissime imbricatis, membranaceis, ca. 1 cm longis, ca. 1,5 mm 

 latis, extus pilis minutis, flavescentibus dense obtectis, intus apice versum pilosis; 

 stamina 10, 6 mm longa, filamentis in parte superiore filiformibus, in inferiore sensim 

 ampliatis, geniculatis, pilosis, antherae margine pilis stellatis instructae; ovarium ob- 

 ovoideum, multiovulatum, flavescenti-pilosum; Stylus glaber quam coroUae lobi brevior. 



Monsungebiet, trop. Himalaya: Sillet (Wallich n. 4400A); Burney Hat 250 m- 

 ü.M. (G. B. Glarke n. 43 257 A, im April 1886 blühend); Khasia Hills (Native col- 

 lectors of Galcut. Bot. Gardens). 



Nota 1. Haud scio an specimen a cl. Kurz descriptum St. virgatus verus sit. Specimen 

 non vidi. Flores majores quam in St. virgato. 



Nota 2. Specimina a cl. Miers collecta non vidi. 



17. St. Finlaysonianus Wall. Gatal. (1828) 4403; G. Don, Gen. Syst. IV. 

 (1837) 5; A.DG. in DG. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 261. — Gyrta Fitüaysoniana Miers, 

 Gontrib. Bot. I. (1851 — 1861) 181. — Frutex vel arbor; rami subteretes, ca. 3 mm 

 lati, juniores flavescenti-tomentosi, demum glabrescentes; folia alterna, petiolata, petiolo 

 4 — 5 mm longo, griseo-tomentoso, ovata vel late ovato-oblonga vel interdum oblonga, 

 5_8 interdum ad 1 3 cm longa, 3 — 5 interdum ad 6 cm lata, apice acuta vel breviter 

 acuminata, basi rotundata vel interdum cuneato-rotundata, subpapyracea, undulata fere 



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