Styrax. 



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vix subtus manifeste prominentibus, nervis lateralibus 7 — 8, marginem petentibus. In- 

 florescentia raceraosa, axillaris vel terminalis, 2 — 2,5 cm longa, 4 — 8-flora; rhachis 

 inflorescentiae rufo-stellato-lepidota; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, minutae, caducae, lepi- 

 dotae; flores nondum plane evoluti, \ cm longi, pedicello 5 — 6 mm longo, fusco-lepi- 

 doto; caljx cupuliformis, membranaceus, 5 mm altus, 4 mm latus, extus incano- vel 

 rufo-stellato-lepidotus, intus adpresse flavescenti-pilosus, margine truncatus, integerrimus 

 vel subtilissime 5-denticulatus; corolla 5-partita, tubo ca. \ mm longo, lobis multo bre- 

 viore, lobis iii aestivatione valvatis, membranaceis, 7 mm longis, 1,5 mm latis, extus 

 pilis Stellatis adpressis vestitis, intus apice pilis stellatis fasciculatis parce vestitis; sta- 

 mina \ 0, filamentis parte libera planis, marginibus intus elevatis, basim versus pilis 

 fasciculatis obsitis, antherae margine pilis stellatis vestitae; ovarium obovatum, tomen- 

 tosum, parce inferum, multiovulatum, triloculare; Stylus glaber. Fructus verosimiliter 

 nondum plane evolutus, obovoideus, \ \ mm longus, brevissime mucronatus, rugosus, 

 incano-tomentosus, calyce persistente. 



Andines Gebiet, Bolivien: 1600 — 2500 m ü.M. (M. Pentland); Yungas 

 (Bang n. 467). — Herb. Paris. 



60. St. benzoin Dryand. in Phil. Trans. LXXVII. (1787) 308, t. 12; Willd. Spcc. 

 II. (1799) 623; Blume Bijdr. (1826) 671; Nees Dusseld (1828) t. 210; Berg u. Schmidt, 

 Darstell, u. Beschreib. II. (1859) t. 9; Roxb. Fl. ind. II. (1832) 416; G. Don, Gen. Syst. 



Fig. 7. 



Styrax henxoin Dryand. A Habitus. B Flos. C Stamen, a lalere visum. D Ovarium 

 longitud. sectum, E id. transversa sectum. F Fructus, id. longitud. seclus. 



