Styrax. gg 



1861) 179, t. 29: Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. (1889) 76 p.p. — Styrax 

 prunifolius Perk. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXXI. 4. (1902) 486. — Frutex (ex Cham p.); 

 rami subteretes, 2 — 4 mm lati, juniores puberuli, demum fusci glahrescentes ; folia 

 alterna, petiolata, petiolo ca. 5 — 10 mm longo, glahro vel subglabro, ovata vel oblique 

 ovata interdum oblonga, 4 — 10 cm longa, 2,2 5 — 5 cm lata, apice longe acuminala vel 

 interdum acuta vel breviter acuminata, apice ipso acutiuscula, basi rotundata vel cuneato- 

 rotundata, integra vel interdum in parte ^/^ superiore utrinque margine dentihus sub- 

 conspicuis, irregulariter remotis instructa, papyracea, juniora utrinque ad nervös venasque 

 rarius hinc inde pilum gereutes, adulta utrinque glabra, nervis lateralibus 6 — 7, mar- 

 ginem petentibus, nervis venisque supra parce, subtus manifeste prominentibus , venis 

 majoribus parallelis nervis lateralibus rectangulariter innixis, tenuioribus densissime reti- 

 culatis. Flores in axillis foliorum plerumque gemini vel apice ramuli racemose dispositi, 

 1,3 cm longi, pedicellati, pedicello 4 — 6 mm longo, parce tomentoso, flores Violae 

 odore gaudent et Deutziae aemulant habitum (ex Champ.); calyx cupuliformis , 4 mm 

 altus, 5 mm latus, membranaceus , margine truncatus, irregulariter minute et acute 

 serrulatus, interdum subinteger, extus flavescenti-stellato-tomentosus, intus glaber; coroUa 

 5-partita, tubo 3 mm longo, corollae ^3 longitudine aequante, lobis 9 mm longis, 

 in aestivatione imbricatis, membranaceis, obovato-oblongis, apice acutiusculis vel acutis, 

 extus flavescenti-stellato-tomentosis intus hinc inde pilis stellatis instructis; stamina 10, 

 rarissime 12 — 14, lilamenta supra tubi fundum inserta, in parte superiore filifonnia, in 

 inferiore sensim ampliata pilosa, juniora geniculata, antherae lineales, in flore aperto 

 apice recurvae, breviter acuminatae, margine pilis stellatis conspersae; Stylus pilosus, 

 ovarium obovoideum, tomentosum, parce inferum, triloculare, multiovulatum. Fructus 

 globosus vel subovoideus, 1 1 mm longus (ex Bentham), tomentosus, apice stylo brevi 

 coronatus, indehiscens vel rarius valvis 3 ab apice ad basin dehiscens. Semen obli- 

 quum, ovoideum (ex Champ.). 



China: ohne Standort (Champion n. 138, Wright n. 315); Hongkong, im Wald 

 (Hance n. 890, blühend im April 1866; Faber), Pokfolanz (Hillebrand). 



77. St. Veitchiorum Hemsl. et E. H. Wilson in Kew Bull. V. (1906) 161. — 

 Arbuscula 4 — 5 m alta, rami subteretes, 2,5 mm lati, juniores flavescenti-stellato-pubes- 

 centes demum glahrescentes; folia alterna, petiolata, petiolo 5 — 10 mm longo, hinc inde 

 pihs vestito , lanceolato-ovata vel longe oblonga vel interdum ovata , 7 — II cm longa, 

 2 — 4 cm lata, apice acuminata, basi rotundata vel interdum cuneata, indistinete irregu- 

 lariter denticulata, membranacea, utrinque glabra, praeter axillas nervorum pilis fasciculatis 

 vestitas, nervis venisque supra paullo, subtus manifeste prominentibus, nervis lateralibus 

 7 — 8, marginem petentibus, curvatis. Inflorescentia racemosa vel paniculata, axillaris 

 vel terminaUs, 9 — 20 cm longa, multiflora; bracteae lineales, flavescenti-tomentosae mox 

 caducae; flores 1,5 cm longi, pedicello 0,6 — 1 cm longo, flavescenti-piloso; calyx cupuli- 

 formis, 4 mm altus, 3 mm latus, membranaceus, extus flavescenti-tomentosus , intus 

 subglaber, margine truncatus, minute indistinete denticulatus ; corolla 5-pai*tita, tubo 

 2,5 — 3 mm longo, lobis multo breviore, lobis in aestivatione imbricatis, obovatis vel 

 oblongis, 9 — 10 mm longis, 5,5 mm latis, apice obtusis vel subacutis, utrinque flaves- 

 centi-stellato-pubescentibus ; stamina 10, filamentis parte libera planis, 5 mm longis pilis 

 stellatis flavescentibus sparsim vestitis lobos longitudine adaequantibus, antherae glabrae, 

 4 — 5 mm longae, tubo stamineo 3 mm longo; ovarium obovoideum, subinferum-, multi- 

 ovulatum, 3-loculare, flavescenti-tomentosum; Stylus antheras longitudine adaequans, in 

 parte ^5 inferiore tomentosus. 



China: Hupeh, Fang Distrikt, im Walde 21 00— 2400 m ü. M. (Wilson n. 2015). 



78. St. macranthus Perk. in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXXI. (1902) 487. — »Arbor 

 7 m alta« ; rami subteretes, fusci, novissimi hinc inde pilum stellatum gereutes, demum 

 glabrati, longitudinaliter striati; folia petiolata, petiolo 5—8 mm longo, ovato-oblonga vel 

 ovato-lanceolata, 8 — 10,5 cm longa, 3— 4 cm lata, basi rotundata vel interdum cuneata, 

 apice longe vel longissime acuminata, apice ipso acutiuscula vel acutissime apiculata, 

 margine dentihus numerosis introflexis ornata, membranacea vel subpapyracea , supra 



