232 SMITH—NOTES ON CERTAIN ASIATIC STYRACACEAE. 
supra in annulum laxum connato, fructu magno ellipsoideo nec 
alato nec costato, exocarpio carnosulo distinguitur. 
Arbor altissima. Folia alterna subcoriacea minute calloso- 
denticulata. Flores in ramulis hornotinis ex axillis foliorum 
superiorum orti, in racemos congestos simplices vel parum 
ramosos dispositi. Calyx infra ovario adnatus supra in 
annulum cupularem connatus, subinteger. Corollae petala 5, 
decidua, ima basi paululo cohaerentia, in aestivatione imbri- 
cata, erectiuscula. Stamina 10, inclusa, a petalis libera, sub- 
aequalia, filamentis in tubum cylindricum connatis ; antherae 
oblongae introrsae. Ovarium pro maxima parte inferum 
3-loculare, multiovulatum ; stylus elongatus subulatus apice 
capitatus. Drupa oblongo-ellipsoidea, exocarpio carnosulo 
praedita, indehiscens, teres vel subteres, abortu 1-2-locularis, 
1-2 - sperma, maturitate glabra lenticellis magnis notata. 
Species unica burmanica. 
Parastyrax Lacei, W. W. Sm. Comb. nov. Styrax Lacei, 
W. W. Sm. in Kew Bull., rg11, p. 344. 
Additional material of this tree is now available which entails 
certain corrections and additions to the original description. 
Instead of a tree of moderate height, it is one of 150 feet or over. 
The inflorescences are axillary to the upper leaves; I have 
not found one truly terminal. The flowers are noted as yellow. 
The calyx adnate below to the inferior ovary is prolonged 
upwards into a narrow ring with a slightly irregular margin but 
not toothed. The staminal filaments are united into a tube 
glabrous outside, minutely pilose inside; free part of the fila- 
ments very short or almost absent. The mature fruit is wholly 
inferior, ellipsoid, 3 cm. long by 1 cm. broad, covered with a 
thin fleshy exocarp, and marked by elongate whitish lenticels ; 
the endocarp is very hard and woody ; there are no indications 
of either wings or ridges on the mature fruit which is said to be 
edible. 
I can now give Lace’s full note on No. 5107 :— 
“ Upper Burma :—Kadu Hill, Katha District, alt. 3000-4000 
ft. 23rd Feb. rg10. ‘Nanem,’ Kachin. Large tree, 150 ft. 
and over in height. Long clean bole and crown composed of 
pale rather few but strong branches. Calyx truncate. Petals 
5 yellow, pubescent on both sides, imbricate in bud ; later over- 
lapping and slightly coherent at base. Stamens 10, joined in 
tube which is rather inflated at base. Stigma terminal. Ovary 
appears half inferior. Measured one specimen 13 ft. in girth 
and about 160-170 ft. high. Bark 3 in. thick, reddish inside ; 
no heartwood ; wood white. The fruit is said to be large, r}in., 
and is eaten. Common tree in evergreen forest on the Kadu 
