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SMITH—NOTES ON CERTAIN ASIATIC STYRACACEAE. 233 
Hill between 3000 and 4000 ft.” Lace No. 5107 in Herb. Kew. 
Calcutt. et Edin 
“ Kadu Hill, 4000 ft., roth July r91r. Fruiting specimen. 
Tree ro ft. in girth at 7 ft. from ground ; total height 117 ft. 
To first branch 67 ft., of which mid-girth was 7 ft. 4 inches. 
Buttressed at base.’”” Lace No. 5340 in Herb. Edin. 
Pterostyrax burmanicus, W. W. Sm. et Farrer. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis P. hispido, Sieb. et Zucc. a quo foliis anguste 
lanceolatis, floribus praecocibus multo majoribus differt. 
Arbor altissima ex collectore. Ramuli hornotini  vix 
evoluti; seniores cinerascentes glabri decorticantes. Folia sub 
anthesin haud bene evoluta ; lamina 5-5.5 cm. longa, I-1.5 cm. 
lata, anguste lanceolata, apice acutata, acumine ipso obtusius- 
culo, basi cuneata, margine minute denticulata, juventute 
membranacea, pilis stellatis sparsim munita ; petiolus fere I cm. 
longus parce stellato-pilosus. Flores praecoces ex axillis folio- 
rum delapsorum orti, in paniculas multifloras (vulgo 15~25- 
floras) ad 8 cm. longas dispositi vix 2 cm. longi; rhachis dense 
canescenti-stellato-pilosa ; bracteae 7-10 mm. longae lineares 
cum pedicellis 5-8 mm. longis stellato-pilosae. Calycis tubus 
circ. 3-4 mm. longus, ovario adnatus, nervis quinque dentibus 
oppositis prominulis pererratus, canescenti-pilosus; dentes 5 
circ. 1.5 mm. longi, triangulares acutissimi. Petala circ. 1.8 
cm. longa, circ. I cm. lata, libera, in aestivatione imbricata, 
obovata, apice rotundata, alba. Stamina 10, quinque paululo 
breviora, filamentis in dimidio inferiore in annulum connatis, 
pilis albis simplicibus bene indutis. Ovarium pro maxima parte 
inferum 3-4-loculare multiovulatum stylo fere ad apicem 
stellato-piloso corollam aequante vel paulo superante. Fructus 
deest. 
“East Upper Burma :—Langyang, at 7000 ft.; extremely 
floriferous and fragrant, dotting the jungle with its white masses, 
but such a tall and kare-stemmed tree that only gunshot could 
procure specimens. April 2nd, rg1g.” R. Farrer. No. 803. 
Styrax biaristatus, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate S. odoratissimi, Champ. et S. Sai venta 
Hemsl. a quibus floribus minoribus, calyce fere ad medium 
“ lobos triangulares fisso, staminibus apice biapiculatis bh aati 
tomentosis, stylo ad apicem pilosulo, fructu resupinato differt. 
rutex 6-9 m. altus. Ramuli subteretes cito glabrescentes, 
vetustiores cinerei. Folia petiolo 1-1.5 cm. longo sparsissime 
stellato-piloso praedita ; lamina vulgo 9-11 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. 
lata, oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, apice acuminata, basi late 
et saepe asymmetrice cuneata, margine remote et minute denti- 
