246 DIOSPYRACR^ STYRACE^. 



scabra, Burm. pr. 13.) 5 C. G. H. Has been cultivated here for 

 many years, without flowering. 

 Maba, Forst. {Spre7ig. syst. 2, p. 11, No. 1303 ; — G. Dons Mill. did. 4. 

 p. 43.) 

 1. buxifolia, Pers. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 125 ; — G. Don. I. c. — Ferreola 

 buxifolia, Roxb. Corom. 1, t. 45 ; — ■/. ind. 3, p. 790.) 5 Circar 

 Mountains. Fl. small, yellowish, H. S. ; fr. C. S. Wood dark-coloured, 

 remarkably hard, and durable. Berries universally eaten, when ripe 

 of a pleasant taste. (Roxb.) 



* Diospyros salici/olia, WiUd. b S. America. — D. macrophylla, Bl. b 

 Java. — D. obtusifolia, Willd. L. b Mexico. — D. serrata, Buch. L. b 

 Nepal. — D. cerusifolia, D. Don. b Nepal. — D. frutescens, Bl. 5 Java. 

 — D. obovata, Jacq. S Jamaica. — D. bracteata, Roxb. b Doab. — 

 Pouteria guianensis, Aubl. b Gujana. 



SUB-ORDER? STYRACEiE, Rich.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 227. 



A very unsettled order, requiring a complete re-examination. — Trees or 

 shrubs, (excluding Hopea, L.) by Lindl. referred to 8 or 9 genera. Of 

 these, Spreng. syst. enumerates 24 species for S. America, Mexico and the 

 W. Indies ; 4 for N. America ; 1 for Asia Minor and S. Europe ; and 1 for 

 China. In the E. Indies have been found according to Spreng., Roxb, 

 and Wall. Cat., 27 species of Symp locos ; 5 of Styrax ; and 1 oi Decadia. 

 (Lour.) all natives of the mountains of India. Only one has been dis- 

 covered in the plains of Bengal. Styrax Benzoin is a native of Sumatra, 

 and Decadia of Cochin China. Properties unimportant. 

 Symplocos, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 331, No. 2626 ; — G, Don's Mill. diet. 

 4, p. \.) 

 l.ferruginea, Roxb. (/. ind. 2, p. 542 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 2.) 



5 Khassya Mountains. Fl. middle-sized, yellow, Sept. and Oct. 

 2. spieata, Roxb. {fl. ind. 2, p. 541 ,—G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 2.) b 

 Khassya Mountains. Assam. Fl. small, yellow, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 Nuts hard, about the size of a pea, strung like beads, by the natives 

 and hung round the necks of their children to prevent evil. {Roxb.) 

 Z.racemosa, Roxb. {fl. ind. 2, p. 539 ,—0. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 3.) 

 CSrt^t Lodh. b Burdwan. Midnapore. Nepal. Kemaon. Fl. small, 

 lively yellow, Dec. ; fr. May. Bark much in request as a mordant in 

 dyeing red with Rubia cordifolia, L. The red powder {Abeer) used 

 by the natives during the Hoolee holidays is made of the bark of this 

 tree. {Roxb.) 

 4. pulcherrima, Wall. 5 Nepal. 



