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Styrax, L. {Spreng. syst. 1,p. 274, No. 1539 ;— G. Bon's Mill. diet. 4, p. 4.) 



1. serrulatus, Roxb. {fl. ind. 2, p. 415 ; — G. Don. o. c. p. 5.) 5 Chitta- 

 gong. Fl. largish. In H. C. G. fl. H. S. ; fr. R. S. {Roxb.) 



2. Benzoin, Dryand. {philos. trans. 77, p. 308, t. 12; — Spreng, syst. 

 2, p. 285 ;—G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 6 \—Roxb.fl. ind. 2, p. 416 ; — 

 Bl. bijdr. p. 671.) b Sumatra. Introduced into H. C. G. in 1812. 

 Fl. ? This tree produces the gum- resin called Benzoin, of which the 

 only preparation is flores benzoes, a medicine now nearly out of use. 



* SymplocQS Alstonia, L'Herit. 5 New Granada. — 5. coecinea, H. and B. 

 b Mexico. — S. serrulata, H. and B. 5 New Granada. — S. mucronata, 

 H. and B. 5 Mexico. — S. martinicensis, L. b Martinique. — S. Cipo- 

 nima, L'Herit. B Guiana. — iS. sinica, Ker, ; B. Reg. 9, t. 710. 3 

 China. — Styrax floridus, Pohl. 5 Brazil. — S. ferrugineus, Pohl. S 

 Brazil. — S. erymophyllus, Pohl. 3 Rio Janeiro. — 5. acuminatus, Pohl. 

 5 Rio Janeiro. — S. reticulatus. Mart. 5 Brazil. — 5. aureus. Mart. 5 

 Brazil. — Paralea guianensis, Aubl. L. b Guiana. — Dielidanthera pen- 

 duliflora, Mart. 5 Brazil. — D. laurifolia, Mart. S Rio Janeiro. 



ORDER CLXVIII.— ILICIACEvE, Aquifoliace.e, DC— Lindl. Nat. 



Syst. p. 228. 



THE HOLLY TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, by Lindl. referred to 14 genera. Of these, DC. pr. 

 and Spreng. syst. enumerate 28 for S. America, Mexico, and the W. 

 Indies ; 20 for N. America ; 9 for Japan ; 2 for Europe ; 2 for Madagas- 

 car ; 1 for Mauritius ; 1 for the Canaries ; 1 for Madeira ; 1 for China ; I 

 for the Straits of Magellan ; 1 for N, Africa; and about 10 for S. Africa. 

 In the East Indies have, according to Spreng. and Wall. Cat. been dis- 

 covered about 14 species of Ilex or Prinos ; and 2 of Monet ia. With the 

 exception of Monetia tetracuntha, an inhabitant of the plains of India, all 

 the Indian forms of this order have been found in the Himalayas, the 

 Khassya Mountains, the Neelgherries, and the mountains about Penang, 

 Singapore and Moulmein. Properties unimportant. 



Cassine, L. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 533, No. 1110 ;— G. Don's Mill. diet. 2, 

 JO. 12 i—DC.pr. 2, p. 11.) 

 X.barbara, L. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 939 ; — G. Don. o. c. p. 13; — DC. 

 0. c.p. 12.) B C. B. S. Introduced in 1840. 

 Ilex, L. {DC.pr. 2. p. 13;— G. Dons Mill. diet. 2, p. 16.) 



1. excelsa, Wall. (Cat. — Cassine excelsa. Wall. ; — Roxb.Ji. ind. ; ed. Carey, 

 2, p. 376 ; — Spreng. syst. c. p. p. 123 ; G. Dons Mill. diet. 2, p. 13.) 

 b Nepal. Kemaon. Has been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? 



