688 xci. STTBACEj;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Sijmplocos. 



want of peduncles ; considered a var. of S. pendula by Beddome {Fm. Man. 152), but 

 ranted as a species by Benth. (Gen. PI. ii, 669). 



63. S. Hensclieli, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 669; leaves elliptic-oblong 

 narrowed at both ends subentire ultimately nearly glabrous, racemes small ashy 

 silky, corollas-tube ^ in. subglabrous. Cordyloblaste Henscheli, Moritzi in 

 Bot. Zeit. 1848, 606. 



MiXACOA ; Mt. Ophir, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3644), Lobb. 



Branohlets sparsely pilose. Leaves i by 1| in., sometimes obscurely pubescent 

 beneath, coriaceous ; nerves irregular, indistinct ; petiole j in. Eacemes |— ^ in. 

 diam., l-S-flowered ; bracts minute ; pedicels 0-% in. Calyx-tube ^ in., grey-silky, 

 lobes scarcely i in. Corolla in bud i by ^ in. Stamens 40-60; staminal tube 

 ^ in., free. Diso villous ; style J-J in., glabrous, stigma large capitate. Fruit not 

 seen. 



Vae. hirtistylis; flowers rather larger, style hirsute. — Mt. Ophir; Maingay 

 (n. 2586, herb. prop.). 



64. S. IHCaing'ayi, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 669 ; leaves elliptic narrowed at 

 .both ends sparsely pubescent beneath, racemes dense ferruginous hairy, corolla-i 

 tube 1 in. silkily white-tomentose without. 



Maiaoca; Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 961). 



Branohlets stout, rusty-hirsute. Leaves 4J by 2 in,, subentire, coriaceous ; nerves 

 irregular, indistinct; petiole J in. Bacemes 1 in., stout; bracts j in., ovate, ferrugi- 

 nous-hairy ; pedicels 0-J in. ; bracteoles minute. Calyx-tvhe | in., hairy, teeth 5^5 in. 

 Corolla-tube narrow, glabrous within; lobes ^ in., elliptic. Stamens 40-60, staminal 

 tube i in., free, dividing into 20 ligulate lobes. Disc and style hairy. Ovary 3-5- 

 celled with 1 pendulous ovule in each cell {Maingay). Fruit 1| by Ij in,, obovoid, 

 obtuse, glabrescent ; endocarp very thick, woody ; calyx-rim ^ in. wide, less than one- 

 tenth the width of the upper part of the fruit. 



2. STYRAX, Linn. 



Trees and shrubs. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate. Flowers in lax little-divided 

 axillary and terminal racemes, or subsolitary axillary ; bracts inconspicuous. 

 Calyx campanulate, free or slightly adnate to the base of the ovary, truncate 

 or 5-toothed. Corolla-tvhe short, lobes 5, eUiptic-oblong, imbricate (in the 

 Indian species). Stamens 10, 1-seriate at the summit of the corolla-tube, fila^ 

 ments short ; anthers large, linear. Ovary nearly free, at first 3-celled, later 

 often l-ceUed ; style subulate, stigma capitate ; ovules few in each cell. Fruit 

 globose or ellipsoid, seated on the cupuliform or pateUlform calyx, toughfy 

 chartaceous (in the Indian species), breaking up irregularly. Seeds rarely 2 

 (many in 8. polyspermd), erect, testa chartaceous or indurated, albumen plenti- 

 ful fleshy; embryo straight, cotyledons broad. — Species 60, in the warmer 

 regions of Eastern Asia and America. 



S. Finlaysonianum, Wall. Cat. 4403, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 261, with subentire nearly 

 glabrous leaves (& odoratissimum. Champ, in Hook. Kew. Joum. iv. 304) was col- 

 lected probably in Cambodia, and is not known as an Indian plant. 



1. S. serrulatum, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 415; leaves elliptic acuminate 

 serrulate glabrous or with scattered stellate hairs beneath, pedicels and calyx 

 closely white-tomentose, corolla ^ in., style glabrous. Wall. Cat. 4402 ; A. HC. 

 Prodr. viii. 267 ; Hh. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5960, syn. excl. ; Kurz in Journ. As. 

 ■ Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 237, and For. Fl. ii. 142. S. Porterianum, Wall. Cat. 4401 ; 

 A. DC. l.c. S. floribundum, Grif. Notvl. iv. 287. 



Eastern India; alt. 3-7000 ft., frequent; from Nipal and Bhotan to Pegu and 



