590 xci. STTEACEJ!. (0. B. Clarke.) [Styrax. 



dulous ; peduncle ^^o i"- > tracteoles linear, sometimes J in. CahfX rusty floecose- 

 tomentoee, subepathaceous, irregularly lobed and often serrate. Corolla closely 

 tomentose without. Filaments villous. Fruit not seen. 



6. S. polysperma, Clarhe ; leaves broadly oUong acute obscurely 

 crenate glabrous, corymbs many-flowered scabrous, corolla \-^ in., fruit 5-6- 



Khasu Mts. ; GVe^iJi ; Mahadeo, alt. 3000 ft., fl:/. #■ T. 



Branches glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2 j in., base cuneate or rhomboid ; petiole \ in. 

 Corymb's subterminal, repeatedly diehotomous, flowers nearly sessile. Corolla densely 

 tomentose without. Style obscurely 3-lobed. Fruit J by J in., ellipsoid, subacute, 

 imperfectly 3-celled ; cells 2-1-seeded ; testa stoutly chartaceous. — A most remark- 

 able plant ; the glabrous leaves and compound diehotomous inflorescence have caused 

 fruiting examples to be referred to Cordia. The fruit is altogether unlike that of any 

 other Styrax, and may indicate a new genus. 



Okdeb XCII. OXiEACEH:. (By C. B. Clarke.) 



Trees, or soandent or erect shrubs, unarmed. Leaves opposite (in a few 

 Jasminums alternate), simple 3-foliolate or pinnate, entire or toothed ; stipules 

 0. Inflorescence mostly in trichotomous cymes or panicles, terminal or axillary, 

 rarely fascicled or racemose. Flmoers bermapbrodite often dimorphous, some- 

 times polygamous or dioecious, regular. Calyx small, truncate or 4- (sometimes 

 6-9-) lobed, rarely 0. Corolla monopetalous, rarely 4-9-petalous or 0, tube long 

 or short, imbricate or valvate in bud. Stamens 2 (in Indian species), inserted 

 on the corolla, or (in the polypetalous or apetalous genera) hypogynous, filaments 

 usually short ; anthers dehiscing usually on the margin or subextrorsely. Ovary 

 free, 2-celled ; style short or long, stigma simple or 2-lobed ; ovules 1-2 (rarely 

 3-4) in each cell, attached to the inner angle near the apex or base. Fruit a 

 loculicidal capsule, or indehiscent, or a berry or drupe. Seeds solitary (or 2) 

 in each cell, erect or pendulous ; testa thin or bony, albumen fleshy horny or 0; 

 embryo straight, radicle superior or inferior. — Distrib. Species 280, in the 

 tropi^ial and temperate regions. 



^ A shrub, collected by Heifer in Tenasserim or the Andamans (Kew Distrib. n. 



^694) is supposed to belong to this Order; the imperfect specimens are here described. 



J BranoTies round; wood loose, soft; bark white, smooth. Leaves opposite, 10 by 

 "35in., cuneate at both ends, entire, softly hairy on the nerves beneath, coriaceous, 

 * whitened beneath, primary nerves 12 on each side the midrib, prominently inarching; 



petiole i in., hairy, very turgid. Panicles 1 in., axillary, reduced almost to racemes! 



minutely pubescent ; bracts or minute ; pedicels hardly any. Ovary (in young 



fruit) superior, 2-celied ; cells 2-ovuled ?. 



Teibb I. Jasminese. CoroZZa-Zo5es much imbricate. Seeds evect; albu- 

 men ; radicle inferior. 



Scandent shrubs ; fruit baccate , , 1_ jAsMmnM. 



Erect small tree ; capsule bipartite 2. Nyctanthes. 



Teibb II. Syringreae. . JVmw! dry, loculicidal. .See* pendulous, winged, 

 radicle superior. 



Corolla-lobes imbricate ; fruit woody, pyriform 3. Scheebeea 



Corolla-lobes valvate ; fruit small, cylindrie 4. STEmaA. 



TfiiBE in. Fraxinese. Fruit samaroid. JPetals valvate or 0. 

 Trees ; leaves pinnate 5_ Fraxintts 



