16S 



GEXUS II. STYRAX. 

 iiecandria Illonogynia. Ser -. Si/st ■■ 



Deriv. An alteration of Assterak, the Arabic name of 5. bffici- 

 kale. 



Gest. Char; Trees or shrubs, usually clothed with stellate tO- 

 mentum : leaves entire, alternate, exstipulate : peduncles axillary 

 or terminal, one or many-flowered: flowers racemose, bracteate, 

 white or cream-coloured : calyx persistent, campaniilate, 5-toothed : ' 

 corolla funnel-shaped, deeply 8-7-cleft, usually 5-6-cleft, valvate in 

 aestivation : stamens exserted : filaments monadelphous at the basci 

 adnate to the tube of the corolla : anthers linear, 2-celled, dehiscing 

 lengthwise inside : ovary superior, 3-celled, many-ovuled, erect : 

 stigma obsoletely 3-lobed : drupe almost dry, containing a 1-celledj 

 1-3-seeded nut : testa double, inner cobwebbed : embryo invertedj 

 With elliptic cotyledons : radicle thick : albumen fleshy. 



(1) S. SERRULATUM. (Roxb.J 



Ident. Rbxb. flor. Ind. 11. p. 415.— Dec. prod. VIll. p. S67. 



Spec Char. Small tree : branchiets, petioles, racemes and 

 calyxes tawny-tomentose i leaves oblong, acuminate, acute at the 

 base, serrulate, glabrescent: raceraies terminating the lateral branches, 

 simple, shorter than the leaf : calyx campanulate, acute at the base, 

 5-toothed at the apex : capsule ovoid, pubescentj splitting irregu* 

 larly from the base in S-4-valves : seeds 1-4. 



Chittagong, flowering in March. 



(2) S. VIRGATUM. (Watt.) 



Ident. Wall. (jat. Jfo. 4400.— Dec. ptod. VIII. p. 267. 



Spec. Char. Tree : branches velvety at the apet : leaves ovate^ 

 lotig-acuminate at the base, obtuse, serrulate, glabrous : racemes 

 shorter than the leaf, few-flowered : pedicels somewhat longer than 

 the calyx and with the calyx whitish-puberulous : calyx hemisphe- 

 rical, d-toothed. 



Khasia Hills. 



ORIiER ClII. OLEACEiE. 



. Trees or shrubs with opposite, simple or unequally pinnate 

 leaves ; racemes or panicles axillaryj or terminal, 'one bracteate; 

 flowers often fragrant, white or lilac coloured, hermaphrodite or 

 dioicous; calyx monophyllous, persistent, 4-cleft or 4-toothed ^ 



