Biospyroa.} EBENACEiE. 21] 



^nd very aoxite. Ovary very hairy, ^-celled according to Champion, with 1 

 pendulous ovule in eskch ; I found, howevpr, in the qiily femal? flower I could 

 examine, 4 cells with 1 ovule in each, ^tjles %, united to the middle and 

 apparently undivided, but the summits; were injweij- Berry objong, abqve 

 ■f in. long, glabrous or haiiy, with a single seed, 



la the Happy Valley woods, Champiotu; also WtAght- Nat knoiyn out of the island. 



Obpi!e lxyiii. STYRACACE^, 



Calyx-tube usually more or less adherent ; the Kmb 5- or rarely 4-lobed. 

 Corolla deeply divided into as many lobes or rarely into twice as many, the 

 additional lobes forming an inner smaller series alternating with the outer 

 ones. Stamens usually indefinite, sometimes only twice as many or equal in 

 number to the coroUa-lobes, attached in one or more series to the base or 

 vrathin the tube of the corolla. Ovaj-y more pr less inferior or very rarely 

 quite superior, 3r to 5 -celled, with 3 or more ovnles ia each cell, either aU 

 pendulous or the upper ones erect. Fruit more or \is§ succulent and ^n(le,-, 

 hiscent, or rarely opening in valves. Seed usually solitary, the embryo in tbs 

 axis of a fleshy albumen.r— Trees or shrubs. Jjeaves alternate, entire or toothed, 

 without stipules. Mowers axillary, solitary or in simple or braiiohed Tacemes. 



A small Order, dispersed over the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and America, 

 with very few African species and one only extending into southern Europe, 



Corolla-lobes much imbricate. Stamens indefinite. Anthers short. Ovules 



3 in each cell. fVuit inferior ] . $yHP]:.ocos. 



CoioUa-lobes imbricate or valvate. Stamens 10. Antheis linear. Ovules 



several in each cell. Fruit superior .... 2. Stibax. 



1. SYMPLOCOS, Linn. 



Calyx 5-lobed) adherent. CorpUa 5-lobed or in some American spe- 

 cies 6- to 10-lobed, the lobes much imbricate in the bud. Stamens inde- 

 finite, usually more than 15 ; filaments fiUfprm; anthers small, ovoid or glo- 

 bular. Ovary more or less inferior, 3- to § -celled, with 2 or very rarely 3 

 ovyles in each cell. Style fiUfprm, entire or shpri;ly lobed at the top. Berry 

 from globular to oblong, crowned by the persistent calyx-lobes, usually with 

 1 or 3 seeds only. Embryo ynSn a long radicle and very short cotyledons. — 

 Trees or shrubs, the spepimens almost always taking a yellow tinge in drying. 

 Flowers small, in axillary racemes or clusters, each one solitary in the axil of 

 a small bract, with .? bracteolea under the calyx. 



A considerable genus, common to the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and America. 

 Flowers in dense clusters, or in racemes not longer than the petioles. 

 iPrqifc ovoid or oblong. 



Clusters dense, quite sessile. Leaves veined. Ovary glabrous . . 1. 5. congesta. 



Racemes few-flowered, ^bout as long as the petiole. Leaves very co- 



riaotious, scarcely veined. Ovary hairy at the top 2. 5. erassifoUa. 



Howers in racemes (or loose spikes), longer than the petiole. Fruit 

 small, globular. 



^iS^cemes simple 3- ^. microcarpa. 



Kacemes branched • • • • .... 4. S. spicata. 



1 S. congesta, Benth., n. sp. An evergreen shnib, glabrous except a 



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