^ymplocos] LXX. STYEACEiE 441 



connate in 5 bundles, ovary 2-celled. Pr. glabrouSj ovoid or nearly globose, 

 I in. long, calyx-rim small, mucli narz'ower than fr., embryo curved. 



Himalaya, Kablnnir to Asbam 3-8,000 ft. Kliasi and Naga hills. Hills between 

 Sitang and Sahveeu. Upper Burma, JFl. ^larch-Jnne. Yellow dyo from 1. and bark. 

 China. Ja^jan. 



38. S. spicata, Eoxb. ; Wight 111. t. 150; Knrz F. Fl. ii. 146; Brandis 

 F. Fl. 300. Vern, Lodli^ Hind. ; Dhaka, Mar. 



A middle-sized tree, 1. coriaceous, glabrous, acumiaate, serrulate, blade 4-7, 

 petiole l~h in. Fl. cream-coloured, sessile, in paniculate axillary pubescent 

 or glabrous s^nkes, each fl. supported by 3 ovate bracts, ovary 3-celled, glabrous, 

 as well as calyx-segments. Drupes sessile, nearly globose, ribbed, I in. diani. 



Assam, Ivhasi hills, Cachar. Chittagong hill tracts. Tenasserim. AYestern Ghats, 

 Xilgiris, Shevaroy liillb. FL Sept.-Dec. — Malay Penins. China. Japan. A remark- 

 able form (Thaungyin, D. B. 1859) with entire, thickly coriaceous 1., sec. n. indistinct, 

 piobably a new species. Brand 1. c. 39 separates K attenuata, Wall., Abham and 

 Kliabi liills, by bnialler 1. and more strictly globose fr., and S, CandolJeana^ Coorg and 

 Anamalais, hy more pubescent inflorescence, larger bracts and a btraight embryo. 89. S. 

 ferruginea, Eoxb. (including /S'. pohj^tachya^ Wall, and jaraifica, Kurz). Garhwal, 

 Ivumaon, Sikkim (4-6,000 ft.). Clima. A small tree, brancliletb rusty-villons. L. 

 hairy on the nerves beneath, blade 6-8, pet. 1-] in., see. n. 10-12 pair, prominent on 

 the underside, il. sessile in large compound axillary rusty- villous panicles, bracts 

 longer than the short calyx-tube. Fr. globose, ribbed, J in. diaui., ci^owned by the 

 enlarged calyx-segments. 



{b) Fr. cylindric, ellipsoid or conical. 



40. S. tlaesefolia, Ham. Kumaon. Nepal. Sikkim, 5-10,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. 

 A middle-sized tree, 1. glabrous, blade 8-0, pet, J in., midrib raised, not impressed on 

 the upper side. Fl. ^\lnte, sessile, in short deube compound spikes, 1 in. long, stamens 

 10-20, a little longer than corolla, disk densely clothed with long white hairs. Fr. 

 cHipsoid-cylindric, ^^ in. long, embryo straight, calyx in fr. ineoiibpicuous. Specimens 

 with larger I, blade 8, -pet. | in. Hills east of Toungoo 2,000 ft. (D. B. Feb. 1880). 

 41. S. Kurgensis, Clarke. Coorg. Similar, young shoots rusty- tomentose, 1. hairy 

 beneath, midrib imj)resbed, spikes compound, 2-8 in. long. 42. S. Warburgii, Brand 

 1. c. 66. Nilgixis, stamens 25, tAvice the corolla otherwise like 40 (not seen). 48. S. 

 oxyphylla, Wall. (/S. ^efce?/«^^, Kurz.) Assam. Kha&i hills. Forests east of Toungoo. 

 A large evergreen tree, 1. elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-6, pet. } in., sec. n. slender 5-7 

 pair, pined by intrainarginal veins. Fl. shortly pedicellate, in racemes, simple or 

 branching from near the base, fr. conical, i-l in, long. 



II. Cal.-tube produced beyond ovary, petals connate into a tube, on which 

 are inserted the stamens. L. glabrous. 



44. S. sessilis, Clarke. Travancore, evergreen forests 4-5,000 ft. A middle-sized tree, 

 1. spathulate li-2^ in. FL sessile, solitary, corolla } in. long, fr. cylindric | in. long. 

 45. S. pendula, Wight Ic. t, 1237. Anamalai and Palni hills. Ceylon upper montane 

 zone common {S, ^jcmcijiora^ Wight). A shrub or small tree, 1. coriaceous, elliptic, 

 l{>-2^ in. long, pale beneath. Fl. pendulous, often from the axils of fallen 1. on 1-5- tld. 

 peduncles with numerous minute persistent bracts, corolla ^-J in. long. 



2. STYRAX, Linn. ; FL Brit. Ind. iii. 588. 



Hairs often stellate, fl. white. Calyx cainpanulate, free or slightly adnate 

 to base of ovary, truncate or 5-toothed. Corolla-tube short. Stamens 10^ 

 inserted in the corolla-tube, £lanient« short, anthers linear. Ovary incom- 

 pletely 3-celled, the dissepiments i-eaching to the middle. Fr. dry, supported 

 by the persistent calyx-tube, breaking up iiTegularly. Seed 1, rarely 2, 

 embryo straight, cotyledons flat. Species (iU, America, China, Japan, India. 



1. S. serrulatum, Eoxb. ; Kurz F. FL ii. 142. Vern. Shlgriti^ Assam. 



A shrub or small tree, 1. serrulate, young shoots and underside of leaves 

 minutely pubescent, inflorescence, calyx and outside of petals densely white 

 stellately tomentose. FL mostly in short racemes, corolla | in. long. Calyx 

 nearly truncate, with minute teeth. 



