442 LXX. STYRACE.E [Shjmx 



Kliasi lulls. Manipur. Cacliar. Cliittagoiig. Tenasbenm. Nepal, Sikkim, Asbain, 

 Upper Burma. FL Marcli-May. Leaf-and liower-budfc, often grow out into galls, up 

 to 10 111. loDg. Ohiua, Japan. /V. virgatttni^ AVall., is a form uitli long acuminate 

 leaves, usually widest below the middle, and larger fl. S. Benzoin^ Dryander, ib a tree 

 of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, which yields from incisions in the bark a 

 balsamic resm, called Benzoin, used medicinally and in the preparation of incense. 2 S. 

 Hookeri, Clarke. Sikkim, Bhutan, 6-7,000 ft. closely allied to 1, il. 1 in. long. 3. S. rugosum, 

 ICurz. Hills east of Toungoo. Shan hills. ]Mogok valley, Buby Mines district. A shrub 

 or small tree, branchlets, underside of 1. and inflorescence densely white fcomentose, 1. 

 sharply and often deeply dentate, fi. m terminal bracteate and leafy racemes, bracts 

 w^ith long linear teeth, calyx-lobes triangular. 



4 S. Polysperma, Clarke. Kbasi hills, bianchlets and 1. glabrous, inflorescence com- 

 pound dichotomous, fr. o-6-&eeded, possibly does not belong to this genus. 



Order LXXI. OLEACE^. Gen. PL ii. 672. 



Unarmed shrubs or trees, sometimes climbing. Leaves opposite (alternate 

 in a few species of Jasnunum)^ stipules 0. Inflorescence mostly racemose, 

 rarely cymose, in trichotomotis panicles. Fl. regular, as a rule bisexual, often 

 dimorphic. Calyx small, truncate or 4-lobed, lobes sometimes 4-9. Corolla- 

 lobes usually 4, sometimes 4-12, in some cases petals distinct or none. 

 Stamens 2, filaments usually short, ovary free; 2-celled, ovules 1-2 in each 

 cell, attached to the inner angle. 



The climbing species of Jahmmum have, as far as known, wood of a normal structure, 

 but the stems are often s^jirally twisted and in some cases wedges of bast intrude into 

 the wood. 



Usually trees or shrubs, 1. or leaflets penniveined. 



Fr. flat dry, separating when ripe into 2 flat 1-seeded 



cells, 1. simple 1. Nyctanihls. 



Fr. an indehiscent samaia, 1. iinparipinnate . . .2. Fraxinus. 

 Fr. a capsule, dehiscing loculicidally, the valves septiferous. 

 L. imparipinnate, capsule woody, albumen . . B. BciiEEBrjiA. 

 L. simple or piiinatifid ; capsule coriaceous, albumen 



fleshy 4. SyeinckA. 



Fr. a drupe, endocarp bony or crustaceous. j 



Corolla-lobes imbricate 5. Osmanthus. 



Corolla-lobes valvate. 



Corolla tubular or 0, inflorescence usually 



axillary 6. Olea. 



Corolla funnel-shaped, panicles or racemes 



terminal 7. LiCtUstkdm. 



Petals distinct or connate 111 pairs . • . .8. Linociera. 

 Fr. a 2-lobed berry, one lobe sometimes wanting, corolla- 

 tube cylindrical, albumen 9. Jasmin u\r. 



A large climber, 1. prominently 3-nerved .... Myxopyrum (p. 452). 



1. NYCTANTHES, Linn.; FJ. Brit. Ind, iii. 603. 



1. N. Arbortristis, Linn, (the only species); Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 240. 

 Vern. Ear^ Siharu, Sailmri^ Harsinghar^ Kiiriy Hind. ; KJiarasU, Mar. ; 

 Hursing, Pdrijata^ Kan. ; KrisMi^ Tell, ; Seikpalu, Burm. 



A large deciduous shrub or small tree, branches q^uadrangular, rough all 

 over with an uneven epidermis and stiff white hairs. L. ovate, acuminate, 

 entire or with a few large distant teeth. Fl, sessile, in pedunculate bracteate 

 fascicles of 3-5, arranged in short trichotomous cymes. Calyx campanula te, 

 indistinctly dentate, corolla-lobes 5-8, white, crenate or emarginate, contorted 

 in bud. Anthers sessile in the orange-coloured corolla-tube. Capsule charta- 

 ceous, fiat, splitting into two 1-seeded cells, cotyledons flat, radicle inferior, 

 albumen 0. 



Subhimalayan tract, from the Chenab south wards. Oudh Forests. Singbhum Central 



