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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
lata, petiolus 2-3 lin. longus ; racemus 2-2| poll, longus, 
6-8-florus; fructus ovatus, calyce cupuliformi suffultus, to- 
mentosus, 5 lin. longus, 4 lin. diam., styli vestigio apiculatus, 
pericarpio crasso lignoso e basi trivalvatim rimante, abortu 
monospermus. 
4. Cyrta Japonica. Styrax Japonica, Sieb. ^ Zuccar. FI. Jap. 
i. 53. tab. 23; DC. Prodr. viii. 266. — Japonia. 
5. Cyrta dealbata, n. sp. ; — foliis oblongis, acuminatis, imo ob- 
tusis, crassiusculis, subintegris, margine irregulariter crenu- 
lato-recurvo, superne glaberrimis, nervis rachique sulcato- 
impressis, subtus cano-pruinosis, nervis venisque transversis 
reticulatis prominulis, petiolo tereti, canaliculato, tomentoso ; 
racemis multifloris, axillaribus et terminalibus, stramineo-al- 
bidis, pniinoso-tomentellis, calyce hemispbserico, fere integro, 
petalis 5, linearibus, acutis. — Malacca. — v. s. in kb. Hook. 
(Griffith.) 
Folia 2|-3 poll, longa, IJ-li poll, lata, petiolus 4 lin. 
longus ; racemus If poll, longus ; flores parvi, vix 5 lin. longi ; 
calyx 1^ lin. longus ; petala crassiuscula, linearia, intus fusca, 
glabra, parallele nervosa, vix linea lata, sestivatione valvata, 
demum reflexa. 
6. Cyrta suberifolia. Styrax suberifolium. Hook. ^ Am., Beechey 
Voy. 196, tab. 40 ; DC. Prodr. \nii. 261 ; Hook. Jo. Bot. iv. 
304. — Ad char. opt. in DC. Prodr. adde : fructu ovato, avellani 
magnitudine, in valvibus 3 ab apice ad basin hiante, semine 
subgloboso. — China. — v. s. inhb. Hook. Hong-Kong (Cham- 
pion). 
Fructus subspbaericus, 6 lin. diam., calyce persistente suf- 
fultus. 
7. Cyrta virgata. Styrax virgatum, DC. viii. 267. 
— India orient. — v.s.inhb. Wall. (Cat. 4400), Sylhet. — in Kb. 
Hook. Khasya {Griffit^i, Lobb). — Bootan (Griffith, 2268). 
8. Cyrta serrulata. Styrax serrulatum, Roxb. Flor. Ind. iii. 415 ; 
DC. Prodr. xin. 267 (excl. synon.). — India orient. — v.s.in 
kb. Wall. (Cat. 4400 b.) — in hb. Hook. Garhutty (Simon, 66). 
Species praecedenti valde similis ; in utraque, folia valde 
pallida, glabra, textura tenui, in C. serrulata apice longius- 
cule acuminata, dentibus magis perspicuis glandula tereti 
elongatis. 
3. Strigilia. 
In a preceding page my reasons are given for separating this 
genus from Styrax. The well-marked differences in character 
are quite in accordance with the geographical distribution of the 
species, which are all confined to the tropical parts of the South 
