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corolla 4- rarely 5-lobed. Stamens 4, rarely 5. Stigma of 3 
spreading lobes. 
Simla, the Glen ; January-May. — Bhotan to the Beeas, 3000-9000 ft. — 
Burmah. 
LIX. STYRACACE^E 
A small Order inhabiting most warm regions except Africa. 
Seventy species are found in India but only one extends to theN.W. 
Himalaya . — Styrax was the classical name of the S. European 
tree, 8. officinale, whose bark produces the resinous substance 
known as storax. The Moluccan tree 8. Benzoin yields the resin 
called benzoin. Both substances are used in medicine and 
perfumery. 
SYMPLOCOS. From the Greek sympleco, to knit together ; 
referring to the united stamens. — Tropics of Asia, Australia and 
America. 
Symplocos crataegoides, Buch.-Ham. ; FI. Br. Ind. iii. 573. , A 
shrub or small tree ; young parts and inflorescence hairy, otherwise 
