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LXXXIX. STYRACE JE. 
[Styrax. 
cuspidate, acute above, glabrous beneath, white; nerves 8 to 10 pairs 
elevate beneath, nervules and reticulations prominent; 6 in. long, 
2-5 to 3 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Racemes in upper axils 
3 in. long. Flowers shortly pedicelled with 2 bracts, 1 often leaf¬ 
like, the upper one linear acute, *08 in. long. Calyx campanulate, 
edge undulate, *12 in. long. Petals lanceolate obtuse, *25 in. long, 
white puberulous silky outside. Stamens 10, pilose. Ovary conic, 
grey-tomentose; style glabrous. Hab. Pahang, Bukit Goh, 
Kuantan (Foxworthy). Distrib. East Sumatra. Native name: 
Kemeniyan Burong. 
(4) S. crotonoides Clarke, in Hook fil. F.B.I. iii. 589; King, 
lc. 253. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, about 20 in. through; branchlets and 
underside of leaves grey-pubescent with rusty hairs. Leaves 
chartaceous oblong-acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous above; 
nerves depressed reddish, beneath elevate 10 pairs; 5 to 7 in. 
long, 2*5 to 4 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Racemes axillary 
and terminal, panicled, 4 to 8 in. long, rusty pilose and white 
tomentose. Calyx cupular, -2 to *25 in. long, brown. Corolla 
•4 in. long, white, lobes broader and blunter than in 5 . benzoin. 
Fruit ovoid mucronate grey-pubescent. Hab. Not common in 
forests. Singapore (Wallich, Cantley). Pahang, Bukit Gelugur, 
Chenei; near Kwantan (Foxworthy). Perak, Ulu Kal; and 
Batang Padang district (Kunstler); Sungkai, Bikam Reserve 
(Foxworthy). Distrib . Sumatra. Native names: Kemenyian 
Kara; Kemenyian Bukit. 
2 . SYMPLOCOS, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs, rarely big. Leaves alternate, drying bright 
yellow or green, usually toothed or crenate. Flowers white, rarely 
yellow, small, in axillary racemes usually panicled. Bracts some¬ 
times large and in bud forming a cone. Calyx-tube adnate to 
ovary, small, campanulate, lobes 5 (rarely 4). Corolla with a very 
short tube, lobes rounded, 5, free nearly to base. Stamens very 
numerous 30 to 100 adnate to the base of the corolla, filiform, 
sometimes in connate bundles. Ovary inferior 2- to 5-celled; 
style filiform; stigma capitate. Drupe oblong or ampulliform, 
base sub-globose narrowed upwards, 1- to 3-seeded. Seed 1. 
Embryo straight or curved in albumen. Species about 300, 
tropical and sub-tropical, Asia, Australia and America. 
i. Palura. Fruit flask-shaped; embryo curved. 
Inflorescence compound. 
Branches panicled, racemose 
Branches simple, racemose. 
Racemes dense, red-tomentose; pedicels 
very short, thick .... 
Racemes red villous; pedicels slender, 
■2 in. long ..... 
Racemes scurfy; leaves obovate 
(1) S. odoratissima 
(2) S. fulvosa 
(3) S. nivea 
(4) S. pulverulenta 
