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C a l y x inferus. Corolla imo calyci inserta, sub-
, campanulata, 3—8-partita. Antherae 10—
15. Germen triloculare, polyspermum.
, D r u p a coriacea, subglobosa, 1—3-sperma.
SPECIFIC
S t y k a s foliis ovatis subtus villosis, racemis slra-
' plicibus folio brevioribus. Jit. Kew. 2.
p. 75.
REFERENCE
1. Empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3 . Seed-bud and pointal.
T h e Storax tree is a native of the Levant, of Italy, and of the southern parts of Provence in France.
The tree is very ornamental, but requires the shelter of a wall in this climate, and while young either
to be kept in the green-house or covered during severe frosts. The time of flowering is June and July,
but ripe fruits are rarely produced in this country. The principal importation of Storax is said to be
f r om Turkey, where it is obtained both by gathering that which naturally exudes from the trees, and
also by making artificial incisions, to which hollow reeds are aiBxed to receive it. From the accounts
of some travellers published by Dti Hamel, we learn that they generally adulterate it by mixing it with
wax. The Storax-tree is by no means a new acquisition in this country. Gerard in his Herball, published
in 1597, informs us that he had two small trees of it in his garden. It is however still a very
scarce plant, and only to be found in a few of the principal collections, which, we are informed, is
occasioned by the great difficulty of propagating it either by cuttings or layers.
The specimen was communicated, in the beginning of last June, from the welhknown garden of the
Company of Apothecaries at Chelsea.
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