peus zx 
578 zt, STYRACER. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Symplocos. 
cuneate or rhomboid, subcoriaceous ` nerves distant, not conspicuous ; petiole 1-3 in. 
Spikes 3-14 in., subracemose; flowers small, the minute pedicels and calyx-tube 
enveloped by persistent fulvous-villous imbricated bracteoles. Calyx-segments jj, in., 
ovate. Corolla 3, in. Stamens 15-25. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit } in. diam., cuboid- 
globose ; calyx-rim less than one quarter the width of the fruit. Embryo eurved.— 
The simple spikes are in one example sometimes changed into dense panicles of 
abortive flowers with numerous bracteoles. 
Van. fulvipes; midrib of the leaves beneath fulvous-pilose, spikes villous. S. 
microcarpa, var.?, Bth. Fl. Hongk. 212. Symplocos, n. 657, Griff. Itin. Notes, 41. 
Symplocos, n. 50, Herb. Ind. Or. Hk. f. & T.—Khasia; Cherra, Griffith (Kew Distrib, 
n. 3648); Borpani, H f. & T. Assam; Masters. 
-15]17. S. Hookeri, Clarke; leaves large obovate-oblong acute minutely 
toothed glabrous, nerves parallel much elevated beneath, racemes stout minutely 
rusty. Symplocos, n. 49, Herb. Ind. Or. Hk. f. $ T. à; 
Kurasa; Nunklow, H f. 4. T. 
Branches thick, glabrous. Leaves 12 by 44 in., base cuneate, thickly chartaceous; 
midrib and nerves impressed on the upper surface; petiole 1-14 in. Flowers not 
seen. Racemes (in fruit) from thick branchlets, 2-3 in., simple; pedicels } in. 
distant. Fruit $ by 4 in., elongate ellipsoid, smooth. Embryo straight.—From the 
leaves this appears allied to S. rubiginosa, Wall., which has much smaller fruits. 
18. S. macrophylla, Wail. Cat. 4431 ; leaves large elliptic acute from 
a rounded base minutely toothed hirsute beneath, spikes 2 in, stout densely 
rusty-villous. 
Kuasta Mrs.; De Silva. 
Branchlet stout, rusty-hirsute. Leaves 8 by 3} in., base obtuse or subcordate, 
thickly coriaceous, rugose from the deeply impressed nerves; nerves 11 on each side, 
strongly elevated beneath, secondary distinct ; petiole } in. densely hirsute. Bracts 
1 
and bracteoles subsimilar, 3 in., ovate, very hairy. Calyx-tube i. in., glabrescent ; 
teeth } in., ovate, closely hairy. Petals } in., elliptic. Fruit not seen. 
Wi 19. S. dryophila, Clarke; leaves narrowly obovate-lanceolate shortly 
cuspidate subentire glabrous, racemes long lax sparsely fulvous-hirsute, disc 
glabrous. Symplocos, n. 53, Herb. Ind. Or. Hk. d "a 
Eastern Nrpar and Sixxm, alt. 8-10,000 ft. ; in oak forests, J. D. H. ; Simonbong, 
alt. 9000 ft., Gamble. 
A tree (Gamble); branchlets glabrous. Leaves 6 by 13 in., base cuneate, densely 
villous beneath when young, soon glabrous, coriaceous ; nerves many, slender, midrib 
impressed above; petiole 4 in. acemes 3} in. ; bracts caducous, outermost orbicular 
glabrous, inner oblong villous; pedicels 4-} in., bracteoles obsolete. Calyx-tube 
A in, nearly glabrous; teeth j; in., ovate. Corolla à in. Fruit i in. diam., sub- 
globose, smooth ; calyx-rim much narrower than the fruit. Embryo curved, 
20. S. grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 4421 ; leaves lanceolate subentire gla- 
brous, nerves much elevated beneath, racemes elongate lax nearly glabrous, disc 
glabrous. A. DC. Prodr, viii. 257. 
Kuasta Mrs.; De Silva, Griffith, Assam; Griffith. 
Branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5 by 1} in., base cuneate or subobtuse, thickly 
chartaceous; midrib impressed, nerves subparallel, secondary distinct beneath ; 
petiole 1-3 in. Racemes 2-34 in.; bracts caducous ; pedicels many, 0-} in., glabrous 
or nearly so; bracteoles j. in., lanceolate, subciliate. Calyx-tube 45 in., obconie, 
glabrous; teeth A in. ovate. Corolla à-i in. Stamens 80. Fruit i by į in., sub- 
cylindric, smooth; calyx-rim little narrower than the fruit. Embryo probably 
straight. e. 
21. S. Sumuntia, Ham. ms.; Don Prodr. 144; leaves oblong-lanceolate 
acuminate crenulate glabrous coriaceous, racemes lẹ in. hirsute, calyx-teeth 
