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Symplocos.] XCI. SsTYRACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 579 
nearly glabrous, fruit ovoid-cylindric. S. racemosa, Wall. Cat. 4418, B and 
dower half A. Symplocos, n. 888, Griff. Itin. Notes, 173. 
Himaraya, alt. 3-7000 ft.; from Nipal to Bhotan, frequent; Hamilton, Ze, 
Kane ; Borpani, Simons. 
A small tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 44 by 14 in., base cuneate; midrib 
impressed, nerves 11 pairs, sub-parallel, impressed slightly above; petiole } in. 
Bracts and bracteoles villous, caducous ; pedicels 0-2 in., hirsute. Calyx-tube glabrous 
or nearly so. Petals 3-4} in. Stamens 35-40, 5-adelphous. Dise glabrous. Fruit 
4 by à in., smooth, calyx-rim as wide as the upper part of the fruit. Embryo 
straight.—Described from Hamilton’s type: the fruit from Sikkim examples of J. D. 
H.—A narrow-leaved var.? of S. decora, Hance (in Trimen Journ, Bot. 1874, 368), 
from Ningpo, hardly differs but by the slightly longer flowers. 
VAR. Horibunda Wall. Cat. 4419 (sp.); flowers spiked, i.e. pedicels 0 or most 
obscure. S. Sumuntia, 4. DC. Prodr. viii. 255. Symplocinea, n. 739, Griff. Itin. 
Notes, 150.—Nipal to Bhotan, Assam and Khasia.—Hamilton also collected this, and 
did not suppose it identical with his S. Sumuntia. 
22. S. pyrifolia, Wall. Cat. 4415; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 
minutely toothed glabrous rigid, racemes 13 in. glabrous or sparsely hairy, 
calyx-teeth densely silky, fruit cylindric-ellipsoid. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 256. 
Near; Wallich. Sikkiw; alt. 7000 ft. J. D. H. Buoran; Griffith. Kuasi ; 
alt. 2-5000 ft., very common. 
Closely resembling S. Sumuntia ` the leaves are stiff and crisp rather than coria- 
ceous, the petioles rather longer. Hamilton named this S. salicifolia or Lodh of the 
Bengalees, considering it a var. of S. racemosa, Roxb. Don hence took the specific 
name 8, Loha, his description of which refers to S. spicata, 
** Species of the Malay Peninsula (see also 12. S, racemosa), 
23. S. ophirensis, Clarke ; leaves elliptic-cuneate obtuse subentire gla- 
brous, petiole very short, racemes very short closely silky, Symplocos, 42, 
Herb, Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
Maracca; Mt. Ophir summit, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3650), Lobb. 
Branches glabrous. Leaves 34 by 14 in., base cuneate, stiffly chartaceous ; nerves 
distant, retieulations close, prominent beneath ; petiole 35-4 in. Racemes } in., dense ; 
bracts and bracteoles inconspicuous; pedicels 0-;5 in.  Calyz-tube d. in., closely 
fulvous-silky, teeth 3, in., ovate, fulvous-pilose. Petals ẹ in. Stamens 40. Dise 
nearly glabrous. Fruit } by i in., ovoid-cylindrie, smooth ; calyx-rim as wide as the 
upper part of the fruit. Embryo straight. 
24. S. leucantha, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc, 1873, pt. ii. 89, and For, Fi, 
ii. 148; leaves oblong or ovate acute crenate glabrous, racemes hardly 1 in, 
hirsute, calyx nearly glabrous, teeth prominent. 
Peau ` Irrawaddi swamp-forests, Kurz; Moulmein, Parish, 
A tree 20-25 ft. (Kurz); branchlets glabrous. Leaves 3] by 1} in. (in Kurz's 
examples), much wider in those of Parish, base cuneate or obtuse, thinly charta- 
ceous with slender conspicuous nerves; primary nerves distant, only 1 or 2 
pairs from the upper half of the midrib. Pedicels 0-4 in., hairy ; bracteoles 4 in., 
elliptic, hairy, deciduous. Caly«-tube 4. in., teeth ZZ in., ovate, nearly glabrous, 
Corolla & in. Stamens 40. Disc glabrous. Fruit unknown. 
95. S. sulcata, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 65, and For, Fi, ii. 
145; leaves oblong acuminate subentire coriaceous glabrous, racemes 1 in, 
rusty-tomentose, fruit ellipsoid longitudinally furrowed. 
ManrABAN and Urrrn TxxAssERIM, alt. 38-6000 ft.; in the drier hill-forests, 
frequent, Kurz. Movimein; Lobb. 
A tree 20-25 ft. (Kurz); branches glabrous. , Leaves 44 by 13 in., base cuneate or 
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