Symplocos.] XCI. STYRACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 581 
Maracca ; Mount Ophir, Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 960). 
Branchlet glabrous. Leaves 64 by 3 in., base rounded subeordate or obtusely 
rhomboid, stoutly chartaceous; nerves distinct, distant, irregular, not at all parallel ; 
petiole 1-2 in. very thick. Raceme 4-flowered, axillary; pedicels hardly ¥ in. ; 
bracteoles 3, d in., ovate, rufous-villous. Calyx rufous-villous, tube ;4 in.; teeth 
ij in, ovate. Petals à in. Stamens 30. Ovary 3-celled; dise minutely fulvous- 
pilose. Fruit unknown. 
31. S. rigida, Clarke (not of Wall.); leaves large lanceolate narrowed 
at both ends subentire coriaceous glabrous, spikes 2 in. pubescent. Doxomma 
rigidum, Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. ii. Bot. i. 104. Barringtonia rigida, 
Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit Ind. ii. 510. 
Matacca ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 767, 965). 
A large tree (Maingay); branchlets glabrous. Leaves 12 by 33 in., early glabrate; 
nerves 13 pairs, much elevated beneath, subparallel; petiole 1-14 in. Spikes ap- 
proximated among the penultimate leaves of the branch, erect, ultimately thick rigid; 
bracts and braeteoles similar, 4 in., ovate, densely grey hairy without. Calyx-tube 
i5 in., glabrescent ; teeth A, in., ovate, densely grey hairy. Petals A in. Stamens 60. 
ise glabrous. Fruit (imperfectly ripe) nearly 1 by 4 in., oblong-ellipsoid ; ealyx-rim 
in. wide, teeth erect.— There may still be a doubt whether Doromma rigidum 
(Maingay, n. 767) is the fruiting state of Symplocos sp. (Maingay, n. 965) in good 
flower; the petioles are longer, the fruiting spike extraordinarily thickened ; but it is 
the fruit either of Maingay, n. 965, or some closely allied species. 
*** Species of the Deccan Peninsula (see also 12. S. racemosa). 
32. S. monantha, Wight Ic. t. 1236; leaves lanceolate acute or acumi- 
nate at both ends glabrous, flowers solitary axillary sessile or very shortly 
pedicelled. Bedd. For. Man. 150. 
Suevacnerry Hints; Wight. "TiwNEvELLY Mrs. ; Beddome. 
A leafy, very ramous shrub (Wight); branchlets soon glabrate. Leaves 1} by $ 
in., base cuneate or subobtuse, subentire or minutely toothed, nerves inconspicuous ; 
petiole d in. Peduncles 0-3, in.; bracteoles small, sometimes numerous, Calyz-tube 
=, in., minutely tomentose, teeth d; in., elliptic. Petals A in., or more. Stamens 40. 
Disc minutely hairy. Fruit not seen. 
33. S. anamallayana, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 116, and For. Man. 
150; leaves broadly elliptic subobtuse glabrous, flowers solitary peduncled, S. 
uniflora, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 219, not of Benth. 
ANAMALLAYS, alt. 5—6000 ft. ; Beddome. 
A small tree (Beddome); glabrous or the margins of the calyx-lobes minutely 
pubescent. Leaves 12 by 1 in., base obtuse or rounded, serrulate, rigidly chartaceous; ` 
nerves distant, secondary distinctly reticulated; petiole 4-4 in. Peduncles j-] in., 
slender, solitary (or, ex Beddome, sometimes 2-3 together) in axils; bracts 0; brac- 
teoles A in., lanceolate, caducous, at the base of the calyx-tube. Calyx-tube A in. ; 
teeth 3, in. triangular. Petals à in. Stamens 40. Disc glabrous. Fruit not seen. 
34. S. microphylla, Wight Ic. t. 1232; leaves elliptic obtuse or scarcely 
acute serrulate almost glabrous, spikes very short dense fulvous-villous, disc and 
style pilose. Bedd. For. Man. 150. 
NirauEnnrES ; Gardner; Avalanche, Wight. 
A ramous bush, 6 ft. high (Wight); branchlets rufous-villous. Leaves attaining 
24 by 14 in. (in Wight's examples), obtuse at the base, rigidly coriaceous, adpressedly 
fulvous pilose on the midrib beneath or glabrate; primary nerves 8 pairs, strong, 
reticulations distinct; petiole } in. Spikes 1—3 in. ; bracts 4 in., ovate, falvous-villous, 
Calyx nearly glabrous, tube A in., lobes d in., ovate. Petals $-} in. Stamens 50. 
Style sparsely fulvous-pilose ; dise shortly closely pilose. Fruit not known. 
