584 XCI. STYRACEX, (C. B. Clarke.) [ Symplocos. 
base attenuated, margin often reflexed; nerves distant, irregular, distinct beneath ; 
petiole long, often 3 in. in the small-leaved varieties. Bracts caducous ; pedicels 0, 
or (rarely) ṣẹ in. Calyx-tube 3, in., teeth 3, in. round, prominent. Petals i in. 
Stamens 50-60. Disc glabrous. Fruit $ by } in., ovoid-cylindric, smooth ; calyx-rim 
& in. broad, teeth prominent.— Tho varieties enumerated by Thwaites do not differ 
much from the type, but vary greatly as to the size of the leaves. 
**** Species of Ceylon (see also n, 43. S. obtusa). 
44. S. læta, Thwaites Enum. 184; glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate 
acute at both ends, spikes 1-23 in. Bedd. For. Man. 151. 
Cavrow; elevated parts of the Central Province, Thwaites. 
A tree. Leaves 2 by $ in., minutely toothed. Spikes often peduneled; bracts 
small, caducous ; braeteoles 0; lower pedicels 0, rarely 0- in. Calya-lobes A in., 
round. Petals à-l in. Stamens 30. Fruit more than i 1n., ellipsoid. —Otherwise 
resembling S. obtusa, from which it differs in its acute leaves and smaller flowers. 
Var. pedicellata; pedicels longer, attaining sometimes 4 in.—Ceylon; Thwaites, 
n. 165. . 
45. S. bractealis, Thwaites Enum. 185; glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong 
scarcely acute, spikes 1-2 in., bracts ovate glabrous ciliate, bracteoles large 
persistent. Bedd. For. Man, 151. 
Cryton ; elevated parts of the Central Province, Walker, Thwaites. 
A tree. Leaves 2 by | in. base obtuse or subacute, closely minutely serrulate, 
coriaceous ; nerves 6 pairs, prominent beneath, secondary distinct; petiole i in. 
Rhachis of the spike glabrous or sparingly fulvous-pilose. Bracts } in. and upwards ; 
bracteoles $ in., sometimes persistent under the ripe fruit. Calya-tube jk in., lobes 
% in. round. Petals } in., obovate, Stamens 60. Disc glabrous. Fruit by 2 in., 
allipeoid, narrowed at both ends. 
Var. revoluta, Wight & Gardner; leaves exceedingly coriaceous, margins revolute, 
— Ceylon. 
46. S. versicolor, Clarke; glabrous, leaves oblong acuminate at both 
ends subentire chartaceous, spikes 1-2 in., bracts and bracteoles small glabrous 
ciliate. S. rufescens, Thwaites Enum. 184; Bedd. For. Man. 150, not of 
AJ. RA. 
Crvrow; Ambagamowa District, Thwaites. 
Branchlets when young glabrous; reddish when dried. Leaves 4 by 14 in., drying 
with red blotches; nerves distant, indistinct ; petiole } jn. Spikes glabrous; bracts 
4 in., ovate, deciduous; bracteoles A in., oblong, more ciliate, subpersistent. Calyx- 
tube d in., glabrous, teeth de in., scarcely ciliate on the margin, Petals din. Fruit 
unknown. Probably allied to the two preceding rather than to S. spicata as Thwaites 
supposed, 
47. S. acuta, Thwaites Enum. 186; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 
subentire glabrescent except the nerves beneath, racemes small villous, calyx 
glabrous with rounded lobes. Bedd. For. Man. 151. 
Cryton; Saffragam District, alt, 2000 ft., Thwaites (C.P. 2681, partly). 
A tree; young branches fulvous-villous at the tips. Leaves 34 by 1l in., base 
cuneate or subobtuse, adpressedly fulvous-pilose on the nerves beneath, coriaceous ` 
nerves 8 pairs, obscure above, strongly raised beneath ; petiole } in. Racemes 1-1 in.; 
bracts $ in., ovate, fulvous-pilose, deciduous ` pedicels A in. ; bracteoles ig in., lan- 
ceolate, ciliate. Calyx-tube A in., teeth 3, in., scarcely pubescent on the margins. 
Petals à in. Fruit unknown; that described by Thwaites belongs to S. cuneata 
(mixed with C.P. 2681). 
48. S. cuneata, Thwaites Enum. 186; leaves elongate-lanceolate at- 
