Symplocos.] XCI. STYRACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 585 
ienuate at both ends subentire glabrous except the nerves beneath, racemes 
small villous, calyx densely silky with oblong lobes. 
Cxyton ; Moon; Pasdoon Corle at no great elevation, Thwaites (C.P. 2920 and 
part 2681). 
A tree; branchlets fulvous-villous. Leaves 5} by 1} in., adpressedly fulvous- 
pilose on the nerves beneath, coriaceous; nerves 8 pairs, obscure above, strongly 
raised beneath; petiole lin. Racemes 1 in.; bracts } in., ovate, deciduous ; pedicels 
dj in.; bracteoles A. in., ovate. Calya-tube Ze in., teeth à in. Corolla not seen. 
Disc and style glabrous. Fruit } by } in., long-cylindrie, softly villous ; calyx-rim as 
wide as the upper part of the fruit; teeth enlarged, 4-2 in. long, lanceolate. 
49. S. hispidula, Thwaites Enum. 186 ; leaves oblong-elliptic acuminate 
hispid beneath, racemes 1-4 in., bracts ovate hispid, calyx-tube and fruit softly 
hairy. Bedd. For. Man. 151. S. subcordata, Wight ms. 
Crxrow ; alt. 3-5000 ft., Wight, Walker, Thwaites. 
A tree; branchlets with patent, fulvous, bristly hairs. Leaves 35 by 2 in., from 
cuneate-oblong acuminate to cordate-orbicular shortly acute, obscurely crenate, 
fulvous-hirsute or glabrate above, patently hispid at least on the nerves beneath ; 
nerves 7 pairs; petiole 35-1 in., usually short. Racemes lax, irregular; bracts i in., 
hispid; pedicels 0-} (rarely }) in.; bracteoles } in., subacute, hispid. Calyx-tube 
A in., lobes A, in., ovate, obtuse, glabrescent upwards. Petals 1 in., round. Stamens 
50. Disc hairy. Fruit 4-4 by d in., cylindric ; calyx-rim as wide as the fruit, teeth 
enlarged, lanceolate, suberect.—Readily separated from the neighbouring Ceylon 
species by the hairy fruit; but may be only a form of S. pulchra. 
50. S. jucunda, Thwaites Enum. 186; leaves cordate-oblong attenuate 
subentire rufous-hirsute beneath, racemes 14 in. rufous-hirsute, bracts linear 
rufous-hirsute, calyx-tube and fruit pilose. Bedd. For. Man. 151. 
Cryton; Deltotte and Saffragam, alt. 8-4000 ft., Thwaites. 
A tree; branchlets densely patently rufous-hirsute. Leaves 3j by lj in., tapering 
from near the base, chartaceous, glabrous above; primary nerves 9 on each side the 
midrib, springing nearly at right angles therefrom; petiole i-d in. Fruit Em, 
cylindric (Thwaites).—Nearly allied to 8. Aispidula, Thwaites, but differs in the 
nervation of the leaves and the linear bracts. 
5l. S. angustata, Clarke; leaves small oblong-lanceolate acuminate 
entire adpressedly fulvous-pilose on the nerves beneath, racemes 1-2j in. ful- 
vous-pilose very slender, calyx glabrous. S. elegans var. angustata, Thwaites 
Enum. 186, partly. 
Gros ; Newera Ellia, Macrae; Jatagama, Thwaites (C.P. 78). 
Branchlets adpressedly shortly rufous-pilose. Leaves 2 by $ in., acute, base obtuse 
or rounded, glabrous except the nerves beneath, coriaceous ; nervation irregular, not 
prominent; petiole 4-2 in.  Hacemes sometimes slightly compound; bracts + in.; 
pedicels 0-3 in. ; bracteoles A in., hairy, persistent. Calyx-tube d; in., teeth Ze in., 
round. Petals } in. Fruit 4 by ẹ in., ovoid-eylindrie smooth ; calyx-rim nearly as 
-wide as the upper part of the fruit, teeth somewhat enlarged, suberect. — 
52. S. latiflora, Clarke; leaves oblong acuminate serrulate hispid on the 
nerves beneath, racemes 3-13 in. villous bracteate, calyx-tube glabrous, flowers 
large. S. hirsuta, Wight § Gardn. in Thwaites Enum. 185, excl. var. B ; not ef 
A. DC. 
Ceyrox; alt. 5-8000 ft., Walker, Gardner, Thwaites. 
A tree; branchlets fulvous-hispid. Leaves 3} by 1 in., base obtuse or rounded, 
serrulate nearly to the base, chartaceous; nerves 7 pairs, irregular; petiole A in. 
Bracts } in., ovate, villous ; pedicels 0—75 in. ; bracteoles 3; in., ovate, villous. Calyx- 
tube } in., teeth 3 in., round. Petals } in., round. Stamens 80-100. Dise and 
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