Symplocos. | XCI. STYRACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 587 
base attenuated, sometimes very shortly cordate at the petiole, nearly entire, stoutly 
chartaceous; nerves 13 pairs, prominent beneath; petiole 4-4 in. Braets iin, 
ovate, black-hirsute, subpersistent. Fruit more than j by i in., cylindric, villous 
finally glabrescent ; calyx-rim as wide as the fruit, teeth à in. triangular, acute, 
suberect, villous. 
58, S.marginalis, Thwaites Enum. 187 ; leaves elliptic acute coriaceous 
densely ferruginous-hirsute on the nerves beneath, spikes 3-6 in. densely ferru- 
ginous-hirsute, calyx-tube and young fruit densely ferruginous-hirsute. Bedd. 
For. Man. 151. 
Cryton ; Ambagamowa District, Thwaites. 
A tree; branchlets stout, densely ferruginous-hirsute. Leaves 6 by 8 in., base 
obtuse or rounded, subentire, rugose, glabrous above; nerves 13 pairs, very prominent 
and thick beneath; petioles }-4 in. Spikes very stout; bracts deciduous. Disc 
villous, Fruits (half-ripe) 4 by } in., ellipsoid ; calyx-teeth $ in., elliptic. 
59. S. coronata, Thwaites Enum. 187; leaves large oblong or elliptic 
narrowed at both ends serrulate fulvous-villous on the nerves beneath, spikes 
1-3 in. fulvous-villous, calyx-tube and young fruit softly villous. Bedd. For. 
Man. 152. 
Cresto ; alt. 2-4000 ft., Macrae, &c. 
A tree. Leaves attaining 12 by 3} in., attenuate downwards but shortly cordate 
at the petiole, closely but minutely serrulate, coriaceous ; nerves 13 pairs, much 
elevated beneath, reticulations very prominent beneath ; petiole 4-3 in. Spikes dense 
with flowers nearly to their base; bracts Z in., ovate, villous, subpersistent. Calyx- 
tube 3; in.; teeth 7 in., oblong, densely silky. Petals } in., appear to have been red 
or purple. Stamens 50. Fruit (half-ripe) 3 by 3 in., ovoid, hairy ; calyx-teeth d in., 
suberect. 
Var. obovata ; leaf 7 by 43 in. broadly obovate.— Ceylon. 
Sunerxvs Il. Ciponima (including CompYroBLASTE). Petals distinctly 
connate, tube often elongate ; flower-buds obovate-oblong or clavate. Filaments 
adnate to the corolla throughout the tube, and often produced as a free tube. 
Calyx-tube produced much above the ovary, free, with short lobes. 
60. S. pendula, Wight Ic. t. 1297 ; glabrous, leaves elliptie subentire, 
y EEUU 4-4 in. 1-flowered pendulous in bud, corolla-tube à in. Bedd. For. 
an, 152. 
MALABAR and TRAvANCORE Mrs ` alt. 4- 6000 ft., common, Wight, Beddome. 
A tree. Leaves 24 by 1 in., obtuse, base cuneate, coriaceous ; nerves irregular, 
distinct beneath; petiole} in. Peduncles solitary or 1-3 together ; bracteoles de in., 
minutely ciliate. Calya-tube d in., lobes scarcely 3; in. Corolla in bud $ in. 
Stamens 40-60; no free staminal tube. Disc and style glabrous. Fruit not seen. 
61. S. pauciflora, Wight ms. ; nearly glabrous, leaves elliptie subentire, 
peduncles 1-2 in. 1-flowered always erect, corolla-tube à in. S. pendula, 
Thwaites Enum, 184. 
Creton ` Wight, &c.; alt. 5-8000 ft., abundant, Thwaites. 
Perhaps only a Ceylon form of S. pendula as Thwaites supposes, but the pe- 
duncles are always much longer and slenderer, at no time pendulous, often several- 
flowered with very long pedicels, not rarely rusty-pubescent. Fruit (unripe) 3 by $ 
in., cylindric, curved. 
62. S. sessilis, Clarke; glabrous, leaves obovate-oblong obtuse sub- 
entire, flowers solitary sessile or subsessile erect, corolla-tube 3 in. 
TnAvANconE Mrs., Beddome. 
Differs from S. pendula in the erect, smaller flowers; from S. pauciflora in the 
