184 ENUMERATION OF \^8pnplocece, 



Hab. Southern and central parts of the island, up to an eleyation of 

 4000 feet. 



Folia 2-5 poll, longa, 1-2^ poll, lata, petiolo 3-4 lin. longo. Pedunculi ssepe 

 elongati ramosipe. Pedicelii umbellati, minutissime puberuli. 



3. I- Walkeri, Wight et Gardn. MSS. ; foliis parvis, coriaceis, 

 glabris, nitidis, integris vel rarius parce denticulatis, oblongis Tel ro- 

 tundatis, acutia vel retusis mucronulatisque, basi plus minus angus- 

 tatis ; nmhcllis sessilibus vel brevi-pedunculatis. — An L integra, 

 Thuiib. n. Jap. p. 77 ?— c.p. 298 (622, 647). 



Hab. Central Trovince, at an elevation of 5000 to 8000 feet. 



Jrdor jynrvn, Mamull angulosi, deuse foliosi. Folia 4-12 lin. loLga, 2-7 lin. 

 lata, petiolo 1^-2 liii. longo, paruin alato. Pedicelii circiter 1| lin. longi. Flares 

 parvuli, albidi. 



XCVIII. STMPLOCEiE. 



1. SYMPLOCOS, Jacq. 

 Sect. Ciponima, A. DC. 



Ovarium 2'loculare. 



5000 



1. S. pendnla, Wight, Ic. t. 1237; Walp. Ann. i. p. .500.— c.p. 504 

 (555, 665). 



Hab. Central Prorin 

 abundant. 



Sect. Kopea, A. DC. 



t Folia secus ramulum fere ad basin disj)Osita, 



2. S. spicata, Eoxb. (A. DC. Prod. viii. p. 254, cum syn. ; Wight, 

 lll^t. 11. t. 150, et var. ^ Zeylanica, A. DC. 1. c. cum syn.)— c.p. 473. 



Hab. Very abundant. Var. a in more elevated situations, up to 

 7000 feet. Var. /3 in the hotter, lower parts of the island. Norn. vulg. 

 **Bomboo-gass." 



3. S. mfescens 



latis, brevi 



obscure crenulatis ^,^^^, ^^,, ct^^..o , ,.a..^u... . ^ .- 



folio multo brevioribus ; fiorihus inferioribus 'pedicellatis ; hradeis 

 bracteoUsqae parvis, glabris, margine ciliatia.— c.p, 3639 (473 partim) 

 Hab. Ambagamowa District. 



tescensj Ihw. ; arborea, glaberrima ; foliis oblongo-lanceo- 

 .-acuminatia, obtusis, inconspicue vcnosis, a medio ad apicem 

 renulatis denticulatisque, basi acutis ; racemis simplicibus, 



brevinribiist • ^n^^huo ^nAaw/^^iK^^cI -r^/^/IIrtonafiG • hradeis 



Hamuli ausruL 



Folia 1^4 poll, longa, |-1 J poll, lata, siccitate rufescenlia ; 

 peholo 2-3 hn. longo. Bractea rotundatffi, cito decidute. Bracleola oblongfe, 

 caljce dimidio breviores, subpersisteutes. Cahx glaber, lobis rotundatis, parum 

 acutis, margine ciliatis. 



Closely resembling var. of the preceding species, but apparently quite distinct. 

 I have not seen the fruit of the present plant. 



4. S. Iseta, Thw. ; arborea, glaberrima ; foliis ovatodanceolatis, acu 



minentim 



v*^, v^^o^iAxc uLcui/iutuai/ia, uasi acuiis, SUDIUS parce vrunixi^^^- — 



venosis ; racemis folio suba^quilongis vel brevioribus, basin versus 



nudis -yjloribus sessilibus vel inferioribus subsessilibus ; hradeis glabris, 



;anri8, oblongis; bracteolis nullia; h.fccis oblonffis.— C.P, 165 (582. 

 t436) , 



