Symplocece.'] 



CEYLON PLAKTS. 



185 



Prwince"^^* ^incommon in the more elevated parts of the Central 



R^mdi teretes, striati Folia 11-4 poll, longa, 6-16 lin. lata, juniora cyaneo- 

 vindia, denique flavescentia ; peholo 3-8 lin. longo. Caly^ glabei- tubo obcJnico • 

 lohs rotundatis, subacutis, ciliolatis. ^ e > '-""" uutonico , 



l.,f;pS' J?'"*^*^*^^^' Thw. ; arborea, glaberrima ; foliis oratis vel oyato- 

 lanceolatis acutis, glauduloso-serratis, creberrime venosis, basi obtusis 

 vel subacutis, brevi-petiolatis ; racemis folio brevioribus ; floribus sub- 



Hwl^n-r '; • '^fi hmcteoUsqyxe majusculis, glabris, margine cUiatis, 

 aeeicluis; 6aca5 oblongis.—c.p. 174 (676). 

 Hab. Forests in the more elevated parts of the Central Province 



Hamuli teretes, striati. Folia lJ-4 poll, longa, 1-2 poll, lata; peliolo {-2h 

 glaberkiistS;;: "'''"' '"'^ ""• '°'^"' '''''''''' ^'^""°^^^ '"^j^"^- ^'^'>' 



Wigbt, Ic. t. 1233).— c.p: 



glaber, lobis rotundalis. 



6. S. o1 



626 (673). 



Var. /3. major; foliis majoribus, brevissime aeuminatis, rotundatis 

 veyetusis ; fionlus parum minoribus.— c.p. 1820. 



Var. y. ohovata ; foliis minoribus, obovatis vel suborbicularibus, basi 

 f ^ i^Nn'^''^"*** P^^^^- ^^V^ 1-floris.— 5f. ohovata, Wight & Gardn. MSS. 



c.p. 1819. 



f< 



vdiis, utnnque obtusis, ad marginem cucullato-revolutis, superne pro- 

 ininentim, subtus inconspicue venosis ; petiolo brevi, crasso ; racemis 



ut in var. a.— c.p. 2835. 



5000 



^pt ^5^y, ^'^7^We plant, and perhaps var. j3, in which the leaves frequentlj reach to 



form nh^ ^"^ -^^^^ ^^"^ *^^^^^ ^"^^"^^ '"^ '''^*^^^' ^® ^^ ^^ considered the most typical 

 bpiTi species. Tu var. a the racemes sometimes become branchlike, the bracts 



bran if^f7^^^f *"^^ ^^^^*^^' ^'^"^ '^^^^ '^^ approaches var. 7, in which the leaves of a 



"rancn often bear each a single stalked flower in its axil. The leaves in var, 7 show 



or uncommonly a disposition to a vcrticillate arrangement. Var. S has, at first 



gnt, a very distmct appearance, but the peculiar form of its leaves proves it to be 



an abnormal state, ai-ising probably from certain conditions of moisture and ex- 



7. S hirsuta, Wight and Gardn. MSS.; arborea; ramulis plus 



acu^^^ f^^^'fi^^^^ membranaceis, creberrime venosis, oblongis, brevi- 

 ummatis, basi rotundatis, serrulatis, snperne glabris, subtns ad cos- 



inS ^^ m'^^'^^I^^ hispidulis ; racemis folio brevioribus, pilosis ; floHbus 



te r^^^ b^^^i-pedicellatis, superioribus sessilibus; hracteis brae- 

 ^.?que s^pius extcrne pilosis ; calyce glabro vel rarius lobis externis 



pilosis; 5acee. oblongis.-c.^^ ^ ^ 



niio ^^- '"^i'^r; foliis brevioribus, ovatis, acutis ; petiolo longiore 



quam m var, a,— c.p. 273, 2204. 

 ^AB. Central Province, at an elevation of 5000 to 8000 feet. 



IinfJ'\ ^",?* P°"- W*"^. \-l\ poll, lata; petiolo 2 lin. (var. fi 3 lin.) longo. 

 ^acca i poll. long^. , x x- 



tus species would seem to be very nearly allied to S. Hamiltoniana, Wall., 

 • ^^' -l. c. p. 254, and to S, foliosa, Wight, Ic. t. 1234. 



Vel t 1 ^ ^^^^^^^ T^^/ J arborea; ramulis teretibus, plus minus rufo- 



Wiria^ T°"*^^^^^*^*^®^^ ' /o^m membranaceis, creberrime venosis, ob- 

 b vel ovatis, acute aeuminatis, subintegrls vol obscure serrulatis, 



