302 STYRACE. 
6. Symplocos martinicensis, Jacq. Amer. p. 166, t. 175. fig. 68, ubi solum flos ; 
DC. Prodr. viii. p. 249, et 6. derterii, A. DC. loc. cit. p. 250. 
Symplocos berteri, Miers in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 286. 
Symplocos limoncillo, Humb. et Bonpl. Pl. Aiquin. 1. p. 196. 
Sour Mexico, near Jalapa (Humboldt & Bonpland; Hahn; Linden, 392; Galeotti, 
1681, 1683), without locality (Jurgensen, 425).— West Inpizs. Hb. Kew. 
7. Symplocos (Ciponima) prionophylla, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Ramulis rufo-pubescentibus, foliis oblongo-obovatis subtus plus minus hirsutis subtiliter serrulatis, 
floribus subsessilibus glomeratis, petalis fere vel omnino liberis, filamentis alte connatis, ovario 
vertice piloso. 
Arbor vel frutex, ramulis crassiusculis, rufo-puberulis. Folia petiolata, coriacea, oblongo-obovata, 
cum petiolo 24-5 poll. longa, usque ad 2 poll. lata, breviter acuminata, vix acuta, basi cuneata, 
subtiliter serrulata, supra glabra, costa canaliculata, subtus secus costam elevatam pilosa, venis 
lateralibus brevibus, vix conspicuis ; petiolus 3—6 lineas longus. Flores 4-5 lineas longi, sub- 
sessiles, in glomerulos axillares conferti, glomerulis 3-6-floris ; calycis segmenta ovato-oblonga, 
apice rotundata, albido-sericea; petala inter se et a filamentis fere vel omnino libera, oblongo- 
obovata vel spathulata, leviter cucullata, extus hirsuta; filamenta alte connata; ovarium vertice 
pilosum, stylo glabro. Fructum non vidi. 
Sours Mexico, Oaxaca (Ghiesbreght). Hb. Kew. | 
This and S. jurgensenti have almost or quite free petals associated with monadelphous 
or perhaps pentadelphous very numerous stamens,—the filaments being united high up; 
and the union, if any, with the petals is very slight. 
8. Symplocos (Ciponima) pycnantha, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Ramis puberulis vel pubescentibus, foliis coriaceis integris supra glabris, floribus sessilibus 5-10 
aggregatis, petalis alte connatis, ovario vertice glabro, stylo infra medium longissime piloso. 
Frutez, ramulis graciliusculis, ferrugineo-puberulis vel pubescentibus. Folia petiolata, coriacea, 
oblongo-obovata vel oblanceolata, 24-4 poll. longa, 1-14 poll. lata, acuminata, obtusa vel 
subacuta, basi cuneata, margine integra, supra glabra, nitida, subtus parce strigosa. Flores 
rosei (ex Lindenio), circiter 6 lineas longi, sessiles, in glomerulos axillares arcte congesti, 
glomerulis 5-10-floris; calycis segmenta suborbicularia, dense sericeo-pilosa, albida ; petala 
glabrescentia, extus superne primum parce hirsuta, usque ad medium connata, apice rotundata, 
minute ciliolata ; stamina alte connata et petalis adnata; ovarium vertice glabrum, stylo infra 
medium longissime piloso. Fructus ignotus. 
Soura Mzxico, pine-forests of Pueblo Nuevo, Chiapas (Linden, 359), Sierra San Pedro 
Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 892). Hb. Kew. 
9. Symplocos schiedeana, Schl. in Linnea, viii. p. 527; DC. Prodr. viii. p. 268. 
Soura Mexico, between Tioselo and Jicochimalco (Schiede). Hb. Kew. 
10. Symplocos (Ciponima) speciosa, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Ramulis ferrugineo-puberulis, foliis lanceolatis longe caudato-acuminatis integris, floribus brevissime 
pedicellatis racemosis vel subfasciculatis 3-6 aggregatis, petalis glabris haud ad meditm connatis, 
ovario vertice styloque infra medium piloso. 
Arbor speciosissima (ex Galeottio), ramulis gracilibus, ferrugineo-puberulis. Folia graciliter petiolata, 
