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ramuli terete, marked with numerous elevated scars 

 of fallen leaves^ very leafy on the extremities : leaves 



(Lin, Trans, vol. 18) this is the only genuine speciei 

 of Symplocos yet found in India, all the preceding ones 

 being referable to the Linnean genus, Hopea, which he 



ovate lanceolate, acute or somewhat acuminate^ coria- thinks ought to be restored and kept distinct. In this 

 ceous, serrato^dentate, glabrous except a few scattered view I most fully coincide, as the difference between 



hairs on the costa : racemes axillary, several congested 

 on ends of the branches, about twice the length of 

 the petiols, hairy : flowers crowded, sessile, calyx tube 

 short, glabrous, lobes unequal^ one longer, ovale obtuse 

 hairy on the back : corolla glabrous, about the length 

 of the stamens : ovary hairy, 3 celled, with about 4 

 pendulous ovules in each. 



the two forms is too great to admit of their ever being 



viewed as true congeners, or even subgenera of one 



genus. Alph, DeCandolle however having in his revi^ 



sion of the genus united them, I have thought it better 



to adopt his genus, as it stands, than incur the risk 



of adding to the existing confusion, by partial 



changes. This species differs from the character of 



Neilgherries, rare, flowering during the dry season, the genus in having a two not 3 celled ovary, but 



This species resembles S. Garrfneriawa, but appears agrees in all other respects, it will therefore form 



quite distinct. I am not well acquainted with the a section of the remodelled genus Symplocos, agree.* 



tree, the specimens having been procured by a ing in that peculiarity with Al. DeCandolle's section 



native collector. Palura of the present one. 



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1235. Symplocos nervosa (Alph. D, C.) leaves 1238. Olea glandulifera (Wall.) leaves 

 oblong, lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, crenately elliptic, acute at the base,acuminate at the point, entire, 

 denticulate, very glabrous, shining above ; beneath the glabrous,glandulose beneath in the axils of the nerves : 



panicles axillary shorter than the leaves, glabrous : 

 calyx four toothed : stigma capitate. — Petiols 9-10 

 lines long : leaves 4-5 inches long, 15-18 lines broad, 

 fruit ovate, somewhat pointed, about 4 lines long. — 

 D. C. Prod., 8, 283. 



Neilgherries, in woods near the Avalanche, flower* 

 ing March and April, the fruit of the preceding year 

 still on the trees. A low tree with a fine spreading 

 head. Leaves pea green, flowers numerous, small, 

 white- Panicles numerous, axillary, congested to- 

 wards the ends of the branches shorter than the leaves. 

 Ovary pubescent. The glands on the under surface 

 of the leaves form the most characteristic feature of 

 this tree. The original specimens from which 

 the character is taken were gathered in Nepaul, but 

 seem to agree well with our plant. 



1239-40. Olea polygama (R.W.) polygamous, 



leaves obovate cuspidate, tapering at the base, short 

 petioled, entire, coriaceous; those of the male plant 

 smaller, tending to lanceolate : panicles axillary, many 

 flowered, those of the male larger and more diffuse : 

 hermaphrodite flowers somewhat larger : corolla 4 

 cleft, ovary ovate, with a distinct style and capitate 

 stigma : in the male all trace of ovary wanting: fruit. 



Neilgherries, in woods between the Avalanche and 

 Sisparah, flowering February and March. 



A small, but when in flower, a very beautiful tree, 

 being then, especially the male, covered with innu-« 

 merable flowers, the fertile tresis much less conspi.. 

 cuous. Bark greyish, smooth : leaves glabrous, coria- 

 ceous, terminating in a rigid point, acquiring in dry* 

 ing a ferruginous tint beneath, and brownish above. 

 Panicles cymose, each division terminating in a cluster 

 of from 8 to 10 flowers. The fruit I have not seen. 



veins and venulae areolate : racemes simple axillary, 

 twice the length of the petiols, and with the ovate acute 

 bracts, pilose : lobes of the calyx ovate, oblong acute, 

 hairy on the back. — Leaves 3-5 inches long, 12*15 

 lines broad, the broadest diameter often beyond the 

 middle, petiols, about 6 lines long. Bracts caducous, 

 2-3 lines long, bracteols oblong, sohtary at the base of 

 each flower.— Nearly allied to S. racemosa, but differ- 

 ent, the 4th series of veins conspicuous in Herbareura 

 specimens : leaves less coriaceous, tube of the calyx 

 and lobes longer, bracteols narrower, the apex of the 

 ovary not free, glabrous. — D, C. Prod,, 8, 256. 



Neilgherries, in woods about Ootacamund, and 

 towards Pycarrah. Flowering during the dry season. 

 It differs in some points from the Nepaul plant de.4 

 scribed by D. C. The leaves are serrated, not re- 

 motely dentate, and the calyx is obtuse not acute. 

 Whether a comparison would furnish other points of 

 difference sufiicientto constitute this a distinct species 

 I am unable to say. The difference between it and 

 specimens I have named S. racemosa, seem to indi- 

 cate that it is not distinct from S. nervosa of Nepaul. 



1236. 



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very ramous, glabrous, leaves short petioled, elliptic^ 

 lanceblate,acuminate, serrated: flowers axillary,solitary 

 sessile: calyx glabrous, lobes ovate pointed, much 

 shorter than the corolla: corolla 5 parted, lobes 

 roundish, obovate, the length of the stamens ; stigma 



capitate, « « ^ - • 



Shevagherry Hills, near Courtallum, flowenng m 



Augoft^ A leafy very ramous shrub> leaves from li 

 to two inches long, ending in a tapering acumen, 

 about 8 lines broad. The solitary flowers of this 

 species at once distinguishes it from all the other 

 Indian ones with which lam acquainted. 



1241. Olea linocieroidks 



W.) leaves 



1237. 



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glabrous ; leaves, from oval obtuse to somewhat oho* 

 vate, entire, coriaceous : peduncles axillary, short, few 

 (2*4) flowered: flowers pendulous, tubular: calyx 

 ciliate ; corolla 5 lobed : stamens numerous, about 

 3 series, inserted on the throat, exserted ; filaments 

 compressed contracted filiform at the apex: style 

 rather exceeding the stamens; stigma capitate ; ovary 

 two celled, ovules superposed : fruit oblong. 



Pulney Mountains and Ceylon, flowenng Sep- 

 tember. . ^ , . 



According to Mr. Bentam's viiwa of this genus. 



short petiolej, elliptic oblong, abruptly acuminate, 

 entire, glabrous, somewhat coriaceous, transversely 

 veined: peduncles axillary, much shorter than the 

 leaves, trichotomous, each division terminating in a 

 capitulum of flowers : flowers sessile, calyx 4 lobed, 

 ciliate ; corolla deeply 4 parted, the divisions long 

 linear subulate, united by pairs to the filaments, three 

 or four times the length of the stamens : ovary ovate, 

 style short, 2 cleft at the apex: drupe oblong bony, 

 l-secded : seed albuminous, albumen horny, embrya 

 foUaceous, nearly the length of the albumen. 



Courtallum, in dense forests, flowering in Augait, 



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