104 StyracecB. [Symplocos. 



Cal.-tube glabrous. 



L. under 4 in.; racemes slender. 



L. cordate-acuminate, distinctly den- 

 ticulate 



L. oblong, sharply serrate 



L. oval, entire, thin .... 



L. broadly oval, denticulate, thickand 



rigid 



L. over 4 in.; racemes stout 

 L. crowded at end of year's growth (see also 

 No. 7). 

 L. nearly sessile ; cal.-tube glabrous 

 L. petiolate ; cal.-tube hairy. 

 L. acute at base. 



L.-veins strigose beneath . 

 L.-veins densely velvety beneath 

 L. cordate at base .... 

 Cor. with an obvious tube {Ctponima) . 



1. S. spicata, Roxb. Hort. Be?ig. 40 (18 14). Bombu, Wal- 

 Bombu, 5. 



Harm. Mus. 9. Burm. Thes. 26, 139. Fl. Zeyl. n. 409 {Euge?noides). 

 Myrhis laurwus, Retz. Obs. Bot. iv. 26. Eugenia lauritia, Willd. Moon 

 Cat. 38. Bobua* laiirina, DC. Prod. iii. 24. Thw. Enum. 194. C. P. 



473- 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 573. Burm. Thes. t. 62. Wight, 111. t. 150. 



A small tree, twigs smooth, marked with prominent leaf- 

 scars, young parts glabrous; 1. 3-6 in., oval or oval-lanceolate, 

 acute at base, acuminate, acute, shallowly crenate-serrate, 

 glabrous and shining, coriaceous, veins slender, pellucid, 

 petiole \-\ in., stout, flat or furrowed above ; fl. small, 

 numerous, sessile or nearly so, with 3 small bracts at base, 

 rather laxly arranged in simple or more usually branched, 

 erect, glabrous or puberulous infl. 2-3 in. long ; cal. glabrous, 

 limb short, segm. obtuse or rounded ; cor. \ in., tube very 

 short, segm. rounded, concave ; stam. 30-40; drupe about \ in., 

 globose, narrowed above into a cylindrical neck, glabrous, 

 purple, faintly ribbed when dry, stone thin, 3-seeded. 



Moist region from sea-level to 7000 ft., very common. Fl. Feb. -May; 

 white, slightly scented. 



Also in India, China, Malaya, Japan. 



Somewhat variable in form and te.xture of leaf DC. (Prod. viii. 254) 

 distinguishes our plant as var. zeyhuiica. Wood light, white, close-grained, 

 but liable to split. A decoction of the bark is used as an external appli- 

 cation. The leaves afford a dye. 



2. S. obtusa, Wall. Cat. n. 4424 (1828). 

 Thw. Enum. 185. C. P. 626. 



Fl. B. J?id. iii. 583. Wight, Ic. t. 1233. 



* From the Sinhalese name ; this genus was referred to Combretacea. 



