io6 StyracecB. [Symplocos. 



4. S. bractealls, Thw. Eniim. 185 (i860). 



C. P. 174- 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 584. 



A small tree or shrub, young parts glabrous or hirsute ; 1. 

 small, 1 2-3 in., oblong-oval, rounded at both ends, rarely sub- 

 acute, finely serrate, often revolute at margin, glabrous, stiff 

 and coriaceous, venation much reticulate and prominent, 

 petiole very short, stout; fl. few, nearly sessile, concealed in 

 bud by the very large oval glabrous ciliate bracts; spikes 

 short, \-i\ in.; cal. usually glabrous, segm. large, rounded at 

 apex, cor. nearly \ in. diam.; drupe ovoid-oblong, over \ in., 

 capped with large erect cal. -segm. 



Upper montane zone, rather rare. N. Eliyaj Adam's Peak; Hortoii 

 Plains. Fl. Jan., Feb.; white. 



Endemic. 



As with many of the trees and shrubs at the higher elevations, the 

 leaves are often strongly revolute at the margins (var. revoluia, Wight 

 and Gardn.). 



5. S. versicolor, Clarke, FL B. Ind. iii. 584. 



5. rufescens, Thw. Enum. 184 (non H.B.K.). C. P. 3639. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 584. 



A small tree, twigs slender, young parts glabrous ; 1. 2-4 in.^ 

 oval, tapering to acute base, caudate-acuminate, acute, nearly 

 entire, glabrous, thin ; fl. few, nearly sessile, small, bracts small, 

 strongly ciliate, spikes short, i-i^- in., slender; cal. glabrous^ 

 segm. rounded, finely ciliate; cor. small (not seen expanded); 

 drupe (not ripe) | in., linear-oblong. 



Moist low region ; very rare. Ambagamuwa Dist. (Thwaites) ; near 

 Hewesse ; Pasdun Korale. Fl. Jan.-May ; white. 

 Endemic. 

 The leaves turn a coppery-orange in drying. 



6. S. acuta, Thw. Enum. 186 (i860). 

 C. P. 2681. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 584. 



A small tree, young parts with adpressed hair; 1. 2^-4 in.^ 

 lanceolate, acute at base, acuminate, very acute, entire, 

 glabrous above, adpressed-hairy on veins beneath, coriaceous, 

 lat. veins oblique, prominent beneath, petiole over \ in., 

 flattened; fl. few, on short ped., racemes very short, under 

 I in., from axils of upper 1., hairy, bracts ovate, hair}% decidu- 

 ous; cal. -tube very short, hairy, segm. large and deep, oval, 

 obtuse; cor. rather under | in. diam.; drupe % in., fusiform- 

 oblong, crowned with erect cal.-segm., very slightly hairy. 



Moist region ; very rare. Palabadala, Sabaragamuwa Dist., at about 

 2000 ft. Fl. March ; cream-coloured. 

 Endemic. 



