1 08 StyracecE. \Symplocos. 



tomentose on veins beneath, membranous or subcoriaceous, 

 veins depressed above, prominent beneath, petiole short, 

 tomentose; fl. sessile or on short ped., spikes i|-3 in., much 

 fulvous-tomentose, bracts long, lanceolate, very tomentose, 

 caducous; cal. densely tomentose, segm. large, oval, rounded; 

 cor. under \ in. diam. ; drupe f in., fusiform-oblong, crowned 

 with large spreading cal.-segm., hairy, blue. 



Moist region to 4000 ft.; rather rare. Ratnapura ; Nillowe Kande; 

 Dakota. Fl. March-May ; white. 

 Endemic. 



10. S. ang'ustata, Clarke^ FL B. Ind. iii. 585 (1882). 



5. elegans, var. /3, atigustata, Thw. Enum. 186 (part). C. P. 78 (155). 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 585. 



A tree, twigs very slender, young parts adpressed-pubes- 

 cent; 1. small, 1-2 J in., lanceolate, rounded at base, caudate- 

 acuminate, acute, distantly spinous-denticulate, glabrous 

 above, slightly hairy on midrib beneath, thin, venation rather 

 conspicuous beneath, petiole short, slender; fl. few, sessile 

 or on short ped., racemes 1-2 in., very slender, glabrous, 

 bare below, bracts very small, hairy, persistent; cal. usually 

 glabrous, segm. oval, obtuse; cor. f in. diam.; fruit not seen. 



Montane zone; very rare. N. Eliya (Macrae, Fl. B. Ind.); Gala- 

 gama ; Hunasgiriya. Fl. Jan.-May; white. 

 Endemic. 



11. S. latiflora, C/arke, FL B. Ind. iii. 585 (1882). 



S. hirsiiia, Wight and Gardn. in Thw. Enum. 185 (non A. DC). 

 C. P. 368. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 585. 



A tree, branchlets rigid, somewhat divaricate, young parts 

 hairy or hispid ; 1. 2-4 in., oval- or lanceolate-oblong, rounded 

 at base, shortly acuminate, acute, sharply and finely serrate, 

 glabrous above, rough and hispid on veins beneath, thin, 

 petiole short, hispid ; fl. nearly sessile or distinctly pedicellate, 

 rather crowded, racemes short, \-2 in., bracts rounded, very 

 hairy; cal. glabrous, segm. ovate, acute; cor. i in. diam.; 

 stam. very numerous; drupe over \ in., oblong, cylindrical, 

 capped with spreading enlarged cal.-segm. glabrous. 



Upper montane zone ; rather common. N. Eliya; Dimbula; Adam's 

 Peak; Ambagamuwa; Hunasgiriya; Madulkelle; Knuckles; Rangala; 

 Haputale. Fl. April and September ; white. 



Endemic. 



The Haputale specimens have narrower and more acuminate leaves. 



12. S. elegrans, Thio. Enum. 185 (i860) (excl. var. A). 

 C. P. 23. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 586. 



