Symplocos.l StyracccB. 1 09 



A small tree, branchlets slender, twigs densely orange- 

 tomentose; 1. numerous, i-2| in., oval or lanceolate, rounded 

 at base, acuminate, acute, entire or very slightly serrulate, 

 often revolute at margin, glabrous above, slightly adpressed- 

 hairy on midrib beneath, thin but stiff, reticulate venation 

 prominent beneath; fl, few, nearly sessile, racemes small, 

 \-\\ in., very lax and slender, densely fulvous-hairy, bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, soon falling; cal. glabrous, lobes oblong, 

 rounded ; cor. f in. diam. ; fruit about \ in., fusiform-oblong. 



Upper montane zone ; rather common. Adam's Peak ; Dimbula ; 

 Gt. Western Mt.; Hakgala; Horton Plains; Knuckles Mt.; Rangala. 

 Fl. April and September ; white. 



Endemic. 



Scarcely distinct from S. latiflora. The leaves are frequently strongly 

 revolute or cucullate, as in other montane species. 



13. S. minor, Clarke, Fl. B. hid. iii. 586. 



^S". hirsuta, var. ^, mitior, Thw. Enum. 185. C. P. 273. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 586. 



A small tree, twigs villous with long hair; 1. small, i-\\ in., 

 broadly oval or subrotund, rounded at base, usually acute, 

 denticulate-serrate, margin usually revolute, glabrous above, 

 bristly on veins beneath, thick and hard, venation reticulate, 

 prominent beneath, petiole nearly \ in. ; fl. few, racemes short, 

 |-i in., bracts caducous; cal. glabrous; cor. under \ in. diam.; 

 drupe \-\ in., oblong-ovoid, smooth, deep metallic blue. 



Var. /3, g-labrescens, Thw. in Fl. B. Ind. I. c. C. P. 2204. 



L. glabrous beneath, margin less recurved; fruit rather 

 smaller. 



Upper montane zone; rather rare. Horton Plains; Pedurutalagala ; 

 between Ramboda and Maturata. Fl. Feb.-April ; white. 



Endemic. 



V^ery near S. latiflora, with which Thwaites places it. I cannot dis- 

 tinguish var. eiigenioides. Champ. (Fl. B. Ind.), from var. glabrescens. 

 The leaves are often cucullate. C. P. 155 quoted for this in Fl. B. Ind. 

 is S. a7igustata in Hb. Perad. 



14. S. hebantha, Thw. in Fl. B. Ind. iii. 586 (1882). 

 C. P. 3918. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 586. 



Twigs stout, pubescent ; 1. large, 4-4^ in., oval or lanceo- 

 late-oval, acute at base, acuminate, acute, nearly entire (with 

 a few minute spinous denticulations only), glabrous above, 

 slightly silky on veins beneath, petiole |-| in., pubescent; fl. 

 very shortly stalked, numerous, spikes many, \\-2 in., stout, 

 densely velvety-pubescent, bracts broad, deciduous densely 



