I J O StyraceCB. [Symphcos. 



pubescent; cal.-tube glabrous, segm. oval, subacute, strongly 

 pubescent ; cor. h in. diam. ; fruit not seen. 



Moist low country; very rare. Gongala, Kolonna Korale (Thwaites). 

 Fl. July. 



Endemic. 



I have seen the C. P. specimens only, collected in 1866-8; they are in 

 advanced bud, with a few open fl. 



15. S. cordlfolia, Thzu. Eniim. 187 (i860). 

 C. P. 271. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 586. 



A tree, branchlets very stout, marked with prominent leaf- 

 scars, young parts puberulous becoming glabrous; 1. large, 

 4-6 in., nearly sessile, crowded together at end of year's 

 growth, oblong-oval, auriculate-cordate at base, subacute or 

 rounded at apex, sharply spinous-denticulate, usually with 

 recurved margins, glabrous on both sides, very coriaceous, 

 venation prominent beneath; fl. sessile, rather crowded, spikes 

 numerous, 2^-t,^ in., erect, stout, densely tomentose, bracts 

 large, oval, densely villous ; cal.-tube glabrous, segm. lanceo- 

 late, densely tomentose; cor. large, f in. diam., stam. very 

 numerous; drupe i-f in., oblong, cylindrical, capped with 

 large erect cal.-limb, glabrous but rough. 



Upper montane zone, 6000-7000 ft.; rare. N. Eliya; Maturata ; 

 Wattekelle Mt.; Rangala. Fl. Sept.; pink. 



Endemic. 



This is the only Ceylon species with pink petals. The Rangala plant 

 has larger, nearly entire 1., and connects this with var. /3 of S. apicalis. 



16. S. apicalis, Thw.Etmm. 187 (i860). 

 C. P. 43S. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 586. 



A small tree, branchlets strigose; 1. crowded at upper end 

 of year's growth, large, 6-10 in., lanceolate, acute at base, 

 shortly acuminate, acute, very nearly entire, glabrous above, 

 strigose on veins beneath, thin, venation prominent beneath, 

 petiole |-^ in., stout, strigose; fl. few, sessile, spikes very 

 short, from axils of bud-scales below the leaves, bracts very 

 hairy; cal.-tube hairy; cor. over ^ in. diam.; drupe |- in., 

 ovate-oblong, glabrous or slightly hairy. 



Var. /3, g-labrifolia, Thiu. I. c. C. P. 2933. 



Branchlets glabrous, 1. larger often 12 or 15 in., somewhat 

 spathulatc, much tapering to base and there narrowly cordate, 

 glabrous on both sides, coriaceous; spikes longer arising from 

 l.-axils and appearing terminal; drupe large, more hairy, pale 

 purple. 



