JSympiocos.'] StyracecB. 1 1 1 



Moist low country below looo ft.;l rare. Kudalugama, Reigam 

 Korale. Var. ^, Singhe Raja Forest; Pasdun Korale. Fl. April, Sept.; 

 purplish-white. 



Endemic. 



Van /3 should, perhaps, rather be placed as a low-country variety 

 under S. cordifolia. 



17. S. marg-inalis, Thw. Enum. 187 (i860). 



C. P. 2688. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 587. 



A tree, branchlets very stout and with the young parts 

 densely velvety with close ferrugineous tomentum ; 1. 4-7 in., 

 chiefly at end of year's growth, oval, acute or subacute at 

 base, very shortly acuminate, entire but margin thickened 

 and often recurved, glabrous above, densely velvety with 

 ferrugineous tomentum beneath, veins prominent beneath, 

 petiole i in., stout, tomentose; fl. sessile, spikes short, i|-2in., 

 from the l.-axils, velvety, bracts oval, deciduous ; cal. densely 

 velvety; cor. f in. diam., drupe (not ripe) ovate-oblong, densely 

 villous. 



Moist low country; rare. Ambagamuwa Dist.; Wallankanda Forest, 

 Pasdun Korale ; Kotapolla, South Prov. Fl. March. 

 Endemic. 

 A beautiful species, very distinct in foliage. 



18. S. coronata, Thw. Enum. 187 (i( 

 C. P. 127. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 587. 



A moderate-sized tree, branchlets very stout, with pro- 

 minent scars of 1. and infl., rough with fulvous hair, buds very 

 large, with numerous ovate, acute, pubescent scales, the inner- 

 most ones somewhat leaf-like; 1. few, crowded at end of year's 

 growth, on very short stout petioles, large, 6-12 in., oblong- 

 oval, narrowed to base which is usually rounded or sub- 

 cordate, shortly acuminate, acute, finely denticulate, glabrous, 

 shining and pale bright green above, paler and rufous-pubes- 

 cent on the very prominent venation beneath, stiff and sub- 

 coriaceous; fl. sessile, numerous, spikes rather dense, about 

 2\ in., from the axils of the fallen bud-scales below the 1., 

 bracts rounded, hairy, persistent; cal. densely pubescent, segm. 

 oblong-oval; cor. nearly \ in.; drupe under \ in., ovate-ovoid, 

 pubescent. 



Moist region 2000-4000 ft.; rather common. Hantane; Knuckles. 

 Fl. Nov., Dec; pinkish-white. 

 Endemic. 



19. S. pauciflora, Wight in Fl. B. Ind. iii. 587 (1882). 

 S.pendula, Thw. Enum. 184 (? Wight). C. P. 504. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 587. 



