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entire ; 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 3 in. broad ; midrib slender, impressed 

 above ; main-nerves 8 to 9 pairs, curving upwards to and along the 

 margin ; reticulations transverse, prominent and slightly raised above ; 

 petiole "7 to -8 in. long, smooth, pulverulent-pubescent. Inflorescence of 

 axillary panicles of racemes about 2 in. long ; main rachis -7 in. long ; 

 branches sub-opposite, about 2 pairs, "5 to 1 in. long ; bracts short, 

 ovate, caducous ; bracteoles 2, ovate-acute, under the calyx-tube ; 

 pedicels slender, -15 to 2 in. long; flowers yellow, buds globose. 

 Calyx-ktbe funnel-shaped, "06 in. long ; lobes 5, short, rounded. 

 Corolla-tube short ; lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, pulverulent-pubescent. 

 Stamens very numerous, probably 200 at least, in 5 bundles opposite 

 the corolla-lobes; filaments slender; anthers very small, rounded. 

 Ovary and disk pubescent ; style stout, stigma capitate ; cells 2, ovules 

 several. Fruit not known. 



SiNGAPOKE : at Chanchukam, Bidley 4786. 



5. Symplocos monticola. King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub or small 

 tree reaching 20 feet in height and 3 in. in diam. of stem ; branchlets 

 somewhat slender, pale brown, sinuous ; leaf-buds small, acuminate. 

 Leaves chartaceous ; elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acuminate at apex, 

 cuneate or somewhat rounded at base; glabrous on both surfaces, 

 greenish-brown when dry ; margins serrate except near the base, slightly 

 recurved ; 4 to 6 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. broad ; midrib slender, pale, im- 

 pressed above ; main-nerves 6 to 8 pairs, close near the base, gradually 

 more distant, curved upwards to meet in a looped intramarginal nerve ; 

 secondary nerves few, reticulations transverse ; petiole '25 in. long, 

 channelled above. Inflorescence a fascicle of racemes either from the 

 axils of leaves a little below the last, or from the new wood below 

 them ; racemes -5 to 1*5 in. long, 6-8-flowered, all parts nearly glabrous ; 

 bracts ovate, very minute ; pedicels to •! in. long ; bracteoles 2, ovate, 

 acute, ciliate, -05 in. long, at the base of the calyx-tube. Calyx-tube 

 short ; lobes as long (•! in.), thin, glabrous, round. Corolla-tube very 

 short; lobes 5, thin, oblong, obtuse, -2 in. long, 3-nerved. Stamens 

 many, more than 80, in 5 bundles opposite the corolla-lobes ; filaments 

 slender ; anthers rounded. Ovary and disk glabrous or slightly pubes- 

 cent ; style short, -1 in. long ; stigma capitate ; cells 3. Fruit not known. 



Pebak : Scortechini 533 ; King's Collector 3804, 6927, in dense 

 jungle on the summits of mountains at 4,000 to 4,600 feet. 



6. Symplocos fasciculata, Zoll. Syst. Verz. 136 (1854). A tree with 

 spreading branches reaching 40 to 50 feet in height and 10 to 15 in. 

 in diam. of stem ; branchlets pale greyish-brown, slender, innovations 

 greyish-pubescent. Leaves thinly chartaceous or membranous ; oblong- 

 lanceolate, long acuminate at apex, the acumen curved and mucro- 



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