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buds nearly globose, scales rounded, acuminate. Leaves coriaceo- 

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

 attenuate at base ; glabrous above, sparsely pilose on the nerves beneath 

 otherwise glabrous, dark greenish-brown when dry ; margins crenately 

 serrate except at the very base and on the acumination, slightly recurved ; 

 5 to 7 in. long, 1 to 2 in. broad, midrib slender, impressed above; 

 main-nerves 6 to 8 pairs, conspicuous, at once curving upwards and 

 round to join each other in a well-marked looped ring -2 to "3 in. from the 

 margin; reticulations transverse; petiole -5 to -7 in. long, slender, 

 channelled above. Inflorescence of axillary and sub-terminal pubescent 

 spikes ; the rachis stout, angular ; bracts broad, round, villous, early 

 caducous ; bracteoles 2, ovate-acute, -075 in. long, villous ; flowers 

 about 12 in each spike. Calyx-tube short, -05 in. long ; lobes lanceolate, 

 acute, pilose, '125 in. long. Corolla-Uibe short; lobes oblong-acute, 

 3-nerved, -2 in. long. Stamens about 30, or very numerous — over 

 100 (Scortechini), on the corolla-tube, fascicles not well separated ; 

 filaments very slender ; anthers rounded, very minute. Ovary and 

 disk slightly hairy ; style slender, curved, -2 in. long, stigma capitate ; 

 cells 3, ovules 2 to 3 in each cell. Fruit a cylindric oblong drupe 1*5 

 to 2 in. long, 1 in. broad, truncate at both ends and tipped above by the 

 persistent calyx-tube and lobes, the rim about '2 in. broad ; smooth, 

 yellowish-brown ; exocarp thick, corky ; endocarp woody with 7 to 8 

 sharp star-like ridges. Seed 1, testa membranous ; albumen thin, 

 embryo straight, pendulous ; radicle long. A. DC. Prod. VIII. 257 ; 

 Clarke in Hook. f. PL Br. Ind. III. 580 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. Pt. 2. 466; 

 Brand Monog. Sympl. 52. Bohua cerasifolia, Miers in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XVII. 304. 



Penang: Wallich 4434; Curtis 1503, 3096. Perak : Wray 445, 

 3003 ; Scortechini 515 ; King's Collector 6283, 6950. Malacca : 

 Maingay (K.D.) 962 



Scortechini considered his No. 515 to represent a species separate from S. cerasifolia, 

 but with a large series of specimens before us we find it difficult to agree to this. 



21. Symplocos rigida, Clarke in Hook. f. Pl. Br. Ind. III. 581 

 (not of Wall.) (1882). A tree with spreading branches, reaching 

 60 to 80 feet in height and 18 to 24 in. in diam. of stem ; branchlets 

 stout, dark brown, glabrous, angled when dry, marked with the pro- 

 minent round raised scars of fallen leaves ; branch-buds large, covered 

 with oblong glandular-serrate stipular scales, softly silky on the 

 back; leaf-buds acuminate, -3 to '5 in. long, silky-pubescent. Leaves 

 coriaceo-chartaceous ; oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or shortly 

 acuminate at apex, attenuate at base ; glabrous on both surfaces 

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