Symplocos. ] Styracez ; I 87 
A tree’; 1. 3-5 in., extremely thick and leathery, glabrous, 
entire, obtuse at both ends, revolute or not; petiole short 
and thick, purple; fils. large, on short pedicels in long 
racemes; bracts caducous; calyx-segments rounded, with the 
margins minutely ciliate. 
Montane zone, rare? Ambagamuva. Fls. March. 
Endemic. 
2a. S. major Brand |. c. p. 56. S. obtusa var. major Thw. |. c. 
Pp. Tos. 
A tree?; 1. 4-5 in., obovate-oblong, glabrous, entire, 
slightly acuminate, cuneate at base, sometimes revolute; 
petiole longer than S$. cucullata, yellow; fils. smaller than 
S. cucullata, pedicellate or sessile; margins of calyx seg- 
ments ciliate; drupe 4 in., oblong-ovoid. 
Montane zone; rather common; Nuvara Eliya; Dimbula; Elk 
Plains; Naminakula. 
Endemic. 
2b. S. furcata Brand, |. c. p. 57. S. obtusa Thw. 1. c.; Trim. FI. 
Ceyl. III, p. 104 (1895) non Wall. 
Upper montane zone; common. Pedurutalagala; Nuvara Eliya; 
Hakgala ; Sita Eliya; Knuckles; Horton Plains. 
Endemic. 
This seems doubtfully distinct from S. cucullata and S. major but 
if reunited the species must take the name S. cucullata. 
2c. S. obovata Wight & Gardn. ex Thw. Enum. p. 185 (1860) in 
syn.; Livera in Ann. Perad. X, p. 317 (1927) nec A. DC. nec Wt. 
Tree’; leaves 1-14 in., glabrous, entire, broadly ovate, 
cuneate at base, slightly revolute; petiole short; fls. usually 
solitary, on long pedicels; drupe oblong. 
Upper montane zone; rare? Pidurutalagala; Palagala. 
’ | think that this species should have a new name as the reference 
to S. obovata seems only to have been an error of identification. 
9. S. jucunda Thw. var. diversifolia Brand, |. c. p. 62 (sp.). 
Leaves less bullate, drying green instead of brown. 
12. S. elegans Thw. 
S. amabilis Brand is rightly reduced to this by Livera. 
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13. S. minor Clarke. 
S. glabrescens Brand and S. eugenioides Livera do not appear to be 
specifically distinct from this, but more material is required to settle 
this question. The latter should also be compared with S. elegans. 
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16. S. apicalis Thw. 
Var. glabrifolia Thw. was made a species by Brand but I think 
wrongly. 
Part III. 
