I. Sympiocos.j 70. STYRACE&. 



racemes, bracteate and with 1-3 bracteoles at the base of 

 each flower. Calyx with 4-5 small imbricate sepals persist- 

 ent superior. Petals 5 imbricate, usually connate only at 

 the very base into a very short tube bearing the numerous 

 stamens, rarely quite free. Anthers shortly oblong. Ovary 

 inferior, 3- rarely 2-4-celled ; style slender, stigma small 

 Bnb-3-lobed. Ovules 2, pendulous from the inner angle of 

 each cell. Drupe ellipsoid, endocarp 1-3-seeded. Seeds 

 oblong, albuminous, straight or curved ; embryo straight or 

 curved. 



L. 2-5''. Fls. pedicelled, sepals minutely pubescent. Fr. 



oblong 1. racemosa. 



L. 4-7'. Fls. sessile, sepals glabrous. Fr. globose . . 2. spicata. 



1. S- racemosa, Roxb. Ludam, K. ; Lodam, S.; Lodh 

 JT., Beng.y Oraon. 



A small tree with oblong, elliptic or ell-lanceolate coriaceous 

 shining leaves which are entire, crenate or serrulate, and white 

 flowers, turning yellow with age, in axillary simple or 

 compound racemes 2-3" long. Drupe oblong |-|" by £-£" 

 crowned by the calyx. (Diseased globose drupes occur.) 



Throughout Chota Nagpur and Santal Parganahs abundant, esp. in 

 poor open forest. Fls. Oct-Jany. Fr. Dec-May. Evergreen. 



L. 3f ' by H" to 5i 7 by 21" glabrous or slightly pilose on the mid-rib 

 acute or obtuse both ends, ot acuminate, nerves slender irregular. 

 Petiole i-%'. Racemes pubescent or hairy, pedicels -^-i 7 , sepals broadly 

 oblong connate below. Corolla £•£'' diam. 



The bark is used in conjunctivitis. A concoction of the leaves is used 

 as a mordant for the Chaili (Al) dye. Campbell states that the bark is 

 used as a dye and the wood-ash as a mordant. 



2. S- spicata, Roxb. Marang Ludam, K. 



A small tree with very shining elliptic or oblong serrate or 

 serrulate acuminate leaves often attaining 9" by 3% and white 

 flowers in simple or branched axillary spikes 1-3|" long. 

 Drupe globose ovoid £" diam. crowned by the small glabrous 

 calyx. Seed and embryo curved. 



Deep valleys near streams in the Saranda foresst, rare. Fls. Dec. Fr 

 May. Evergreen. 



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