158 proceedings of the royal society of queensland. 



Order STYRACACE^. 

 SYMPLOCOS Linn. 



S. Hayesii sp. nov. (Text-fig. 2.) 



Frutex, ramulis dense hirsutis ; foliis bre\ater petiolatis, 

 lamina glabra, serrata ovata, ad apicem acuminata ad basem 

 rotundata vel subcordata ; petiolo dense hirsute ; inflores- 

 centiis lateralibus, breviter spicatis vel fere capitatis bracteatis ; 

 rhacide hirsuta ; floribus sessilibus vel subsessilibus glabratis 

 campanulatis, calycis lobis lanceolato-ovatis marginibus 

 ciliolatis ; corolla alte in lobes ovatos divisa ; staminibusca. 15 ; 

 fructibus elliptico-oblongis vel fere cylindricis. 



A .slender shrub, the young shoots, branchlets, petioles, 

 and bracts clothed with long hairs. Leaves on petioles about 

 1| line (3 mm.) long, ovate, prominently acuminate, rounded 

 and slightly cordate at the base, margins acutely serrate, 

 midrib, lateral nerves, and the larger reticulate veins visible, 

 especially on the under side where they are slightly raised, 

 2|-4| in. (5-7- 11 -5 cm.) long, twice to 2| times as long as 

 broad. Inflorescence shortly spicate or almost capitate, mostly 

 lateral, under ^ in. (1-3 cm.) long, mostly subtended by a 

 leafy, lanceolate, serrate bract, the bract sometimes attaining 

 ^ in. (1-3 cm.) in length. Bracts subtending each flower ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, clothed with a few long hairs, especially 

 on the outside, nearly 1^ line (3 mm.) long ; bracteoles narrowly 

 triangular, hirsute, under 1 line (2 mm.) long. Flowers sessile 

 or nearly so, glabrous, campanulate, about 1| line (3 mm.) 

 long. Calyx about IJ line (2-5 mm.) long, divided to about the 

 middle into 5 lanceolate-ovate lobes, their margins minutely 

 ciliate. Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx, divided to about 

 two-thirds of its length into 5 ovate lobes. Stamens about 15, 

 inserted near the base of the corolla-tube, shorter than the 

 corolla. Summit of the ovary protruding from the calyx-tube. 

 Style about I line (1 mm.) long ; stigma prominent, depressed 

 globular. Fruit indehiscent, scarcely succulent, elliptic- 

 oblong or nearly cylindrical, about | in. (13 mm.) long, crowned 

 by the 5 calyx-lobes surrounding the remains of the style, 

 2 -celled, containing in each cell a single narrow seed nearly 

 ^ in. (1-3 cm.) long. 



Hab. : Glenallan, Atherton Tableland, H. C. Hayes. 

 The above species is closely allied to Symplocos pauci.itaminea F.v.M. 

 A Bail., from which it can be distinguished by its bracteate, short spikes 



