Plate 1757. 



SYMPLOCOS CURTISII, Oliv. 



Styracace-e. 



S. Curtisii, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; glabra, ramulis gracilibus crassitie 

 pennas coryinsa, foliis ellipticis utrinque attenuates acuminatis brevi- 

 ter petiolatis tenuiter coriaceis nervis utrinque 4-5 incurvis, floribus in 

 fasciculis parvis densis sessilibus axillaribus dispositis, calycis lobis 

 oyatis obtusis corolla 3-plo brevioribus, petalis basi coalitis filamentis 

 nhformibus corolla? adnatis obJongo-ellipticis, fructibus subsessilibus 

 subteretibus laneeolato-oblongis apicem versus plus minus angustatis 

 calycis limbo coronatis. 



Hab - Penang, Mr. G. Curtis (No. 1099). We have apparently 

 -he same, in fruit, though with fruits less narrowed above, from Max- 

 well's Hill, Perak.— Mr. L. Wray, jun. 



Folia 4-5 (-7) poll, longa, l£-2i (-3) poll, lata ; petiolus £-± poll. 



longus. Fructus §-£ poll, longus. 

 1 have not found a well-developed embryo. — D. Oliver. 



%• 1. Flower. 2. Same after removal of corolla and epipetalous stamens. 

 * One segment of limb of corolla with attached stamens. 4. Stamens. 5. Longitu- 

 dinal section of ovary. Enlarged. 



