574 xci. STTRACE2E. (G. B. Clarke.) [Symplocos. 



3. S. oxyphylla, Wall. Cat. 4430 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 serrulate glabrous, racemes compound, flowers small mostly pedicelled. A. DC. 

 Prodr. viii. 256. S. pedicellata, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 89, and 

 For. Fl. ii. 147. 



KHASIA ; Wallich ; Cherra, alt. 4000 ft., H. f. $ T. ASSAM ; Masters. PEGU ; 

 rather rare, Kurz. 



A small tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5 by If in., subcaudate, base at- 

 tenuate; nerves distant, not prominent beneath, parallel ; petiole - in. Panicles 

 l-2 in. diam., many-fid., puberulous, finally glabrous ; bracts small, caducous. 

 Calyx nearly glabrous; teeth ^ in., round. Corolla in. Fruit | in., ovoid, 

 narrowed upwards into a cylindric beak, often 3-seeded, scarcely ribbed ; fruiting 

 calyx as wide as the beak. S. xanthophylla, Jungh. Sf De Vriese ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 i. pt. ii. 468, has pedicelled flowers, but the fruits are small, and it resembles 8. 

 spicata var. attenuata rather than 8. oxyphylla. 



4. S. fasciculata, Zoll. Syst. Verz. 136; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 minutely pilose on the midrib beneath or glabrous very short-petioled, cymes 

 compound very small, flowers small mostly pedicelled. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. \. 

 pt. ii. 467. Dicalyx tinctorius, Blume Bijd. 1116. 



MALACCA; Griffith (Kew Distrib. D. 3665), Maingay (n. 958). SINGAPORE; 

 Murton. DISTRIB. Java, Borneo. 



A large tree (Maingay} ; branchlets ashy-pubescent. Leaves 3^ by 1|- in., ob- 

 tusely acuminate, base obtusely rhomboid, entire or obscurely crenate-serrate ; thinly 

 chartaceous, nerves distant, not prominent beneath, parallel ; petiole ^ in. Cymes 

 scarcely f in. diam., ashy-pubescent ; bracts minute. Calyx-teeth ^ in., ovate-oblong, 

 grey-pubescent. Corolla % in. Stamens 25. .Disc glabrous ; style glabrous (in 

 the Malacca examples), sparsely villous in the Javan. Fruit ^ in., obliquely ovoid, 

 narrowed to a cylindric beak ; embryo not seen (fruit imperfectly ripe), probably 

 curved. 



5. S. olig-andra, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 272; leaves oblong cuneate 

 at both ends subentire glabrous, cymes scarcely \ in. compound minutely hairy, 

 disc closely shortly hairy. 



TRAVANCORE GHATS ; Beddome. 



A tree (Beddome} ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves If by | in., coriaceous ; nerves 

 9-10 on each side, very slightly impressed ; petiole | in. Cymes 3-6-fld. ; bracts 

 minute, deciduous. Calyx-tube ~ in., glabrous ; teeth ~ in., closely adpressedly 

 pilose. Petals ^ in. Stamens 12-14, in pairs. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit unknown. 



6. S. ferruginea, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 40, and FL Ind. ii. 542 ; leaves 

 broad-lanceolate rusty-villous on the nerves beneath, nerves numerous strong 

 parallel, spikes compound rusty-villous. Wall. Cat. 4412; A. DC. Prodr. 

 viii. 257. S. rnollis, Wall. Cat. 4433 ; G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 3. S. Verhuelli, 

 Jungh Sr De Vriese ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. ii. 467. S. polystachya, Zoll. $ 

 Mor. Verz. 43, not of Wall. S. lachnobotrya and Horsfieldiana, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. Suppl. 475. S. javanica, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 239 (syn. 

 S. rubiginosa excl.), and For. FL ii. 145. Dicalyx javanicus, Blume Bijd. 1117. 



KHASIA; Wallich; Mikir Hills, Simons. MALAY PENINSULA; from Mergui to 

 Malacca, common. DISTRIB. Malay Archipelago. 



A small tree; branchlets subpersistently rusty-villous. Leaves 6 by 2j- in., 

 acuminate, base cuneate, often broader above the middle, serrulate or subentire, 

 mature villous beneath or glabrescent, coriaceous, shining, smooth with scarcely im- 

 pressed nerves above; nerves 10-15 on each side, strongly raised beneath, quite 

 parallel, carried f (or more) the way to the margin before inarching ; petiole J- in. 

 Panicles 2-5 in., very compound and villous, branches long; flowers sessile, bracteoles 

 concealing the short calyx-tube. Calyx-teeth ~ in., ovate, villous. Corolla - in. 

 Stamens 40. Ovary depressed, disc glabrous. Fruit in., depressed-globose, ribbed; 

 beak hardly any besides the enlarged glabrescent calyx-teeth. 



