Symplocos.'] xci. STYRACE^:. (C. B. Clarke.) 575 



VAR. polystachya, Wall. Cat. 4428 (sp.) ; leaves beneath glabrous or adpressedly 

 pilose on the midrib only. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 254. Gurwhal, alt. 5500 ft., Strachey 

 $ Winterbottom. Kumaon ; alt. 4,500 ft., Madden. Darjeeling; alt. 5,000 ft., 

 Gamble. Khasia ; alt. 3-4000 ft., Wallich, Clarke. This may be specifically separ- 

 able, for when the midrib beneath is hairy, the indumentum is widely different from 

 that of S.fcrruginea. Brandis thinks (For. Fl. 300) this species too near S. spicata; 

 the nervation of the leaves differs widely. 



** Embryo straight (in several not known). 



7. S. adenophylla, Wall. Cat. 4427; leaves narrowly lanceolate or 

 broadly elliptic obtusely acuminate subentire glabrous, racemes compound 

 minutely rusty-pubescent, disc glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 257. S. iteo- 

 phylla, Miq. FL Ind. Sat. Suppl 476. 



PENANG ; Wallich. SINGAPORE and MALACCA ; Wallich, Griffith, Maingay. 

 DISTRIB. Java, Borneo. 



BrancJdets glabrous. Leaves 3 by f in., or 3 by 1^ in., base cuneate or attenuate, 

 coriaceous ; nerves distant, not prominent ; petiole | in. Racemes 1-2 in., tripartite, 

 lax ; pedicels 0-^ in. ; bracteoles minute, subobsolete. Calyx-tube glabrous or 

 minutely rusty; teeth ~ in., oblong. Corolla-lobes in. Stamens 40. Fruit % by & 

 in., terete, ellipsoid, smooth, tip obtuse; calyx-teeth closely incurved, inconspicuous. 

 Wallich doubted whether his broad-leaved examples from Singapore (var. virgata, 

 Wall.) might not be specifically distinct from his narrow-leaved ones from Penang ; 

 but two extreme forms of leaf occur on one branch. 



8. S. celastrifolia, Griff, ms. ; leaves elliptic-oblong cuneate at both 

 ends crenate glabrous, racemes laxly panicled minutely rusty-villous, disc 

 glabrous. 



MALACCA; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3651). DISTRIB. Borneo. 



'BrancJdets glabrous. Leaves 3 by l-l f in., very shortly obtusely acuminate, 

 base cuneate or subobtuse, strongly crenate, thickly chartaceous, when dried dull- 

 green above, pale-yellow beneath ; nerves iiot prominent ; petiole \ in. Racemes 2-3 

 in., branches long lax ; pedicels ^~ in. ; bracteoles subobsolete. Calyx-tube nearly 

 glabrous, teeth T ] 5 in., elliptic, glabrous. Corolla - in. Stamens 40. Fruit more 

 than in., ovoid-ellipsoid, smooth; calyx-rim as wide as the upper part of the fruit, 

 teeth erect. Embryo straight. 



9. S. phyllocalyx, Clarke] leaves oblong acuminate serrulate glabrous, 

 spikes very short sparingly compound minutely pilose, calyx-teeth green round, 

 disc glabrous. Symplocos sp. D. 812, Griff^ Itin. Notes, 158. Symplocos sp. n. 

 54, Herb. 2nd. Or. H.f. $ T. Symplocos sp. (Chandan), Gamble Darjeeling 

 List, 54. Laurinea ? n. 660, Griff. Itin. Notes, 141. 



SIKKIM ; alt. 8-12,000 ft., J. D. H., &c., frequent. BHOTAN ; Griffith. 



A small tree or shrub, almost wholly glabrous. Leaves 4 by 1^ in., base cuneate 

 or attenuate, coriaceous, shining ; midrib elevated above, broad ; nerves numerous, 

 often 14 on each side, slender but distinct above ; petiole in. Spikes often shorter 

 than the petioles, bracts glabrous when young ; bracteoles | in., ovate. Calyx-teeth 

 \ in., glabrous or microscopically ciliate on the margins. Corolla in. Stamens 

 40-50. Disc shortly hairy; style often sparsely hairy. Fruit nearly by 1 in., 

 ellipsoid, crowned by the unaltered calyx-teeth. Embryo straight. Furnishes a dye 

 exported into Tibet (Hook. Himal. Journ. ii. 41). 



10. S. theaefolia, Ham. ms.; Don Prodr. 145; leaves oblong acuminate 

 obscurely serrulate glabrous, spikes very short compound minutely pubescent, 

 disc densely hairy. S. lucida, Wall. Cat. 4414; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 255; 

 Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 238, and For. Fl. ii. 143, not of Sieb. $ 

 Zucc. S. racemosa, Watt. Cat. 4418; A. DC. I.e., partly; Brand. For. Fl. 

 300, not of Eoxb. 



