576 xci. STYRACEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) [Symplocos. 



HIMALAYA; from Nipal to Bhotan, alt. 5-8000 ft., very common. KHASIA; alt. 

 4-6000 ft., common. MARTABAN ; alt. 5-7000 ft., not unfrequent, Kurz. 



An erect tree, often 50 ft. ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 4|- by If in., base 

 cuneate or obtuse, coriaceous ; nerves numerous, indistinct, not parallel ; petiole in. 

 Panicles -1 in., dense, often tripartite from the base, branches stout ; bracts ~ in. 

 broad, obtuse ; bracteoles ~ in., broad, obtuse. Calyx-tube nearly glabrous, teeth 

 ^ in., broad, obtuse, glabrous, minutely ciliate. Corolla ^-^ in. Stamens 2025. 

 Disc densely covered with long white hairs. Fruit ^ by in., ellipsoid, smooth, tip 

 obtuse, calyx-teeth incurved inconspicuous. Embryo straight. There has been much 

 confusion respecting this very distinct species. Wallich has, under No. 4418, three 

 plants named S. racemosa, Roxb., none of which are right, except letter C, upon 

 which De Candolle (in whose Herbarium the specimen is) founded his 8. nervosa. 



11. S. kurg-ensis, Clarke ; leaves oblong acuminate seabrous-villous 

 beneath, panicles rufous-hirsute, flowers subsessile, calyx-tube glabrous, teeth 

 closely silky. Symplocos, n. 31, Herb. Ind. Or. Hk.f. $ T. S.,spicatae affinis, 

 Betid. For. Man. 152. 



Mts. of KURG, common, G. Thomson ; Beddome. 



Sranchlets thick, soon glabrescent except the tips. Leaves 5 by 2 in., base 

 rounded or subcordate when mature, sub- denticulate, villous and glandular-scabrid 

 beneath, coriaceous; nerves 10 on each side, thick, much elevated beneath; petiole 

 1 in., rusty-villous. Panicles 2-3 in. ; bracts ^ in., ovate, densely hairy. Calyx-lobes 

 in., ovate. Petals ^ in. Stamens 50. Disc and style glabrous. Fruit nearly ^ 

 y j in., eylindric, smooth ; calyx-rim as broad as the fruit, teeth patent. Embryo 

 straight. This differs from S. Hohenackeri, n. 37, in the rounded base of the leaves, 

 which are glandular-scabrous beneath, and in the compound spikes. 



SECT. 2. Racemes or spikes undivided (in S. racemosa var. divided). Em- 

 bryo straight. Species 12 to 59. 



* Species of the Himalaya and Khasia Mts. 



12. S. racemosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 40, and Fl. Ind. ii. 539 ; leaves 

 oblong cuneate at both ends obscurely crenate, midrib glabrous or pilose beneath, 

 racemes hairy half as long as the leaves, disc glabrous. Kurz in Journ. As. 

 Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 238, and For. Fl. ii. 144, not of Wall, nor of A. DC. S. 

 Hamiltoniana, Wall. Cat. 4420; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 254; Brand. For. -FY.301. 

 S. rigida, Wall. Cat. 4422, type sheet. S. nervosa, A. DC. I.e. 256, not of 

 Wight. S. propinqua, Hance in Seem. Journ. Bot. 1868, 329. Symplocos n. 

 52, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



Throughout NORTH-EAST INDIA, alt. 0-2500 ft., common from the Terai of 

 Kumaon to Assam and Pegu; common throughout Chota Nagpore. DISTRIB. Birma, 

 China. 



A small tree, or more frequently a shrub ; branchlets soon glabrous. Leaves 5 by 

 If in. (sometimes almost orbicular leaves) obtuse, coriaceous ; nerves distant, not 

 conspicuous ; petiole ^ in. Racemes 2-4 in. ; bracts in., ovate, hairy, deciduous ; 

 lower pedicels often distant, ^-^ in. ; bracteoles ~ in., ovate. Calyx-tube usually 

 glabrous, lobes ^ in., ovate, minutely pubescent. Corolla % in. Stamens sometimes 

 115. Fruit nearly by in., subcylindric, smooth ; calyx-rim nearly as wide as the 

 fruit, with erect teeth. Embryo straight. S. rigida, Wall, type, differs by some of 

 the racemes terminating in a leafy branch, so that the pedicels appear solitary from 

 the old wood bearing the fruits. Kurz must be mistaken in thinking that this was 

 8. racemosa of A. DC., who describes his plant as having racemes about as long as 

 the petioles and the ovary pilose at the summit. A. DC.'s plant was therefore, as 

 he states, S. racemosa, Wall. = S. thecefolia, Don. Kurz also refers the Kew Distrib. 

 n. 3660 to S. spicata, whereas that number is 8. racemosa, Roxb. " 



VAR. khasiana ; flowers sessile in dense clusters on the spike. Symplocos, n. 

 1275, Griff. Itin. Notes, 87. Kbasia; Nongkreem (alt. 4500 ft., perhaps), Griffith. 



