Symplocos.'] xci. STYRACEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) 577 



VAR. composita, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 238 ; flowers clustered in 

 small cymes subterminal on the elongate branches, stamens about 40. S. rigida, 

 Wall. Cat. 4422 partly. Moulmein ; Wallich. Darjeeling Terai ; frequent, C. B. 

 Clarke. 



13. S. glomerata, King-, Gamble, Darjeeling List 54; leaves elongate- 

 lanceolate acuminate gland-serrate glabrous, petioles glandular, flowers and 

 fruits fascicled axillary, disc glabrous. Symplocos, n. 900, Griff. Itin. Notes, 

 177. Symplocos, n. 55, Herb. Ind. Or. Hk. f. 8f T. Incerta, n. 448, Griff. 

 Itin. Notes, 125. 



SIKKIM and BHOTAN, alt. 1-8000 ft., frequent ; Griffith, J. D. H., &c. KHASIA, 

 alt. 2-5500 ft. ; H.f. $ T., Simons. 



A shrub; or a tree 10 ft. high (J. D. H.); nearly wholly glabrous. Leaves 6 by 

 l in., base cuneate, coriaceous ; midrib impressed above, nerves distant, conspicuous 

 beneath ; petiole in. Bracts and bracteoles ovate, somewhat woolly, but obscured 

 by the densely fascicled flowers. Calyx-tube nearly glabrous ; lobes ^o i n -> broad, 

 rounded. Corolla nearly in. Stamens 25. Fruit % by - in., subcyliudric, 

 smooth ; calyx-rim nearly as wide as the fruit, teeth erect. Embryo straight. 



14. S. ramosissima, Wall. Cat. 4425 ; leaves oblong lanceolate acumi- 

 nate membranous serrulate glabrous, racemes numerous scattered few-flowered 

 minutely pubescent longer than the petioles, disc glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 

 257 ; Brand. For. Fl. 299. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 4-8000 ft. ; from Gurwhal to Bhotan, common 

 KHASIA ; alt. 4000 ft., H.f. $ T. 



A shrub, or tree 30-40 ft. ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 4 by 1 J in. (occasionally 

 much larger), base cnneate ; nerves somewhat distant, slender, distinct beneath ; 

 petiole \ in. Eacemes |-1 in., 1-6-flowered, often from lower leafless axils ; bracts 

 deciduous ; pedicels 0-| in. ; bracteoles 3- in., ovate, pubescent, adpressed to the 

 calyx-tube. Calyx-teeth ^~ in., ovate. Corolla -|- in. Stamens 20. Fruit more 

 than 3- in. long, ellipsoid (accompanying subglobose fruits are probably insect-punc- 

 tured) ; calyx-rim narrower than the fruits. Embryo straight. In Kew Distrib. n. 

 3667 (Panukka, in Bhotan, Griffith) many of the branches have the racemes reduced 

 to solitary flowers. 



15. S. caudata, Wall. Cat. 4113; leaves lanceolate caudate subentire 

 glabrous, racemes lax hairy much longer than the petioles, calyx-tube obconic 

 glabrous, disc glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 256. S. prunifplia, Sieb. fy Zucc. 

 PI. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii. 9; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. 101. S. Swin- 

 hoeana, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, xv. 226. 



SIKKIM ; Darjeeling, Gamble. KHASIA (alt. 3000 ft.) ; Wcdlich, &c. CHITTAGONG ; 

 Seetakoond, H.f. $ T. DISTRIB. China, Japan. 



Attains sometimes 15 ft., usually a shrub. Leaves 3 by f in., base cuneate, stoutly 

 chartaceous ; nerves distinct, distant, not easily separable from the secondary ; petiole 

 ij in. Eacemes 1-1^ in., sparingly pilose or fulvous-subhirsute ; bracts and bracteoles 

 inconspicuous ; pedicels 0- in. Calyx-tube ^ in., teeth nearly as long, ovate, sub- 

 acute. Corolla i in. Stamens 25. Fruit (unripe) ^ in., ovoid-cylindric, shining, 

 smooth, crowned by the patent somewhat-enlarged calyx-teeth. From the form of 

 the unripe fruit, the embryo is presumed to be curved. 



16. S. lancifolia, Sieb. $ Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii. 9; leaves lanceo- 

 late acuminate crenate-serrulate glabrous, spikes slender fulvous-pubescent, disc 

 glabrous. Miq. in Ann. Mm. Lugd. Bat. iii. 101. S. leptostachya, Sieb. # 

 Zucc. I. c. S. microcarpa, Bth. in H.ook. Kew Journ. iv. 303. 



ASSAM; Patkoye Mts., alt. 2500 ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3659). Japan. 

 Hongkong. 



A shrub or small tree ; branchlets nearly glabrous. Leaves 3 by 1 in., base 

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