578 xci. STTRACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Symplocos. 



cuneate or rhomboid, subcoriaceous ; nerves distant, not conspicuous ; petiole |- in. 

 Spikes -l| in., subracemose ; flowers small, the minute pedicels and calyx-tube 

 enveloped by persistent fulvous-villous imbricated bracteoles. Calyx-segments ~ in., 

 ovate. Corolla -^ in. Stamens 15-25. Ovary 3-celled. Fruit in. diam., cuboid- 

 globose ; calyx-rim less than one quarter the width of the fruit. Embryo curved. 

 The simple spikes are in one example sometimes changed into dense panicles of 

 abortive flowers with numerous bracteoles. 



VAR. fidvipes ; midrib of the leaves beneath fulvous- pilose, spikes villous. S. 

 microcarpa, var.?, Bth. Fl. Hongk. 212. Symplocos, n. 657, Griff. Itin. Notes, 41. 

 Symplocos, n. 50, Herb. Ind. Or. Hk. f. $ T. Khasia ; Cherra, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 

 n. 3648) ; Borpani, H.f. $ T. Assam ; Masters. 



17. S. Kookeri, Clarke ; leaves large obovate-oblong acute minutely 

 toothed glabrous, nerves parall el much, elevated beneath, racemes stout minutely 

 rusty. Symplocos, n. 49, Herb. Ind. Or. Hk.f. $ T. 



KHASIA; Nunklow, H.f. $ T. 



Branches thick, glabrous. Leaves 12 by 4^ in., base cuneate, thickly chartaceous; 

 midrib and nerves impressed on the upper surface ; petiole 1-1 in. Flowers not 

 seen. Racemes (in fruit) from thick branchlets, 2-3 in., simple; pedicels 5- in;, 

 distant. Fruit f by ^ in., elongate ellipsoid, smooth. Embryo straight. From the 

 leaves this appears allied to S. rubiginosa, Wall., which has much smaller fruits. 



18. S. macrophylla, Wall. Cat. 4431 ; leaves large elliptic acute from 

 a rounded base minutely toothtd hirsute beneath, spikes 2 in. stout densely 

 rusty- villous. 



KHASIA MTS. ; De Silva. 



Branchlet stout, rusty-hirsute. Leaves 8 by 3^ in., base obtuse or subcordate, 

 thickly coriaceous, rugose from the deeply impressed nerves ; nerves 11 on each side, 

 strongly elevated beneath, secondary distinct ; petiole f in., densely hirsute. Bracts 

 and bracteoles subsimilar, | in., ovate, very hairy. Calyx-tube ^ in., glabrescent ; 

 teeth ^ in., ovate, closely hairy. Petals i in., elliptic. Fruit not seen. 



19. S. dryophila, Clarke-, leaves narrowly obovate-lanceolate shortly 

 cuspidate subentire glabrous, racemes long lax sparsely fulvous-hirsute, disc 

 glabrous. Symplocos, n. 53, Herb. Ind. Or. Hk.f. % T. 



EASTERN NIPAL and SIKKIM, alt. 8-10,000 ft. ; in oak forests, J. D. H. ; Simonbong, 

 alt. 9000 ft., Gamble. 



A tree (Gamble'); branchlets glabrous. Leaves 6 by If in., base cuneate, densely 

 villous beneath when young, soon glabrous, coriaceous ; nerves many, slender, midrib 

 impressed above ; petiole ^ in. Racemes 3 in. ; bracts caducous, outermost orbicular 

 glabrous, inner oblong villous ; pedicels ~ in., bracteoles obsolete. Calyx-tube 

 j 1 ^ in., nearly glabrous ; teeth ^ in., ovate. Corolla in. Fruit \ in. diam., sub- 

 globose, smooth ; calyx-rim much narrower than the fruit. Embryo curved. 



20. S. grandiflora, Wall Cat. 4421 ; leaves lanceolate subentire gla- 

 brous, nerves much elevated beneath, racemes elongate lax nearly glabrous, disc 

 glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 257. 



KHASIA MTS. ; De Silva, Griffith. ASSAM ; Griffith. 



Branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5 by 1^ in., base cuneate or subobtuse, thickly 

 chartaceous ; midrib impressed, nerves subparallel, secondary distinct beneath ; 

 petiole 5-5 in. Racemes 2-3 in. ; bracts caducous ; pedicels many, 0-i in., glabrous 

 or nearly so ; bracteoles ~ in., lanceolate, subciliate. Calyx-tiibe in., obconic, 

 glabrous ; teeth ^ in., ovate. Corolla -| in. Stamens 80. Fruit by $ in., sub- 

 cylindric, smooth; calyx-rim little narrower than the fruit. Embryo probably 

 straight. 



21. S. Sumuntia, Ham. ms. ; Don Prodr. 144; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate crenulate glabrous coriaceous, racemes 1 in. hirsute, calyx- teeth 



