8ymplocos.~\ xci. STYRACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 579 



nearly glabrous, fruit ovoid-cylindiic. S. racemosa, Wall. Cat. 4418, B and 

 lower half 'A. Symplocos, n. 888, Griff. Itin. Notes, 173. 



HIMALAYA, alt. 3-7000 ft.; from Nipal to Bhotan, frequent; Hamilton, &c. 

 KHASIA ; Borpaui, Simons. 



A small tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 4 by 1^ in., base cuneate; midrib 

 impressed, nerves 11 pairs, sub-parallel, impressed slightly above; petiole in. 

 Bracts and bract eoles villous, caducous ; pedicels 0- in., hirsute. Calyx-tube glabrous 

 or nearly so. Petals --| in. Stamens 35-40, 5-adelphous. Disc glabrous. Fruit 

 by in., smooth, calyx-rim as wide as the upper part of the fruit. Embryo 

 straight. Described from Hamilton's type : the fruit from Sikkim examples of J. I). 

 H. A narrow-leaved var. ? of S. decora, Hance (in Trimen Journ. Bot. 1874, 368), 

 from Ningpo, hardly differs but by the slightly longer flowers. 



VAR. Jloribunda, Wall. Cat. 4419 (sp.) ; flowers spiked, i.e. pedicels or most 

 obscure. S. Sumuntia, A. DC. Prodr. viii. 255. Symplocinea, n. 739, Griff. Itin. 

 Notes. 150. Nipal to Bhotan, Assam and Khasia. Hamilton also collected this, and 

 did not suppose it identical with his S. Sumuntia. 



22. S. pyrifolia, Wall. Cat. 4415 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 



minutely toothed glabrous rigid, racemes 1 in. glabrous or sparsely hairy, 

 calyx-teeth densely silky, fruit cylindric-ellipsoid. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 256. 



NIPAL ; Wallich. SIKKIM ; alt. 7000 ft., J. D. H. BHOTAN ; Griffith. KHASIA ; 

 alt. 2-5000 ft., very common. 



Closely resembling S. Sumuntia : the leaves are stiff and crisp rather than coria- 

 ceous, the petioles rather longer. Hamilton named this S. salicifolia or Lodh of the 

 Bengalees, considering it a var. of S. racemosa, Roxb. Don hence took the specific 

 name S. Loha, his description of which refers to S. spicata. 



** Species of the Malay Peninsula (see also 12. S. racemosa). 



23. S. ophirensis, Clarke ; leaves elliptic-cuneate obtuse subentire gla- 

 brous. petiole very short, racemes very short closely silky. Symplocos. 42, 

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



MALACCA ; Mt. Ophir summit, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3650), Lobb. 

 Branches glabrous. Leaves 3 by 1^ in., base cuneate, stiffly chartaceous ; nerves 

 distant, reticulations close, prominent beneath ; petiole j^- in. Racemes in., dense ; 



bracts and bracteoles inconspicuous; pedicels 0-^ in. Calyx-tube ~ in., closely 

 fulvous-silky, teeth ~ in., ovate, fulvous-pilose. Petals in. Stamens 40. Disc 

 nearly glabrous. Fruit ^ by | in., ovoid-cylindric, smooth ; calyx-rim as wide as the 

 upper part of the fruit. Embryo straight. 



24. S. leucantha, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 89, and For. Fl. 

 ii. 148; leaves oblong or ovate acute crenate glabrous, racemes hardly 1 in. 

 hirsute, calyx nearly glabrous, teeth prominent. 



PEGU ; Irrawaddi swamp-forests, Kurz ; Moulmein, Parish. 



A tree 20-25 ft. (Kurz) branchlets glabrous. Leaves 3 by 1^ in. (in Kurz'g 

 examples), much wider in those of Parish, base cuneate or obtuse, thinly charta- 

 ceous with slender conspicuous nerves ; primary nerves distant, only 1 or 2 

 pairs from the upper half of the midrib. Pedicels 0- in., hairy ; bracteoles in., 

 elliptic, hairy, deciduous. Calyx-tube ~ in., teeth ~ in., ovate, nearly glabrous. 

 Corolla in. Stamens 40. Disc glabrous. Fruit unknown. 



25. S. sulcata, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 65, and For. Fl. it 

 145; leaves oblong acuminate subentire coriaceous glabrous, racemes 1 in. 

 rusty-tomentose, fruit ellipsoid longitudinally furrowed. 



MARTABAN and UPPER TENASSERIM, alt. 3-6000 ft.; in the drier hill-forests, 

 frequent, Kurz. MOTTLMEIN; Lobb. 



A tree 20-25 ft. (Kurz); branches glabrous.. Leaves 4 by 1^ in., base cuneate or 



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