Symplocos.'] xci. STYRACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 581 



MALACCA ; Mount Ophir, Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 960). 



Branchlet glabrous. Leaves 6 by 3 in., base rounded subcordate or obtusely 

 rhomboid, stoutly chartaceous ; nerves distinct, distant, irregular, not at all parallel*; 

 petiole ^- in., very thick. Raceme 4-flowered, axillary ; pedicels hardly ^~ in. ; 

 bracteoles 3, ^ in., ovate, rufous-villous. Calyx rufous-villous, tube ~ in. ; teeth 

 ^ in., ovate. Petals in. Stamens 30. Ovary 3-celled; disc minutely fulvous- 

 pilose. Fruit unknown. 



31. S. rig-ida, Clarke (not of Wall} ; leaves large lanceolate narrowed 

 at both ends subentire coriaceous glabrous, spikes 2 in. pubescent. Doxomma 

 rigidum, Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. ii. Sot. i. 104. Barringtonia rigida, 

 Clarke in Hook.f. Fl. Brit 2nd. ii. 510. 



MALACCA ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 767, 965). 



A large tree (Maingay) ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 12 by 3i in., early glabrate; 

 nerves 13 pairs, much elevated beneath, subparallel ; petiole 1-1^ in. Spikes ap- 

 proximated among the penultimate leaves of the branch, erect, ultimately thick rigid; 

 bracts and bracteoles similar, \ in., ovate, densely grey hairy without. Calyx-tube 

 ^ in., glabrescent ; teeth ~ in., ovate, densely grey hairy. Petals in. Stamens 60. 

 Disc glabrous. Fruit (imperfectly ripe) nearly 1 by ^ in., oblong-ellipsoid ; calyx-rim 

 % in. wide, teeth erect. There may still be a doubt whether Doxomma rigidum 

 (Maingay, n. 767) is the fruiting state of Symplocos sp. (Maingay, n. 965) in good 

 flower ; the petioles are longer, the fruiting spike extraordinarily thickened ; but it is 

 the fruit either of Maingay, n. 965, or some closely allied species. 



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



32. S. monantha, Wight Ic. t. 1236; leaves lanceolate acute or acumi- 

 nate at both ends glabrous, flowers solitary axillary sessile or very shortly 

 pedicelled. Bedd. For. Man. 150. 



SHEVAGHEBBY HILLS; Wight. TINNEVELLY MTS. ; Beddome. 



A leafy, very ramous shrub (Wight)-, branchlets soon glabrate. Leaves If by | 

 in., base cuneate or subobtuse, subentire or minutely toothed, nerves inconspicuous ; 

 petiole % in. Peduncles 0-^ in. ; bracteoles small, sometimes numerous. Calyx-tube 

 in., minutely tomentose, teeth ^ in., elliptic. Petals in., or more. Stamens 40. 

 Disc minutely hairy. Fruit not seen. 



33. S. anam allay ana, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 116, and For. Man. 



150 ; leaves broadly elliptic subobtuse glabrous, flowers solitary peduncled. S. 

 uniflora, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 219, not of Benth. 



ANAMALLAYS, alt. 5-6000 ft. ; Beddome. 



A small tree (Beddome); glabrous or the margins of the calyx-lobes minutely 

 pubescent. Leaves If by 1 in., base obtuse or rounded, serrulate, rigidly chartaceous ; 

 nerves distant, secondary distinctly reticulated ; petiole - in. Peduncles | A in., 

 slender, solitary (or, ex Beddome, sometimes 2-3 together) in axils ; bracts ; brac- 

 teoles in., lanceolate, caducous, at the base of the calyx -tube. Calyx-tube ~ in. ; 

 teeth i in., triangular. Petals in. Stamens 40. Disc glabrous. Fruit not seen. 



34. S. microphylla, Wight Ic. t. 1232 ; leaves elliptic obtuse or scarcely 

 acute serrulate almost glabrous, spikes very short dense fulvous-villous, disc ana 

 style pilose. Bedd. For. Man. 150. 



NILQHEBBIES ; Gardner ; Avalanche, Wight. 



A ramous bush, 6 ft. high (Wight}; branchlets rufous-villous. Leaves attaining 

 2 by l in. (in Wight's examples), obtuse at the base, rigidly coriaceous, adpressedly 

 fulvous pilose on the midrib beneath or glabrate; primary nerves 8 pairs, strong, 

 reticulations distinct ; petiole in. Spikes -f in. ; bracts \ in., ovate, fulvous-villous. 

 Calyx nearly glabrous, tube ^ in., lobes ^ in., ovate. Petals - in. Stamens 50. 

 Style sparsely fulvous-pilose ; disc shortly closely pilose. Fruit not known. 



