582 



xci. STTEACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 



\_Sympl(. 



35. S. macrocarpa, Wight ms.] leaves oblong nan-owed at bother 

 glabrous, spikes short dense rusty-pubescent, calyx-tube pubescent, fruit large- 

 long-ellipsoid. 



SOUTH DECCAN PENINSTJLA ; Courtallum, Wight, herb, nn. 467, 469. 



Branchlets stout, rusty. Leaves attaining 8 by 2^ in., slightly crenulate, charta- 

 ceous ; primary nerv*s 9 pairs, conspicuous but not thick, secondary nerves distinct 

 beneath; petiole - in. Spikes ^-l in., stout; bracts in., spathulate obovate, 

 rusty- pubescent ; flowers crowded. Calyx-tube ~ in., teeth more than ^ in., lanceolate. 

 Petals % in. Stamens 40. Disc and style glabrous or nearly so. Fruit 1 by | in., 

 smooth, round ; calyx-rim in., broad, teeth patent. Examples in young fruit may 

 be distinguished from S. Beddomei by the short stout spikes, and the shorter petioles. 



36. S. G-ardneriana, Wight Ic. t. 1231 ; leaves elliptic cuneate at both 

 ends villous beneath, nerves numerous strong subparallel, calyx-tube densely 

 hairy, fruits hairy. Bedd. Fl Sylv. t. 237. 



SOUTH MALABAR MTS., alt. 4-7500 ft. ; Nilgherries, Travancore, Anamallays, &C.,. 

 frequent. 



A small tree ; branchlets thick, villous. Leaves 4| by 2 in., slightly crenulate, 

 coriaceous ; nerves 10 pairs ; petiole in., stout, rusty-villous. Spikes 2 in., stout,, 

 fulvous-villous ; bracts \ % in., ovate, densely villous, caducous ; flowers sessile or the 

 lower pedicels attaining ^ in. CalyX'tube -^ in., teeth in., oblong, densely silky. 

 Petals %~ in., round. Stamens 50. Disc shortly densely villous. Fruit ^-fe in., 

 cylindric, densely villous ; calyx-rim in. wide, teeth patent. Easily distinguished 

 by the very hairy fruit. Beddome's figure represents the fruit of Gardneriana, but 

 the leaves of a plant since sent, to Kew as a new species. This latter has leave* 

 more rounded at the base and more acute bracts than S. Gardneriana. 



37. S. Hohenackeri, Clarke ; leaves elliptic cuneate at both ends 

 villous beneath, nerves numerous strong subparallel, calyx-tube glabrous. 

 Eriobotryse vel Photinise affinis, Miq. in PI. Hohenack. n. 456. 



Mercara in CANARA, HohenacJcer. 



Hohenacker's example (in flower) resembles 8. Gardneriana in every point but 

 the conspicuously glabrous calyx-tube, the calyx-teeth being densely silky. It has 

 hence been supposed a simple-spiked var. of S. kurgensis, n. 1 1 ; but it so closely 

 resembles 8. Gardneriana that further material may show it a mere variety thereof. 



38. S. Beddomei, Clarke; leaves elliptic or oblong narrowed at both 

 ends gland-serrulate glabrous, spikes long fulvous-villous, calyx-tube glabrous 

 teeth sparsely pilose, fruit ovoid. S. reticulata, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 104. 

 Symplocos sp., Herb. Wight, n. 62. Hopea racemosa, Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. FL 

 140. 



WESTERN GHATS ; from the Concan to Kurg, frequent. 



Perhaps only a variety of S. racemosa ; but the leaves are less coriaceous, the 

 nerves more numerous (9 pairs), more distinct, the crenatures stronger, the inflores- 

 cence spicate, scarcely racemose ; but the greatest difference is in the fruit, which is 

 ovoid, ^ by i in. (that of S. racemosa is much narrower, not wider towards the base). 



VAR. glabrata ; flowering spikes nearly glabrous, fruit subcylindric. Sjmplocos, 

 n. 32, Herb. 2nd. Or. Hk. /. & T. Kurg ; G. Thomson. Leaves glabrous from the 

 bud ; calyx-teeth glabrous ; lower pedicels in fruit attaining in. ; fruits 3-5 by 

 iin. 



VAR. flagellaris ; spikes in young fruit 5^ in. long slender wavy, otherwise as var. 

 glabrata. Bombay Presidency ; Dalzell. 



39. S. folios a, Wight Ic. t. 1234; leaves elliptic or oblong serrulate from 

 the base glabrous, spikes fulvous-villous, calyx-tube glabrous. S. nervosa,, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1235 ; Bcdd. For. Man. 149, not of A. DC. 



