Symplocos.'] xci. STYEACE^:. (C. B. Clarke.) 583 



NILGHERRIES, alt. 5-7500 ft. ; Wight, Gardner, Hohenacker ; common about 

 Ootacamund, Beddome. 



A large tree (Beddome); branchlets soon glabrate. Leaves 3J by IJ-l^ in., 

 acuminate or shortly acute, base cuneate or obtuse ; serratures regular, close ; nerves 

 9 pairs, prominent beneath ; petiole |in. Spikes 1-1 in. ; bracts caducous. Calyx- 

 tube y in., teeth -^ in., oblong, glabrous or sparsely pilose. Petals i in. Stamens 40. 

 Disc and style glabrous. Fruit $ by in., broadly cylindric, smooth; calyx-rim 

 scarcely in. wide. Distinguished from all other Indian species by the leaves being 

 serrulate from the very base. The examples marked by Wight S. nervosa are 

 identical with those marked by him S. foliosa, as Beddome divined ; but Wight's 

 8. nervosa is not DeCandolle's (as Beddome presumed), and the name S. nervosa has 

 been so misapplied that the undisputed one of S. foliosa is adopted here for this well- 

 marked species. 



40. S. rosea, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 219 ; leaves elliptic-oblong 

 sharply acuminate serrate glabrous, racemes 1-3 in. very hairy as is the calyx, 

 flowers rose-coloured, fruit puberulous. Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 115, and For. 

 Man. 150. 



ANAMALLAYS, alt. 2-4000 ft., Beddome. 



A large shrub ; young branches petioles and inflorescence hairy. Leaves 5-6 by 

 l-2 in. ; petiole ^ in. Bracts deciduous. Calyx-lobes acute, half as long as the 

 corolla. Fruit in., oblong. Description copied from Beddome. 



VAB. glabrior ; calyx-tube glabrous, fruit glabrous. S. racemosa, Herb. Wight, 

 not of Eoxb. Courtallum and Cochin ; Wight. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, charta- 

 ceous ; nerves 6-7 pairs, slender, distinct, not parallel. Pedicels (in fruit) | in. 

 Calyx-rim (in fruit) nearly | in., wide (as wide as the summit of the fruit). Wight's 

 examples fit Beddome's picture so well, that this is probably not even a variety. 



41. S. acuminata, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 117, and For. Man. 150; 

 leaves obovate-lanceolate acuminate glabrous, racemes slender few-flowered 

 slightly hairy, calyx glabrous, flowers in. diam. 



MAT, A BAR ; Wynaad, very common on the Brumagherries, alt. 5000 ft., and on the 

 Tirrioot Peak, Beddome. 



A small tree, or large shrub ; young shoots, peduncles and bracts minutely hairy, 

 otherwise quite glabrous. Leaves 4 by 1^-1 in., base attenuated, subentire. Racemes 

 1-2 in. ; pedicels 0-^ in. Calyx-lobes rounded or subacute, half as long as the 

 corolla. Not seen ; description taken from Beddome. 



42. S. pulchra, Wight Ic. t. 1230 (not good) ; leaves oblong acuminate 

 brown-hirsute on both surfaces, racemes 1-2 in., flowers 1-4 large. Bedd. For. 

 Man. 149. 



NILGHEBEIES ; Sispara Ghat, alt. 3-4000 ft., Gardner, Wight, Beddome. 



A shrub ; branches densely fulvous-hirsute. Leaves 4 by If in., base rounded, 

 denticulate, chartaceous ; nerves 7 pairs, distinct, very oblique ; petiole JL_ i n . 

 Peduncles patently rufous-hirsute ; pedicels 0- in. ; bracteoles - in., linear, hirsute. 

 Calyx-tube i in., sparsely pilose ; teeth ^ in., ovate, glabrescent. Petals - in., 

 elliptic. Stamens 50-60. Disc densely pilose. Wight's figure omits the thick, long, 

 spreading brown hairs of the branches, leaves, and peduncles ; it is hence very likely 

 to mislead. 



43. S. obtusa, Wall. Cat. 4424; glabrous, leaves obovate-elliptic obtuse 

 suhentire coriaceous, spikes 1-4 in., flowers large. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 255; 

 Wight Ic. t. 1233, and III. t. 151 b. : Thwaites JEnum. 185 ; Bedd. For. Man. 

 149. 



SOUTH MAULBAB ; Nilgherries and Anamallays, alt. 5-8000 ft., common. CEYLON; 

 alt. 5-8000 ft., frequent. 



A tree. Leaves l\ by in., or larger (attaining 7 by 3 in. in some Ceylon varieties), 



