584 xci. STYRACEJE. (G. B. Clarke.) \_8ympl 



base attenuated, margin often reflexed ; nerves distant, irregular, distinct beneath ; 

 petiole long, often in. in the small-leaved varieties. Bracts caducous ; pedicels 0, 

 or (rarely) i in. Calyx-tube ^ in., teeth ^ in., round, prominent. Petals | in. 

 Stamens 50-60. Disc glabrous. Fruit by % in., ovoid-cylindric, smooth ; calyx-rim 

 | in., broad, teeth prominent. The varieties enumerated by Thwaites do not differ 

 much from the type, but vary greatly as to the size of the leaves. 



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Species of Ceylon (see also n. 43. S. obtusd). 



44. S. laeta, Thwaites Enum. 184; glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate 

 acute at both ends, spikes l-2 in. Bedd. For. Man. 151. 



CEYLON ; elevated parts of the Central Province, Thwaites. 



A tree. Leaves 2 by f in., minutely toothed. Spikes often peduncled ; bracts 

 small, caducous ; bracteoles ; lower pedicels 0, rarely 0-^ in. Calyx-lobes in., 

 round. Petals -| in. Stamens 30. Fruit more than in., ellipsoid. Otherwise 

 resembling S. obttisa, from which it differs in its acute leaves and smaller flowers. 



VAK. pedicellata ; pedicels longer, attaining sometimes in. Ceylon ; Thwaites, 

 n. 165. 



45. S. bract e alls, Thwaites Enum. 185; glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong 

 scarcely acute, spikes 1-2 in., bracts ovate glabrous ciliate, bracteoles large 

 persistent. Bedd. For. Man. 151. 



CEYLON ; elevated parts of the Central Province, Walker, Thwaites. 



A tree. Leaves 2 by 1 in., base obtuse or subacute, closely minutely serrulate, 

 coriaceous; nerves 6 pairs, prominent beneath, secondary distinct; petiole in. 

 Ehachis of the spike glabrous or sparingly fulvous-pilose. Bracts 5- in. and upwards ; 

 bracteoles in., sometimes persistent under the ripe fruit. Calyx-tube ~ in., lobes 

 -^ in., round. Petals | in., obovate. Stamens 60. Disc glabrous. Fruit by in., 

 ellipsoid, narrowed at both ends. 



VAE. revoluta, Wight & Gardner ; leaves exceedingly coriaceous, margins revolute. 

 Ceylon. 



46. S. versicolor, Clarke; glabrous, leaves oblong acuminate at both, 

 ends subentire chartaceous, spikes 1-2 in., bracts and bracteoles small glabrous 

 ciliate. S. rufescens, Thwaites Enum. 184 ; Bedd. For. Man. 150, not of 

 H. B. K. 



CEYLON ; Ambagamowa District, Thwaites. 



Branchlets when young glabrous; reddish when dried. Leaves 4 by 1^ in., drying 

 with red blotches ; nerves distant, indistinct ; petiole | in. Spikes glabrous ; bracts 

 in., ovate, deciduous ; bracteoles ^ in., oblong, more ciliate, subpersistent. Calyx- 

 tube ^ in., glabrous, teeth ~ in., scarcely ciliate on the margin. Petals in. Fruit 

 unknown. Probably allied to the two preceding rather than to 8. spicata as Thwaites 

 supposed. 



47. S. acuta, Thwaites Enum. 186 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 

 subentire glabrescent except the nerves beneath, racemes small villous, calyx 

 glabrous with rounded lobes. Bedd. For. Man. 151. 



CEYLON; Saffragam District, alt. 2000 ft., Thwaites (C.P. 2681, partly). 



A tree ; young branches fulvous-villous at the tips. Leaves 3 by 1^ in., base 

 cuneate or subobtuse, adpressedly fulvous-pilose on the nerves beneath, coriaceous; 

 nerves 8 pairs, obscure above, strongly raised beneath ; petiole | in. Racemes -1 in. ; 

 bracts in., ovate, fulvous-pilose, deciduous ; pedicels ^ in. ; bracteoles ~ in., lan- 

 ceolate, ciliate. Calyx-tube i in., teeth ^ in., scarcely pubescent on the margins. 

 Petals % in. Fruit unknown; that described by Thwaites belongs to S. cuneata 

 (mixed" with C.P. 2681). 



48. S. cuneata, Thwaites Enum. 186; leaves elongate-lanceolate at- 



