Symplocos.] xci. STTRACE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) 585 



temiate at both ends subentire glabrous except the nerves beneath, racemes 

 small villous, calyx densely silky with oblong lobes. 



CEYLON ; Moon ; Pasdoon Corle at no great elevation, Thwaites (C.P. 2920 and 

 part 2681). 



A tree; branchlets fulvous-villous. Leaves 5 by \\ in., adpressedly fulvous- 

 pilose on the nerves beneath, coriaceous; nerves 8 pairs, obscure above, strongly 

 raised beneath ; petiole in. Racemes 1 in. ; bracts i in., ovate, deciduous ; pedicels 

 55 in. ; bracteoles i in., ovate. Calyx-tube ~ in., teeth in. Corolla not seen. 

 Disc and style glabrous. Fruit \ by in., long-cylindric, softly villous ; calyx-rim as 

 wide as the upper part of the fruit ; teeth enlarged, - in. long, lanceolate. 



49. S. hispidula, Thwaites Enum. 186 ; leaves oblong-elliptic acuminate 

 hispid beneath, racemes 1-4 in., bracts ovate hispid, calyx-tube and fruit softly 

 hairy. Bedd. For. Man. 151. S. subcordata, Wight ma. 



CEYLON ; alt. 3-5000 ft., Wight, Walker, Thwaites. 



A tree ; branchlets with patent, fulvous, bristly hairs. Leaves Z\ by 2 in., from 

 cuneate-oblong acuminate to cordate-orbicular shortly acute, obscurely renate, 

 fulvous-hirsute or glabrate above, patently hispid at least on the nerves beneath; 

 nerves 7 pairs ; petiole -\ in., usually short. Racemes lax, irregular ; bracts in., 



'tube 



enlarged, lanceolate, suberect. Readily separated from the neighbouring Ceylon 

 species by the hairy fruit ; but may be only a form of 8. pulchra. 



50. S. jucunda, Thwaites Enum. 186; leaves cordate-oblong attenuate 

 subentire rufous-hirsute beneath, racemes 1 in. rufous-hirsute, bracts linear 

 rufous-hirsute, calyx-tube and fruit pilose. Bedd. For. Man. 151. 



CEYLON ; Deltotte and Safiragam, alt. 8-4000 ft., Thwaites. 



A tree ; branchlets densely patently rufous-hirsute. Leaves 3J by 1|- in., tapering 

 from near the base, chartaceous, glabrous above ; primary nerves 9 on each side the 

 midrib, springing nearly at right angles therefrom; petiole ~ in. Fruit in., 

 eylindric (Thwaites). Nearly allied to 8. hispidula, Thwaites, but differs in the 

 nervation of the leaves and the linear bracts. 



51. S. angustata, Clarke-, leaves small oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 entire adpressedly fulvous-pilose on the nerves beneath, racemes l-2 in. ful- 

 vous-pilose very slender, calyx glabrous. S. elegans var. angustata, Thwaites 

 Enum. 186, partly. 



CEYLON ; Newera Ellia, Macrae ; Jatagama, Thwaites (C.P. 78). 



Branchlets adpressedly shortly rufous-pilose. Leaves 2 by f in., acute, base obtuse 

 or rounded, glabrous except the nerves beneath, coriaceous ; nervation irregular, not 

 prominent ; petiole - in. Racemes sometimes slightly compound ; bracts ^ in. ; 



pedicels 0- in. ; bracteoles A in., hairy, persistent. Calyx-tube ^ in., teeth T J 6 - in., 

 round. Petals $ in. Fruit } by in., ovoid-cylindric smooth ; calyx-rim nearly as 

 wide as the upper part of the fruit, teeth somewhat enlarged, suberect. 



52.. S. latiflora, Clarke; leaves oblong acuminate serrulate hispid on the 

 nerves beneath, racemes -! in. villous bracteate, calyx-tube glabrous, flowers 

 large. S. hirsuta, Wight fy Gardn. in Thwaites Enum. 185, ere/, var. /3 ; not of 

 A. DC. 



CEYLON; alt. 5-8000 ft., Walker, Gardner, Thwaites. 



A tree ; branchlets fulvous-hispid. Leaves 3 J by 1 in., base obtuse or rounded, 

 serrulate nearly to the base, chartaceous ; nerves 7 pairs, irregular ; petiole in. 

 "Bracts % in., ovate, villous ; pedicels 0-~ in. ; bracteoles ^ in., ovate, villous. Calyx- 

 tube 5*3 in., teeth s in., round. Petals in., round. Stamens 80-100. Disc and 



