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xci. STYRACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 



\_Symplocos . 



style glabrous. Fruit \ by 

 broad ; lobes in., patent. 



in., ellipsoid, smooth; calyx-rim scarcely ^ ii 



53. S. minor, Clarke ; leaves small elliptic subobtuse serrulate hispid on the 

 nerves beneath, racemes -! in. patently fulvous-hirsute, calyx-tube glabroi 

 S. hirsuta, Thwaites Enum. 185, var. minor, mostly, S. elegans, Thwaites I. <?., 

 var. /3, partly. 



CEYLON ; Macrae, Walker, Gardner, Thwaites (C.P. 273. 155). 



Leaves 1|- by f iu., obtuse or very suddenly acute, base rounded, coriaceous, 

 margin recurved, nervation strong beneath. Bracts caducous. Fruit by in.,. 

 cylindric, smooth ; calyx-rim as wide as the top of the fruit. Allied to S. latiftora, 

 and treated as a variety of it by Thwaites, but there are no examples intermediate 

 between the two forms. 



VAR. eugenioides, Champ, ms. ; branchlets adpressedly fulvous-pilose at the tips- 

 only, leaves very small glabrous or nearly so, racemes scarcely in. long 1-2- (rarely 

 4-) flowered nearly glabrous. Ceylon, Walker ; Horton Plains, Champion. 



VAR. glabrescens. Thwaites ms. ; branchlets early glabrous, leaves coriaceous, 

 racemes short few-flowered densely fulvous-villous. Ceylon ; Central Provinces, alt. 

 6000 ft., Thwaites. Kesembles 8. microphylla. Placed with 5. minor by Thwaites, 

 but differs in the glabrousness of the leaves, and dense fulvous hairy spikes. 



54. S. eleg-ans, Thwaites Enum. 185, var. a only ; leaves broadly elliptic 

 acutely acuminate adpressed rufous-hirsute on the midrib beneath, racemes- 

 -! in. slender rufous-hairy, calyx glabrous. JBedd. Far. Man. 151. 



CEYLON; alt. 5-7000 ft., Champion, Thwaites. 



Possibly a var. of 8. latiftora, Clarke. Leaves 2 by 1 in., base rounded, slightly 

 crenate-serrate. Racemes more slender, bracts narrower, flowers smaller than in 

 S. latiflora. 



55. S. hebantha, Thwaites ms. ; leaves elliptic acuminate subentire 

 glabrescent, spikes 1-3 in. densely villous, calyx-tube glabrous teeth silky. 



CEYLON; Songalla, Thwaites (C.P. 3918). 



Branchlets villous. Leaves 3f by 2 in., base rounded, coriaceous, sparsely pilose 

 on the nerves beneath ; nerves 7 pairs, conspicuous beneath, sub-parallel ; petiole 



yn. Spikes stout, dense; bracts more than in., ovate, densely hairy. This may 

 a Ceylon form of S. Beddomei ; but differs in the leaves rounded at the base, less 

 crenate. 



56. S. cordifolia, Thwaites Enum. 187 ; leaves large cordate elliptic 

 nearly sessile glabrous, spikes stout densely villous crowded near the ends of 

 the branches, calyx-tube glabrous teeth villous. Bedd. For. Man. 151. 



CEYLON ; alt. 6-7000 ft., Macrae, &c. 



A tree ; branchlets thick. Leaves 6 by 2| in. (sometimes much larger), scarcely 

 acute, rounded or attenuate at the base but always cordate at the petiole, minutely 

 denticulate, coriaceous; nerves 13 pairs, distinct beneath; petiole 0-f in. Spikes 

 2-4 in., often 8-12 quasi-fasciculate at the ends of the branches; bracts -^ in., 

 ovate, villous. Calyx-tube ~ 5 in., teeth in. Petals \ in., elliptic. Stamens 60. 

 Disc hairy. Fruit % by ^ in., cylindric ; calyx-teeth enlarged, triangular, densely 

 hairy. 



57 r S. apicalis, Thwaites Enum. 187; leaves large obovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate glabrous, spikes 1-2 in. hirsute, calyx-tube hairy. Bedd. For. Man. 

 151. 



CEYLON ; Moon ; Beigam Corle and between Ratnapoora and Gralle at no great 

 elevation, Thwaites. 



Subarboreous (Thwaites) ; branchlets hairy, afterwards nearly glabrous. Leaves 

 clustered at the end of the branchlets or the lower sometimes whorled, 13 by 5 in., 



