Symplocos.'] xci. STYRACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 587 



base attenuated, sometimes very shortly cordate at the petiole, nearly entire, stoutly 

 chartaceous; nerves 13 pairs, prominent beneath; petiole ^-^ in. Bracts f in., 

 ovate, black-hirsute, subpersistent. Fruit more than by in., cylindric, villous 

 finally glabrescent; calyx-rim as wide as the fruit, teeth in., triangular, acute, 

 suberect, villous. 



58. S. marginalia, Thwaites Enum. 187; leaves elliptic acute coriaceous 

 densely ferruginous-hirsute on the nerves beneath, spikes 3-6 in. densely ferru- 

 ginous-hirsute, calyx-tube and young fruit densely ferruginous-hirsute. Bedd. 

 For. Man. 151. 



CEYLON ; Ambagamowa District, Thwaites. 



A tree ; branchlets stout, densely ferruginous-hirsute. Leaves 6 by 3 in., base 

 obtuse or rounded, subentire, rugose, glabrous above ; nerves 13 pairs, very prominent 

 and thick beneath ; petioles ^-^ in. Spikes very stout ; bracts deciduous. Disc 

 villous. Fruits (half-ripe) by in., ellipsoid ; calyx-teeth | in., elliptic. 



59. S. coronata, Thwaites Enum. 187 ; leaves large oblong or elliptic 

 narrowed at both ends serrulate fulvous-villous on the nerves beneath, spikes 

 1-3 in. fulvous-villous, calyx-tube and young fruit softly villous. Bedd. Far. 

 Man. 162. 



CEYLON ; alt. 2-4000 ft., Macrae, &c. 



A tree. Leaves attaining 12 by 3 in., attenuate downwards but shortly cordate 

 at the petiole, closely but minutely serrulate, coriaceous ; nerves 13 pairs, much 

 elevated beneath, reticulations very prominent beneath ; petiole ^-^ in. Spikes dense 

 with flowers nearly to their base ; bracts i in., ovate, villous, subpersistent. Calyx- 

 tube ~ in. ; teeth ^ in., oblong, densely silky. Petals | in., appear to have been red 

 or purple. Stamens 50. Fruit (half-ripe) ^ by \ in., ovoid, hairy ; calyx-teeth in., 

 suberect. 



VAR. obovata ; leaf 7 by 4f in. broadly obovate. Ceylon. 



II. Ciponima (including CORDTLOBLASTE). Petals distinctly 

 connate, tube often elongate ; flower-buds obovate-oblong or cl'avate. Filaments 

 adnate to the corolla throughout the tube, and often produced as a free tube. 

 Calyx-tube produced much above the ovary, free, with short lobes. 



60. S. pendula, Wight Ic. t. 1237; glabrous, leaves elliptic subentire, 

 peduncles ^- in. 1-flowered pendulous in bud, corolla-tube in. Bedd. Far. 

 Man, 152. 



MALABAB and TEAVANCOKB MTS. ; alt. 4-6000 ft., common, Wight, Beddome. 



A tree. Leaves 2 by 1 in., obtuse, base cuneate, coriaceous ; nerves irregular, 

 distinct beneath ; petiole | in. Peduncles solitary or 1-3 together ; bracteoles ^ in., 

 minutely ciliate. Calyx-tube in., lobes scarcely i i n . Corolla in bud in. 

 Stamens 40-60 ; no free staminal tube. Disc and style glabrous. Fruit not seen. 



61. S. pauciflora, Wight ms. ; nearly glabrous, leaves elliptic subentire, 

 peduncles -f in. 1-flowered always erect, corolla-tube in. S. pendula, 

 Thwaites Enum. 184. 



CEYLON ; Wight, &c. ; alt. 5-8000 ft., abundant, Thwaites. 



Perhaps only a Ceylon form of S. pendula as Thwaites supposes, but the pe- 

 duncles are always much longer and slenderer, at no time pendulous, often several- 

 flowered with very long pedicels, not rarely rusty-pubescent. Fruit (unripe) ^ by | 

 in., cylindric, curved. 



62. S. sessilis, Clarke-, glabrous, leaves obovate-oblong obtuse sub- 

 entire, flowers solitary sessile or subsessile erect, corolla-tube in. 



TBAVANCOBB MTS., Beddome. 



Differs from S. pendula in the erect, smaller flowers ; from S. pauciflora in the 



