Symplocos] 



LXX. STYEACE.E 



439 



15. S. Huegeliana, Brand 1. c. 57 

 and 9ma ller fr. 



16. S. Sumuntia. Ham. Nepal 

 Manipur. Yunnan. A small 

 tree, branchlets glabrous, 

 coriaceous, ellipt ic-lanceo- 

 late, blade 3-5, pet. J-j in. 

 Racemes l 1 -! in. long, more 

 or less hirsute, bracts densely 

 villous with long hairs, en- 

 i el ping the buds, cad n& ius, 

 calyx-teeth much shorter 

 than ovary, both nearly 

 .■in-, petals reined, J— J 

 in. long, stamens 30-40. Fr. 

 'mi. long. 17. S. pyri- 

 folia, Wall. Nepal, Sikkim, 

 Bhutan, Kha<i hills, similar. 

 1. rigid, pel Loles longer, calyx- 

 teeth nearly as long as ovary, 

 back densely strigose, fr. 

 more cylindric. Is. S. mac- 

 rophylla, Wall. Kha-i hills. 

 Branchlets -tout, rusty-hir- 

 sute, 1. thickly coriaceous 

 sin. long, rugose .from the 

 deeply impressed nerves, fr. 

 unknown, possibly belongs 

 to t lii- subsection. 



Fr. glabrous, 1. un- 

 der 3 ill. 



Nilgais (probably), report* J to differ by 5-1 petals 



Sikkim. 3-7,000 ft. Bhutan. Assam. Khasi hills, 



Syno i 'locos racemosa, Roxb. 



19. S. foliosa, Wight Ic. t. 

 123 1 i S. '" rvosa, Wight Ic. 



t. 1235). Nilgiris, common. A middle-sized tree, 1. serrate, hairy beneath, chiefly 



along nerves, blade 1 '. :s. pet . \ in. long. sec. u . prominent, 8-10 pair. Spikes axillary, 

 hairy, rigid I -U in. long, developing from large globose buds enveloped ill hairy 

 bracts, petals J in. Fr. cylindric, '. In. long, embryo straight. 



Fr. cylindric, densely villous. 



20. S. Gardneriana, Wight b.t. 1231, Bedd. PI. Sylv. t, 237. Nilgiris, Anamalais. 

 Travancore hills. A huge tree, branch let-, petioles and spikes t hick, villous, 1. elliptic, 

 hairy beneath, blade I 5, pet. stout, .' I in. long, sec. n. prominent beneath. PI. white 

 in axillary spile',, i j ', in. long, congregating near the ends of bram lies, growing oul 

 from large globose buds enveloped bj villous bracts. Calyx densely hirsute, petals 

 1 in. long. Fr. cylindric. densely villous ', iii. long, crowned by persistent calyx, as 



Er. -21. s. Hohenackeri, i 'larke. Coorg. similar and perhaps not speoincalrj 

 distinct, calyx-tube glabrous, teeth densely silky, fr. unknown. 



ji. Pr." cylindric, over I in. long. 



22. S. macrocarpa, Wight. Courtallum. Travancore 2,500 ft., lb evi irest. 



A middle-sized tree, branchlets and racemes rusty-tomentose. L. elliptic-lanceo 

 slightly crenulate, blade 5 B, pet. | in., sec. n. 8 \- pair. Racemes axillary, stout, 



1 2 in. long. fr. Ij I". ' in. :; ceiled, endocarp crustn is. 23. S. kanarana, Talbot 



l.i-t Ed. ii. 214; Journ, Nat, His! Bon bay, vol. 11.288, t. 9. Evergreen forest, North 



Kanani \ small tree, branchlets and I. glabrous. 1.. charb us, ovate, coarsely 



dentate, blade 8 6, pet. 1 in. Fr. ovoid, si th, yellow, 1 j lo ,;, in., in n copious pulp 



an exceedingly hard, thick walled I 8-celled stone with 5 or 6 deep longitudinal fuirows 

 iia i p mi i low ridges bel ween. 



y. Fr. oearly glob e 



24. S. dryophtla, Clarke. Easl Nepal and Sikkim, S 10,000 ft, A tree, branchlets 



i s, yonngesl -hoots slightly hairs. I. glabrous, entire, ol . shortly 



acuminate, blade I 6, pet. \ l iii. Racemes axillary, lax. 8 I in long, pedicels as 

 loug as or longer then calyx. Pr. 2-oelled, embryo -lightU curved, similar to - 

 Sn 1,1 a ni in, both species have globose axillary bud- | in. diam., enveloped in hairy scales, 

 w hich develop into re n 



