Synyplocos.] xci. sttracej!. (0. B. Clarke.) 675 



Vab. polystcuihya, Wall. Cat. 4428 (sp.) ; leaves beneath glabrous or adpressedly 

 pilose on the midrib only. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 264.— Gurwhal, alt. 6500 ft., Straeh^ 

 #• Winterbottom. Kumaon; alt. 4,600 ft., MaMm. Darjeeling; alt. 6,000 ft., 

 Gamhle. Khasia ; alt. 3-4000 ft, Wcdlich, Clarke.— This may be specifically separ- 

 able, for when the midrib beneath is hairy, the indumentum is widely different from 

 that of S.femiginea. Brandis thinks {For. Fl. 300) this species too near S. ^ieata; 

 the nervation of the leaves differs widely. 



** Embryo itraight (in several not knovni). 



7. S. adenopbylla, Wall. Cat. 4427; leaves narrowly lanceolate or 

 broadly elliptic obtusely acuminate subentire glabrous, racemes compound 

 minutely rustv-pubescent, disc glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 257. S. iteo- 

 phylla, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Sv^l. 476. 



Penang ; Wallich. Singapore and Malacca ; WalUoh, Griffith, Maingay. — 

 DisTBiB. Java, Borneo. 



BrancJdets glabrous. Leaves 3 by | in., or 3 J by 1^ in., base cuneate or attenuate, 

 coriaceous ; nerves distant, not prominent ; petiole ^ in. Sacemes 1-2 in., tripartite, 

 lax ; pedicels 0-^ in. ; bracteoles minute, subobsolete. Calyx-tube glabrous or 

 minutely rusty; teeth ^ in., oblong. Corolla-lobes ^ in. Stamens iO. Fruit.^hy^ 

 in., terete, ' ellipsoid, smooth, tip obtuse; calyx-teeth closely incurved, inconspicuous. 

 — Wallich doubted whether his broad-leaved examples from Singapore (var. virgata, 

 Wall.) might not be specifically distinct from his narrow-leaved ones from Penang ; 

 but two extreme forms of leaf occur on one branch. 



8. S. celastrlfolla, Griff', ms. ; leaves elliptic-oblong cuneate at both 

 ends crenate glabrous, racemes laxly panicled minutely rnsty-villous, disc 

 glabrous. 



Malacca; Griffith, (Kew Distrib. n. 3651). — Distrib. Borneo. 



Branchlets glabrous. Leaves 3J by IJ-IJ in., very shortly obtusely acuminate, 

 base cuneate or subobtuse, strongly crenate, thickly chartaoeons, when dried dull- 

 green above, pale-yellow beneath ; nerves uot prominent ; petiole i in. Sacemes 2-3 

 in., branches long lax ; pedicels ^ in. ; bracteoles subobsolete. Calyx-tube nearly 

 glabrous, teeth ^ in., elliptic, glabrous. Corolla |-J in. Stamens 40. Fruit more 

 than J in., ovoid-ellipsoid, smooth; calyx -rim as wide as the upper part of the fruit, 

 teeth erect. Embryo straight. 



9. S. pbyllocalyx, Clarke; leaves oblong acuminate serrulate glabrous, 

 spikes very short sparingly compound minutely pilose, calyx-teeth green round, 

 disc glabrous. Symplocos sp. n. 812, Cfriff. Itin. Notes, 158. Symplocos sp. n. 

 54, Serh. Ind. Or. H. f. Sf T. Symplocos sp. (Ohandan), Gamhle Darjeeling 

 List, 54. Laurinea ? n. 660, Griff. Itin. Notes, 141. 



SrKKEM ; alt. 8-12,000 ft., J. D. H., &c., frequent. Bhotan ; Griffith. 



A small tree or shrub, almost wholly glabrous. Leaves 4 by 1^ in., base cuneate 

 or attenuate, coriaceous, shining ; midrib elevated above, broad ; nerves numerous, 

 often 14 on each side, slender but distinct above ; petiole J in. Spikes often shorter 

 than the petioles, bracts glabrous when young ; bracteoles I in., ovate. Calyx-teeth 

 I in., glabrous or microscopically ciliate on the marginsi Corolla J in. Stamens 

 40-50. Disc shortly hairy ; style often sparsely hairy. Fruit nearly ^ by ^ in., 

 ellipsoid, crowned by the unaltered calyx-teeth. Enibryo straight.- — Furnishes a dye 

 exported into Tibet \Hook. Himal. Joum. ii. 41). 



10. S. theeefolla, Ham. ms. ; Don Prodr. 145 ; leaves oblong acuminate 

 obscurely serrulate glabrous, spikes very short compound minutely pubescent, 

 disc densely hairy. S. lucida, Wcdl. Cat. 4414: ; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 255; 

 Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 288, and For. Fl. ii. 143, not of Sieb. ^ 



•Zucc. S. racemosa. Wall. Cat. 4418; A. DC. I. c., partly; Brand. For. Fl. 

 300, not of Soxh. 



