^ymplocos.] xci. stteaoi^. (C. B. Clarke.) 579 



nearly glabrous, fruit ovoid-cylindric. S. raeemosa, Wall. Cat. 4418, B and 

 ■lower half A. Symplocos, n. 888, Griff. Itin. Notes, 173. 



Himalaya, alt. 3-7000 ft.; from Nipal to Bhotan, frequent; Hamilton, &c. 

 £hasia ; Borpani, Simons. 



A small tree; branehlets glabrous. Leaves 4J by IJ in., base cuneate; midrib 

 impressed, nerves 11 pairs, sub-parallel, impressed slightly above ; petiole f in. 

 Bracts and bracteoles villous, caducous ; pedicels 0-J in., hirsute. Calyx-tube glabrous 

 -or nearly so. Petals ^-| in. Stamens 35-40, 6-adelphous. Disc glabrous. Fndt 

 \ by §■ in., smooth, oalyx-rim as -wide as the upper part of the fruit. Embryo 

 ^straight. — Described from Hamilton's type : the fruit from Sikkim examples of J. I). 

 H. — ^A narrow-leaved var. ? of S. decora, Hance (in Trimeu Journ. Bot. 1874, 368), 

 from Ningpo, hardly differs but by the slightly longer flowers. 



Vae. floribunda, "Wall. Cat. 4419 (sp.) ; fl.owers spiked, i.e. pedicels or most 

 •obscure. S. Sumuntia, A. DC. Frodr. viii. 265. Symploeinea, n. 739, Griff. Itin. 

 Notes. 150. — Nipal to Bhotan, Assam and Khasia. — Hamilton also' collected this, and 

 •did not suppose it identical with his S. Sumuntia, 



22. S. pyrifolia, Wall. Cat. 4415 ; leaves elliptic-laiiceolate acuminate 

 minutely toothed glabrous rigid, racemes IJ in. glabrous or sparsely hairy, 

 •calyx-teeth densely silky, fruit cylindric-ellipsoid. A. DC. Prodr. viii. 256. 



Nipal ; Wallich. Sikkim ; alt. 7000 ft., J. D. H. Bhotan ; Griffith. Ehasia ; 

 alt. 2-6000 ft., very common. 



Closely resembling S. SumAmtia : the leaves are stiff and crisp rather than coria- 

 ceous, the petioles rather longer. Hamilton named this S. salicifoliu, or Lodh of the 

 Bengalees, considering it a var. of 8. raeemosa, Roxb. Don hence took the specific 

 name 8. Loha, his description of which refers to 8. spicata, 



** Species of the Malay Peninmla (see also 12. 8, raeemosa), 



23. S> opliirensis, Oarhe ; leaves elliptic-cuneate obtuse subentire gla- 

 brous, petiole very short, racemes very short closely silky, Symplocos, 42, 

 JSerh. Ind. Or,S.f. ^ T. 



Malacca; Mt. Ophir summit, Griffith (Kew Distrib. u. 3660), Lohb. 



Branches glabrous. Leaves Z^ by 1 J in., base cuneate, stiffly chartaeeous ; nerves 

 -distant, reticulations close, prominent beneath ; petiole ^-J in. Bacemes ^ in., dense ; 

 bracts and bracteoles inconspicuous; pedicels 0-i in. Calyx-tube ^ in., closely 

 fulvous-silky, teeth ^ in., ovate, fulvous-pilose. Petals ^ in. Stamens 40. Disc 

 Tiearly glabrous. Fruit 5 by | in., ovoid-cylindric, smooth ; calyx-rim as wide as the 

 upper part of the fruit. Embryo straight. 



24. S. leucantha, Kurz in Jowm. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 89, and For. Fl, 

 ii. 148 ; leaves oblong or ovate acute crenate glabrous, racemes hardly 1 in. 

 hirsute, calyx nearly glabrous, teeth prominent. 



Pegu ; Irrawaddi swamp-forests, Kurz ; Moulmein, Parish. 



A. tree 20-25 ft. (_Kurz) ; branehlets glabrous. Leaves 3J by IJ in. (in Kurz's 

 •examples), much wider in those of Parish, base cuneate or obtuse, thinly charta- 

 eeous with slender conspicuous nerves ; primary nerves distant, only 1 or 2 

 pairs from the upper half of the midrib. Pedicels 0-J in., hairy ; bracteoles ^ in., 

 elliptic, hairy, deciduous. Calyx-tube i in,, teeth ^s iu-> ovate, nearly glabrous. 

 Corolla J in. Stamens 40. Disc glabrous. Fruit unknown. 



25. S. sulcata, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 65, and For. FL ii. 

 145; leaves oblong acuminate subentire coriaceous glabrous, racemes 1 in. 

 Tiisty-tomentose, fruit ellipsoid longitudinally furrowed. 



Mabtaban and Uppee Tbnasseeim, alt. 3-6000 ft.; in the drier hill-forests, 

 frequent, Kurz. Moulmein; Lobb. 



A tree 20-25 ft. {Kurz); branches glabrous. . Leaves 4 J by IJ in., base cuneate or 



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